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matt
matt

Reputation: 534885

Xcode 8 can't export archived build for Ad Hoc distribution

When I try to export my archived app for Ad Hoc distribution in Xcode 8, I get an error message that says:

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What's the trouble, and how can I get this to work? I've tried generating an Ad Hoc distribution profile at the developer member center, but it isn't helping.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 5850

Answers (1)

matt
matt

Reputation: 534885

I can archive and export a new project, no problem. But I'm having trouble with this project, which is an old project. Therefore, I think this is a bug in Xcode 8. So the problem appears to be a combination of:

  • having a long-standing existing project, and

  • using Xcode 8's new automatic codesigning management feature.

My solution was to turn off automatic codesigning for this project. I was then able to specify my downloaded manually generated development profile in both the Signing (Debug) and Signing (Release) sections of the General target editing pane.

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As soon as I did that, I was able to archive and then export that archive for Ad Hoc distribution; during the export, the development profile was replaced by my previously downloaded Ad Hoc distribution profile, and all was well.

One more thing to be careful of here: do not use a wild card provisioning profile as the Signing (Release) profile, not even a manually generated wild card development profile. You can (and should) use a development profile, but it must be a development profile targeted specifically to this app.

Upvotes: 3

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