One of the apps I've developed is submitted and approved to the appstore.
Because of some big changes and a more generic code I created a new XCode project for this app.
The problem is when trying to install the same app (based on bundle identifier) from the new XCode project, it quits with a crash. If I try to install again (Build & Run/Debug) from XCode, it seems to successfully overwrite and run. So it seems the first time there are some merge / overwrite conflicts. A second install, over the failed first attempt makes it work.
I wouldn't want this to happen with app updates downloaded from the store.
I've read that the idea is not to build from XCode, but use an Ad Hoc Build through iTunes instead. This would simulate a more natural end-user process. I've tried this, but somehow it won't sync / overwrite the existing app from the appstore (no errors, the app is just not changing).
Does someone have a hint on how to solve this?
Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated!
I run into this problem all the time. I use one Developer Profile for all my dev work (and thus, one bundle identifier).
You have to delete the old App from the phone, and do a Clean Build.
These are similar problems. (1) (2)
As it seems working with an Ad Hoc build through iTunes does work.
Yesterday I double-clicked, but never got the iTunes message warning me of an older version existing in my apps and whether I want to replace it.
Dragging the .IPA into the iTunes app section did give me this message. Telling it to replace and next syncing works okay. iTunes sync status bar displays the message "YourAppName Updating". Afterwards launching it works fine with stored data intact.
The flow described here worked for me:
How to test an iPhone application update
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I try to upload my Mac App to the App Store, but I am in trouble with iTunesConnect since one week by now. I definitely need your kind help.
I read the Apple documentation a couple of times and asked google for a solution. I tried new Certificates and provision Profiles, a lot of build settings and - yes - I even moved to a new mac with a fresh Xcode on it. No success so far.
Here is my story: I build and run my app successfully. I subscribed to the Mac Developer Program and configured my project to sign the application for a App Store submission.
I made an archive and validated it successfully.
Then I exported the Binary like the documentation suggested and all tests passed.
Then I uploaded the archive to iTunesConnect. The archive got processed and then... I got the little triangle near the build and as I clicked onto that build, there is absolutely no information all.
Sorry I moved to a german Mac and didn't change the language to English by now
After nine builds and one week of reading and trying I have absolutely no idea how to solve that problem.
Thank you very much for every new thought.
* UPDATE *
I removed the provision profile and created a new one. Then I built a complete new Project with the same ID and uploaded it as a new build number. Again, the pre-release tab is empty.
These are my code signing settings:
Just updated to iOS 6 sdk and latest Xcode and get this when trying to build to my 3gs.
I 've added armv6 under valid architectures?
"Could not change executable permissions on the application"
I could solve it erasing an application that I had previously uploaded using the same Bundle Identifier (xcode get's confused doing the chmod). Try checking the log from xCode Organizer (Your device's Name -> Console) you should get information from that log. Good luck!
folks, i get this resolved
- because i already have the same app using the same bundle identifier installed on the phone.
- what you need to do is to delete all those apps on your iphone which is using the same bundle identifier name.
- you'll make it!!
You probably have a different target name. You can start the app from scratch, but you'll need the same target name and the same bundle identifier.
Delete the apps that were already installed on iphone/ipad with the same Bundle identifier.iphone/ipad gets confused with the apps with same bundle identifier. so change change the Bundle identifier of the current app or delete the app that was already installed.
It can happen when you launch the app from Xcode and you have the appstore version installed in the phone with the same bundle-id but a different name. In my case I'm using App_Beta when in the appstore is App.
If the two versions does not have the same product name you wont be able to test the upgrade from the old to the new version. To solve make the names match.
I went into the Organizer and selected the Applications underneath my test device. Even though I had deleted the application on my device itself, it still showed up in my list of applications. I deleted it there, and this took care of the issue for me.
You need to delete all the app's using the same bundle identifier. I did the same, but still the same error persisted on my iPod, i cleaned the (cmd + shift + k) the build and restarted the iPod and i was able to run the app on the iPod.
You just delete the apps that were already installed on your device with the same identifier.
I ran into the same problem, but I needed to keep the current installed App in the device for debug purposes. My solution was to use the same:
Target Name
Bundle identifier
Product Name
I had this error, and what fixed it for me was Product Name under Build Settings. I had changed it to something else, and started getting this error. I changed it back and it fixed it.
Just delete all the previous versions of the application. Due to mismatch/confusion about bundle identifier it happens.
I removed all the existing application with the similar identifier and was able to install.
I was able to resolve this error message simply by unplugging the USB cable, and plugging it in again after a few seconds. YMMV!
You need to make sure that your device is not set to two applications with the same Bundle ID.
I had this error when I tried copying and pasting one xcode project to build another app. What I had to do was change the bundle identifier name to something different than my previous app.
Could not change executable permissions on the application
Cause: I had icons in the files system named 29x29.png, 58x58.png, 72x72.png, etc. I had soft links (ln -s) with the required names per App Icons on iPad and iPhone. For example, Icon-Small.png was a link to the real file 29x29.png.
I did this because my program runs on different platforms, from mobile phones to desktops. Android, Apple and Microsoft all have similar requirements. So "one set of icons" and "different links for different OS" made the most sense to me.
Fix: Don't use links. Apple does not tell you that. And their error message of "Could not change executable permissions on the application" is useless.
Looking at all the different answers (and causes), it looks like lots fo things can cause it.
I have a Mac app I have written to support iCloud. However, I get this when trying to run the app:
error: failed to launch /Users/padsoftware/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Scrawl-heofvoywsunchdhjowxkvkoiqvan/Build/Products/Release/Scrawl.app/Contents/MacOS/Scrawl
The odd thing is that this appears for all of my Mac apps, with or without iCloud, with or without sandboxing, with or without entitlements, or ever with or without code signing. Any idea on how to fix this?
I had this problem too. For me, it was a code sign issue. Make sure you're signing with developer, not distribution.
I encounter this problem every once in a while. Like the others mentioned, these are the steps I take:
1. Clean (Shift+Cmd+K) ------
Removes all the product files, as well as any object files (.o files) or other intermediate files created during the build process (Apple Doc)
2. Navigate to "~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData", delete folder for app in question ------
Derived data consists of project indexes, logs, and build products including intermediate files (Apple Doc)
3. Restart Xcode
One or the other usually fixes it. I haven't had to change Code Signing settings, but that would be my next step. Wouldn't re-install Xcode unless absolutely necessary.
I had such problem also and restarting Xcode Fixed the issue .
even it happened after renaming the application ....
Under Build Settings make sure you are signing with a valid developer profile for debug and release.
Then Build for Testing
That fixed the problem.
"Product"->"Scheme"->"New Scheme" fixed my problem
Just in case it helps anyone else, my problem was fixed by rebooting my iPhone (4S). Then the app suddenly appeared on the Springboard (it was like it was already installed but somehow hidden).
...I did all the other steps (restart Xcode, clean project, delete derived data) but none of it worked this time.
What worked for me... I was already code signed as developer so I cleaned my code
menu bar -> Product -> Clean
That still didn't fix it but I noticed that I was getting handshake error, I had a large amount of apps already running on my phone (~15-20) so I exited out of all of them and retried. It worked after exiting out of all other apps.
For one of my clients, I've developed a small iOS app. I'm a member of their dev team, so I've been using a development certificate to sign my local test builds.
Now the app is almost done and it should go into internal testing on the clients side. I created an archived build of the app which I then sent to my client. They imported it into the organizer and tried to "Share" it to be able to re-sign it using an ad hoc profile.
Creating the .ipa fails with an "no such file or directory" error though. The archive appears to be fine otherwise - the organizer shows all the usual information, the icon, and it will let them export it as another archive. Creating an .ipa without re-signing fails as well, which leads me to believe this is not an issue with ther certs and provisioning profile.
If I try the same thing on my side, writing an .ipa from the very same archive using my development cert, the operation succeeds.
It may be worth mentioning that the same procedure was working fine while we were still using XCode 3.x on earlier projects. This is the first time we've been trying this using XCode 4.
No additional (static) libraries have been used.
Any help greatly appreciated!!
Edit:
Someone at the apple dev forums suggested to me that I should check the system console for xcode error messages while attempting to export the .ipa - none were printed out. We discovered some other, older messages however, which read as follows:
18.04.11 13:54:35 /Developer/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/MacOS/Xcode[123] /Users/User/Library/Developer/Xcode/Archives/2011-04-15/Foobar.xcarchive/dSYMs/Foobar.app.dSYM/Contents/Info.plist:
set flags (was: 00200000): Operation
not permitted
The timestamp is roughly at the time when my client first imported my archive, but we can't be sure since we didn't watch the console back then.
The message had been printed multiple time, once for every single ressource file contained in the bundle. Does this tell you guys something?
Problem solved.
Following another suggestion on the apple dev forum, we repaired permissions on both systems. Additionally, I built and archived the app again and used a different way to transmit the archive to my client. We did all of this in one try, so I can't quite tell which of these measures actually did the trick. If you stumble across this because you have the same problem, you might want to try all of this, too.
Thanks for listening!
Update:
It happened again - and this time, we tried to solve it step by step. Result: It's all about how the file is being transmitted. I just attached the archive package to a mail to my client, that's what broke it, although I don't know why. Zipping the archive before transmitting it solved the problem, however.
After downloading XCode 4.3 beta with the IOS 5 SDK, the Organizer function to share and archive stopped working with a cryptic error "No such file or directory found".
It turns out that this is related to having two different versions of codesign_allocate . To fix the problem, do the following in a terminal window.
sudo ln -s /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/codesign_allocate /usr/bin
Another hint - try the manual way to create a shared ipa - since it gives you a lot more detail of what went wrong. See http://blog.dmahajan.net
Can you see if this is also linked to your problem?
EasyCoder's answer fixed this issue for me - I have the 5.0 beta SDK and had the same problem.
I ran the following and it was fixed:
ln -s /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/codesign_allocate /usr/bin/codesign_allocate
I built a simple app that I'd like to submit to the Apple store, but I am not sure whether my project Release settings are set correctly. I adjust a few things, based on what I could find online, but I might've created more problems than I solved.
I would very much appreciate if somebody could provide a copy of working Release settings which would sure work for my project. I don't store/read any files, the application just runs a few commands. Basically, I just need it to run and install in that /Applications folder so the user could trigger a launch.
Basically use default settings, move your source code to a new project, read up the guidelines and see if anything is told to change, otherwise it's just fine. Cheers.