Download installApps and installTestApps as part of "Download Project Dependencies"

[aholstrup1]

❔What, Why & How

Currently
Apps defined in the installApps and installTestApps settings can either refer to files in the file system or URLs to files. If a URL is defined, then the Runpipeline action will check that the URL is reachable and Run-ALPipeline (in BCContainerHelper) will download the apps.

Proposed Change
We move the download of these apps to the "Download Project Dependencies" action. That way most dependencies should be downloaded to the runner before calling Run-ALPipeline. This action would still not resolve dependencies from NuGet. That's something we should add in the future.

Related to AB#618073

✅ Checklist

• Add tests (E2E, unit tests)
• Update RELEASENOTES.md
• Update documentation (e.g. for new settings or scenarios)
• Add telemetry

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This pull request moves the downloading of apps specified in installApps and installTestApps settings from the RunPipeline action to the DownloadProjectDependencies action. This improves error detection and build reliability by downloading dependencies upfront before the build pipeline runs.

Changes:

• Added functionality to DownloadProjectDependencies action to download app files from URLs in installApps/installTestApps settings
• Removed URL validation and secret resolution logic from RunPipeline action
• Updated RELEASENOTES.md to document the new behavior

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
RELEASENOTES.md	Documents the new behavior where URL-based dependencies are downloaded during the DownloadProjectDependencies action
Actions/DownloadProjectDependencies/DownloadProjectDependencies.Action.ps1	Adds two new functions: Get-AppFileFromUrl for downloading files with retry logic, and DownloadDependenciesFromInstallApps for processing installApps/installTestApps settings
Actions/RunPipeline/RunPipeline.ps1	Removes secret resolution and URL validation logic for installApps/installTestApps, now relies on JSON files from DownloadProjectDependencies

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