From 091a9d6ea56a7d19fd88322338e8ff11290a775a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 02:25:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From 138316d26d86caae6d4d4ee69813e12644e55a2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 02:53:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Remove null-forgiving operator in
 BaseTest.AssertApkSigned

Co-authored-by: jonathanpeppers <840039+jonathanpeppers@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/Utilities/BaseTest.cs   | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/Utilities/BaseTest.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/Utilities/BaseTest.cs
index 5f3757da1a7..29303438663 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/Utilities/BaseTest.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/Utilities/BaseTest.cs
@@ -490,8 +490,8 @@ protected void AssertApkIsSigned (string apkPath)
 				UseShellExecute = false,
 				CreateNoWindow = true,
 			};
-			using var proc = Process.Start (psi);
-			string stdout = proc!.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd ();
+			using var proc = Process.Start (psi) ?? throw new InvalidOperationException ($"Failed to start '{apksignerExe}'.");
+			string stdout = proc.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd ();
 			string stderr = proc.StandardError.ReadToEnd ();
 			proc.WaitForExit ();
 			Assert.AreEqual (0, proc.ExitCode, $"APK file `{apkPath}` is not signed! apksigner verify failed:\n{stderr}\n{stdout}");