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[msbuild] Fix race condition when generating MSBStrings.Designer.cs#24826
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When the Xamarin.Localization.MSBuild project was changed to multi-target (netstandard2.0 + net10.0), both inner builds run in parallel and both try to generate MSBStrings.Designer.cs to the same path. One build may write the file while the other is compiling it, causing:

CSC : error CS1504: Source file 'MSBStrings.Designer.cs' could not be opened -- Attempted to read past the end of the stream.

Fix by directing StronglyTypedFileName to $(IntermediateOutputPath), which is per-TFM (obj/Debug/netstandard2.0/ vs obj/Debug/net10.0/), so each inner build generates its own copy without interfering with the other.

When the Xamarin.Localization.MSBuild project was changed to multi-target
(netstandard2.0 + net10.0), both inner builds run in parallel and both try
to generate MSBStrings.Designer.cs to the same path. One build may write
the file while the other is compiling it, causing:

  CSC : error CS1504: Source file 'MSBStrings.Designer.cs' could not be
  opened -- Attempted to read past the end of the stream.

Fix by directing StronglyTypedFileName to $(IntermediateOutputPath), which
is per-TFM (obj/Debug/netstandard2.0/ vs obj/Debug/net10.0/), so each
inner build generates its own copy without interfering with the other.

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Pull request overview

This PR fixes a build race in Xamarin.Localization.MSBuild after it became multi-targeted by ensuring each inner build generates its strongly-typed resource designer into a TFM-specific intermediate directory instead of a shared project path.

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  • Redirect MSBStrings.Designer.cs generation to $(IntermediateOutputPath) to avoid parallel inner builds writing/reading the same file.

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