EFCore (7.0) in MAUI (.NET 7) - first query in Release mode always throws error (Android)

[jovanmhn]

Description

When using EFCore and building the app in Release mode, the first query that returns any result, will throw an exception "Could not load file or assembly 'System.Runtime.Caching'... or one of its dependencies"
Every subsequent query works fine, and building the app in Debug mode works fine as well.

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Steps to Reproduce

1. Create MAUI app, add the EFCore packages, try to read a row from a SQL database in Release mode

or take the repo, modify it so it reads any data from any sql database (as far as I am aware, you have to embed the .cer file that is used on the sql server, or install it onto the testing device)

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Link to public reproduction project repository

https://github.com/jovanmhn/EFCoreTest

Version with bug

7.0 (current)

Last version that worked well

Unknown/Other

Affected platforms

Android

Affected platform versions

Android 12 API 31

Did you find any workaround?

No response

Relevant log output

No response

[drasticactions]

Did you try running this in a dotnet Android application that doesn't use MAUI? (Ex. dotnet new android)

This feels like an EF bug, or maybe runtime.