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Praxiteles
Praxiteles

Reputation: 6020

AppStore BUG: CFBundleIconName in WatchKitApp is missing - but when added the **key** itself is invalid?

We seem to be getting a self-contradictory set of error messages for our iOS App being submitted to the App Store.

The error begins simple enough and says we are missing a plist value. Here's the error below we receive by email from Apple after uploading our app to the store.

Missing Info.plist value - A value for the Info.plist key 'CFBundleIconName' is missing in the bundle 'com.athla.velocity.ultimate.watchkitapp'. Apps built with iOS 11 or later SDK must supply app icons in an asset catalog and must also provide a value for this Info.plist key. For more information see http://help.apple.com/xcode/mac/current/#/dev10510b1f7.

But, if we add this key with its value to the plist file, we get an error saying that the key itself is invalid and we cannot even upload the app to the store. Here is the error:

ERROR ITMS-90363: "Invalid Info.plist key. The key 'CFBundleIconName' in bundle Velocity Ultimate.app/Watch/Velocity WatchKit App.app is invalid."

These errors are self-contradictory.

How do we solve this so we can upload our app to the store - but not get blocked for having this key in the plist file?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 557

Answers (3)

Jonas Sourlier
Jonas Sourlier

Reputation: 14435

If you remove CFBundleIconName from Info.plist, as suggested by @sulli233, and the error is still there, it might mean that you need to supply an app icon.

In Xcode, click on Assets.xcassets of the project that is failing to build, and supply the necessary images.

In this case, the error message is wrong - it says that the CFBundleIconName is missing, but what is really missing are the images themselves.

Upvotes: 0

YoungEddie
YoungEddie

Reputation: 425

I have solved this problem by doubleclick Info.plist -> Visual Assets -> AppIcons. Previously it was "Source: none", so I have selected "Source: AppIcon". I am using Visual Studio making watch app with Xamarin. After that Info.plist was changed from:

<key>XSAppIconAssets</key>
<string>Resources/Images.xcassets/AppIcons.appiconset</string>

to

<key>XSAppIconAssets</key>
<string>Assets.xcassets/AppIcon.appiconset</string>

Upvotes: 0

sulli233
sulli233

Reputation: 41

I just ran into the same set of issues.

In Finder, I opened the WatchKit App Info.plist file in a text editor. I removed the following lines:

<key>CFBundleIconName</key> 
<string>AppIcon</string>

After that, the error went away and I was able to upload to App Store Connect.

Hope this helps you out!

Upvotes: 4

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