EF Sqlite not working in IOS in release mode Azure Pipeline

My database will not work on ios when deploying in release mode through a build. it works for android and ios Simulator and direct debugging through VS 2019
I'm using EF with sqlite
the database path is /var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/1AE10F82-034C-429E-AE39-5BF657ADAC9D/Documents/../Library/mydb.db
the exception type is TypeInitializationException
the error is System.Exception: The type initializer for 'Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite.Query.ExpressionTranslators.Internal.SqliteCompositeMethodCallTranslator' threw an exception.
I'm having no luck figuring out the cause of this error. any help