[CmdPal][AOT] Make Adaptive Card rendering AOT-compatible (#40134)

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## Summary of the Pull Request
### 1. Make AdaptiveCards WinUI3 AOT Compatible
The AdaptiveCards.WinUI3 NuGet packages ship with precompiled WinRT
projections (RendererCsProjection.dll, etc.), which are not
trim/AOT-safe. These projections internally use APIs like
ComWrappersSupport.GetObjectReferenceForInterface, which break under
PublishAot.
To resolve this:
- We exclude their compile assets to avoid using the shipped C#
projections.
- Use the .winmd metadata files with CsWinRT to regenerate our own
AOT-compatible projections.
- Manually copy the required native .dlls from the NuGet package.

### 2. Ensure AOT-Compatible Transitive Dependency
The AdaptiveCards.Templating package depends on
Microsoft.Bot.AdaptiveExpressions.Core, but doesn’t pin an AOT-safe
version. We explicitly version Microsoft.Bot.AdaptiveExpressions.Core to
4.23.0 to ensure compatibility with NativeAOT.
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## PR Checklist

- [x] **Closes:**
[#40133](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/issues/40133)
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## Validation Steps Performed

Directory.Packages.props

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageVersion Include="AdaptiveCards.ObjectModel.WinUI3" Version="2.0.0-beta" />
     <PackageVersion Include="AdaptiveCards.Rendering.WinUI3" Version="2.1.0-beta" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="AdaptiveCards.Templating" Version="2.0.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="AdaptiveCards.Templating" Version="2.0.5" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Bot.AdaptiveExpressions.Core" Version="4.23.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Appium.WebDriver" Version="4.4.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Azure.AI.OpenAI" Version="1.0.0-beta.17" />
     <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.Common" Version="8.4.0" />

NOTICE.md

@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@ SOFTWARE.
 
 - AdaptiveCards.ObjectModel.WinUI3 2.0.0-beta
 - AdaptiveCards.Rendering.WinUI3 2.1.0-beta
-- AdaptiveCards.Templating 2.0.2
+- AdaptiveCards.Templating 2.0.5
 - Appium.WebDriver 4.4.5
 - Azure.AI.OpenAI 1.0.0-beta.17
 - CommunityToolkit.Common 8.4.0
@@ -1518,6 +1518,7 @@ SOFTWARE.
 - Markdig.Signed 0.34.0
 - MessagePack 3.1.3
 - Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces 9.0.6
+- Microsoft.Bot.AdaptiveExpressions.Core 4.23.0
 - Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers 9.0.0
 - Microsoft.Data.Sqlite 9.0.6
 - Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.TraceEvent 3.1.16

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels.csproj

@@ -14,11 +14,22 @@
     <NoWarn>SA1313;</NoWarn>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <CsWinRTIncludes>AdaptiveCards.ObjectModel.WinUI3;AdaptiveCards.Rendering.WinUI3</CsWinRTIncludes>
+    <CsWinRTAotOptimizerEnabled>true</CsWinRTAotOptimizerEnabled>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+	
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.Common" />
     <PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.Mvvm" />
     <PackageReference Include="AdaptiveCards.Templating" />
-    <PackageReference Include="AdaptiveCards.ObjectModel.WinUI3" GeneratePathProperty="true" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Bot.AdaptiveExpressions.Core" />
+    <PackageReference Include="AdaptiveCards.ObjectModel.WinUI3" GeneratePathProperty="true">
+      <ExcludeAssets>compile</ExcludeAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
+    <PackageReference Include="AdaptiveCards.Rendering.WinUI3" GeneratePathProperty="True" >
+      <ExcludeAssets>compile</ExcludeAssets>
+    </PackageReference>
 
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
@@ -28,6 +39,20 @@
     <PackageReference Include="WyHash" />
 
   </ItemGroup>
+	<!-- <AdaptiveCardsWorkaround> -->
+	<!-- Workaround for Adaptive Cards not supporting correct RIDs when using .NET 8.
+       Don't forget GeneratePathProperty on the AdaptiveCards PackageReference's above -->
+	<PropertyGroup>
+		<AdaptiveCardsNative>runtimes\win10-$(Platform)\native</AdaptiveCardsNative>
+	</PropertyGroup>
+	<ItemGroup>
+		<CsWinRTInputs Include="$(PkgAdaptiveCards_ObjectModel_WinUI3)\lib\uap10.0\AdaptiveCards.ObjectModel.WinUI3.winmd" />
+		<None Include="$(PkgAdaptiveCards_ObjectModel_WinUI3)\$(AdaptiveCardsNative)\AdaptiveCards.ObjectModel.WinUI3.dll" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
+	</ItemGroup>
+	<ItemGroup>
+		<CsWinRTInputs Include="$(PkgAdaptiveCards_Rendering_WinUI3)\lib\uap10.0\AdaptiveCards.Rendering.WinUI3.winmd" />
+		<Content Include="$(PkgAdaptiveCards_Rendering_WinUI3)\$(AdaptiveCardsNative)\AdaptiveCards.Rendering.WinUI3.dll" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
+	</ItemGroup>
 	
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.CmdPal.Common\Microsoft.CmdPal.Common.csproj" />

src/modules/cmdpal/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI/Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.csproj

@@ -89,10 +89,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.Private.Uri" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" />
 
-    <!-- LOAD BEARING: GeneratePathProperty=true on BOTH the AC dependencies. Don't forget the AdaptiveCardsWorkaround below -->
-    <PackageReference Include="AdaptiveCards.ObjectModel.WinUI3" GeneratePathProperty="true" />
-    <PackageReference Include="AdaptiveCards.Rendering.WinUI3" GeneratePathProperty="True" />
-    <PackageReference Include="AdaptiveCards.Templating" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.RegularExpressions" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
@@ -177,17 +173,6 @@
     <HasPackageAndPublishMenu>true</HasPackageAndPublishMenu>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-
-  <!-- <AdaptiveCardsWorkaround> -->
-  <!-- Workaround for Adaptive Cards not supporting correct RIDs when using .NET 8.
-       Don't forget GeneratePathProperty on the AdaptiveCards PackageReference's above -->
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <AdaptiveCardsNative>runtimes\win10-$(Platform)\native</AdaptiveCardsNative>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Content Include="$(PkgAdaptiveCards_ObjectModel_WinUI3)\$(AdaptiveCardsNative)\AdaptiveCards.ObjectModel.WinUI3.dll" Link="AdaptiveCards.ObjectModel.WinUI3.dll" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
-    <Content Include="$(PkgAdaptiveCards_Rendering_WinUI3)\$(AdaptiveCardsNative)\AdaptiveCards.Rendering.WinUI3.dll" Link="AdaptiveCards.Rendering.WinUI3.dll" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
-  </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Update="..\Microsoft.CmdPal.UI.ViewModels\Assets\template.zip">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>