Remove newtonsoft, make the library native aot compatible

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Since Jul 1, 2026.

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newtonsoft

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Describe the chore

Bring supabase-csharp (and the sub-packages we use) up to .NET Native AOT so a dotnet publish -c Release -p:PublishAot=true build succeeds, and there are no runtime errors.

Acceptance criteria

  • AOT publish finishes without linker errors or reflection warnings.
  • App boots and runs basic Supabase flows (auth, simple CRUD) in the published binary.
  • CI job produces an AOT artifact.

Steps

  1. Add a repo-level Directory.Build.props with:

    <Project>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <PublishAot>true</PublishAot>
    <PublishTrimmed>true</PublishTrimmed>
    <InvariantGlobalization>true</InvariantGlobalization>
    <EnableDynamicLoading>false</EnableDynamicLoading>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

  2. Swap Newtonsoft.Json for System.Text.Json + source-generated context.

  3. Mark BaseModel with DynamicallyAccessedMembers and tag helper methods that use reflection with RequiresUnreferencedCode.

  4. Replace Activator.CreateInstance calls with new T().

  5. Run:

    dotnet restore
dotnet build -c Release
dotnet publish -c Release -p\:PublishAot=true -p\:SelfContained=true -o ./aot

    Fix any remaining trim warnings.

  6. Update CI pipeline to run the publish step and cache the output.

Additional context

Reference the detailed checklist in docs/aot-supabase-notes.md.

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