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Using Xcode beta 9 (v4), I'm trying to launch the app by clicking on the "play" button. I get a "build succeeded" but right before launching, a popup message appears in Xcode:
"iPhone has denied the launch request."
It used to work yesterday. It does work on the simulator. I've rebooted my computer, the iPhone, uninstall the app, cleaned the build. Running out of ideas.
It may be code sign issue. Make sure you're signing with developer, not distribution.
It happens using Xcode 9.x or newer.
I tracked this problem down to the "debug executable" checkbox in the product scheme (product->scheme->edit scheme->info->debug executable checkbox). I unchecked that and this stopped happening (as well as a couple other weird issues - no output in console being one).
I have a workaround:
If you change the scheme to 'Ask on Launch' it works.
In Xcode top bar
Product > Scheme > Edit Scheme > 'Info' tab > Executable: "Ask on Launch"
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It's slightly annoying but it works.
This issue can be resolved by unchecking Debug Executable in Edit Scheme.
After getting "denied launch request" error, do this:
Edit Scheme -> Info -> Executable -> Ask on Launch
This worked for me with adhoc profile.
The problem for me was that I was using a free developer account (simply signed in with my Apple ID). When looking at the device logs I found (bold added)
(RequestDenied); reason: "The request was denied by service delegate
(SBMainWorkspace) for reason: Security ("Unable to launch
{com.my.bundleID} because it has an invalid code signature, inadequate
entitlements or its profile has not been explicitly trusted by the
user")"
That made me realize that I needed to go into Settings -> General -> Device Management -> {My Apple ID} -> Trust
After that, everything worked as expected.
In previous versions of iOS I would encounter a dialog on my device that would tell me that this was the problem. Maybe Apple took it out for iOS 11. 🤔
Simple restarting of the iPhone helped me out.
For me issue was due to code signing the app with Ad hoc profile.
After changing the code signing to developer profile,from xcode settings general tab the above issue got resolved.
I got this issue recently and I found the solution for this crazy issue. This are the Scheme Issue to fix this issue follow following steps.
Click Edit Scheme top Navigator Tab.
Click Info on Run menu.
On Executable dropdown select "Ask on Launch" option -> Then Close and run the build once.
This solved my problem when I got this issue.
Apple Reference
Got this with Xcode 9.0 while deploying to a non-simulated iPhone 6s with iOS 10.3.
I had force-quit the app right before this arose. Otherwise, nothing had changed; all the developer signing credentials was still trusted, and the app was still marked Verified in the iPhone's Settings.
The trick that fixed it was turning the iPhone off and then turning it back on again.
Looking at my logs, it appears applicationWillTerminate was triggered a while before this happened; the instance of the app that I thought I force-quit must have been some zombie process?
The problem is that xcode 'times out' after certain seconds. The fix is to edit the scheme and ask xcode to 'wait' until the executable is launched.
In Edit Scheme, check 'Wait for executable to be launched' instead of 'Automatically'
I attentively read all answers but they don't help me. My solution:
Go to Xcode preferences, select accounts (⌘ + ,)
Select your Apple ID, choose team and click Manage Certificates
In Pop up menu in bottom left corner click + button and select iOS Development, then click done and close popup
Try to relaunch application, now it's should fine.
It may cause with switched a wrong branch with Git, Make sure the branch you switch not too old(since it may cause code sign issue), And on the right branch if this still bothering, select the development Provisioning Profile under Signing(Debug) if u r not Automatically manage siging.
Just tick "Automatically manage signing" in General -> Signing properties of the Target. It will create Development provisioning profile for you and running on the device will work.
These simple steps helped me.
Remove your connected iPhone, iPad from the mac.
Restart your device.
Select "Automatically manage signing" in Xcode settings.
Reconnect your iPhone, iPad.
I know there are lots of answers in this thread. I've tried every one of them but none worked for me.
TLDR:
Here is the solution:
Update to xcode 11.4.1 or newer
Going through all the certificates in Keychain access I found out that all of my developer certificates has a invalid status. And, I believe that, this is the root cause of this issue. I've tried the solution here saying delete Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Intermediate Certificate and everything. But, It didn't work.
Then I came across this link. Apparently, the Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Intermediate certificate (AWDRI) is set to expire in 2023 and developer certificates or any other certificates issued after January 28, 2021 won't be using that particular AWDRI certificate. Instead of that they use a renewed certificate which is set to expire in 2030. And here comes the problem, The new renewed certificate only works in xcode versions of 11.4.1 or newer. And, I have an older version of xcode.
When I updated my xcode to latest version - 12.4 (I had to go through making space on my machine, updating macos and all) The problem went away. All my developer certificates on Keychain access are now showing valid. And, I could see two AWDRI certificates on my Keychain access one expiring on 2023 and another one in 2030.
Description from the link I shared:
The current Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Intermediate Certificate (intermediate certificate) is set to expire on February 7, 2023. The renewed certificate will be used to sign new software signing certificates issued after January 28, 2021 for the Apple Developer Programs. Remaining service certificates will be updated in the future and this page will be updated to reflect additional certificate changes.
And more...
This requirement also impacts all software signing certificates generated after January 28, 2021, by developers with Personal accounts in Xcode, as well as members of the Apple Developer Program, Apple Developer Enterprise Program, and iOS University Developer Program.
The new Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Intermediate Certificate is downloaded automatically by Xcode 11.4.1 or later and is available for download on the Certificate Authority page. Confirm that the correct intermediate certificate is installed by verifying that the expiration date is set to 2030.
Also they are mentioning about an issue with older versions:
Xcode 11.4.0 and earlier may not be able to sign software using signing certificates issued by the new Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Intermediate Certificate. If you’re unable to upgrade to a supporting version of macOS or Xcode on your build machine, you can build and archive your app using an earlier Xcode client and sign it for distribution using the latest release. Alternatively, you can utilize the codesign tool to sign your software using the command line.
I face this issue on Xcode 9.1
Scenario: I checked "Connect via Network" option for device. And trying to run app to this device with USB cable attached.
Fix: Simply remove USB cable and run.
I'have tried all the answers nothing worked for me,
The problem is coming form Xcode itself and has nothing to do with profiles and certificate :
Product > Scheme > Edit Scheme
In Run (Section) / info (tab) [select] the Release instead of debug as Build Configuration as follow :
It's a regression since Xcode 10.1
Config : Xcode Version 10.1 (10B61)
Iphone X / IOS 12.1.4
I had the same issue . Its a bug in Xcode 9.1. There is a trick to make it work for now. Lock your phone. Run the code. Xcode will ask to unlock the iPhone.
I just cleared the profiles with the Apple Configurator, restarted the iDevice and worked again as usual.
It's an intermittent bug in Xcode - I just stopped and started all my devices and it magically worked (after messing about for 1/2 hour)
I had upgraded MacOS overnight to 10.13.04 which obviously upset something!
Xcode 9.3, iOS 11.3 watchOS 4.3
Let me tell you a workaround which solves my problem:
Step 1: Windows > Devices and simulator.
Step 2: Unpair device.
Step 3: Reconnect device and trust.
Step 4: Run the application. BINGO.
For me this issue was related to a Manually installed Enterprise Certificate and having to use it for both development and release schemes. I had to trust the certificate on the device before it would allow the app to be launched, but it would never launch as I kept getting that denied message. Eventually, editing the scheme and setting it to wait for the app to be attached before debugging did the trick.
Open the App Groups in Capabilities, wait App... effective，then close the App Groups, it worked:
After seeing all the solutions given across web, i finally found one and here are those:
Error occurs because of it makes Runner confused about what profile to use.
You will most often get this error, when you have added new account in profile in Xcode > Targets > Signing.
You can remove this error by just using before one Profile.
There is no need to create New Users.
or you can sign in with account you are using in Profile in your iPhone (i did this!)
Happy Days :)
In case this problem occurred for you a couple of days before today, 2019-Mar-20, it is very likely related to the fact that faulty code signing certificates were issued. In that case you should be able to resolve it by just recreating the code signing certificate. This SO question already has an answer that explains you how to do so.
I'm not sure whether it's a fix, or just another workaround, but uninstalling the application from my device helped. I'm still not sure what caused it, but #MrRogers answer helped me figure it out.
For me the issue came-up because, I was using the Distribution Provisioning Profile to debug.
We cannot debug with Distribution Provisioning Profile, changing it to Development Provisioning Profile fixed the issue.
Steps: (Xcode 11.2.1)
Select Project, Under TARGETS, select the correct target.
Switch to Signing & Capabilities
Under Singing section, change the Provisioning Profile to Development profile or you can just check Automatically manage signing
None of the other answered worked -
Xcode 11+
Click Edit Scheme on the top Navigator Tab.
Launch option choose Wait for executable to be launched
You will have to run the application on your device manually but that will keep the debugger attached as for some of the other solutions debugger get detached.
Today,I also meet this question.This is my way to solve.
Xcode 9.0,iPhone 6s,Automatically manage signing with my account.
When I select "iPhone 6s",I found that there is an logo after the iPhone 6s
It's the new function of Xcode 9.0 that can run an app on the iPhone without a string connect computer(iPhone and Mac must connect the same Network).
So, I try to change this kind of connect way.
Open "Devices and Simulators"-> unselect "Connect via network"
And then, I clean, rebuild and run my project.It works!
I will be happy if this method can help you.
I am unable to install a watchOS 2 WatchKit app due to an application-identifier entitlement. This happened after turning on App Groups in the Capabilities tab.
Full error:
App installation failed
This application's application-identifier entitlement does not match that of the installed application. These values must match for an upgrade to be allowed.
This is running the app in debug mode on a physical device. Running just the iOS app works fine.
I have turned App Groups off again and removed the entitlements files that were added, but same error.
I had this problem with an iPhone app, and fixed it using the following steps.
With your device connected, and Xcode open, select Window->Devices
In the left tab of the window that pops up, select your problem device
In the detail panel on the right, remove the offending app from the "Installed Apps" list.
After I did that, my app rebuilt and launched just fine. Since your app is a watchOS app, I'm not sure that you'll have the same result, but it's worth a try.
I had this problem and was not able to resolve it without deleting and reinstalling the app (messing with provisioning profiles, as some here suggested, did not help).
However, I did not lose my existing test data. Here's how to do that, for anyone having this problem in the future:
Before removing the app, open the Xcode "Devices" window (that's cmd-shift-2).
Select your device and find your app in the "Installed Apps" list.
Click on the gear icon and select "Download Container...". This will copy all of the app's data to your Mac. Save that somewhere for now.
Delete the app and reinstall it from Xcode. Kill the app from Xcode (click the stop button), so it's not running.
Back in the "Devices" window, click the gear icon and select "Replace Container...". Select the data that you downloaded to your Mac in step 3.
Xcode will then restore your previously saved app data.
You now have your old test data back, and the app should run.
Delete any previous versions of App from your iPhone and then Clean->Build and Run again. Your app should run smoothly on your Device.
Also, please make sure you have not selected Distribution Certificate in your Project Settings while trying to run your project directly on your device.
You will get this error when your AppID prefix does not match the prefix of the previously installed app. If your app is already in the App Store, you will not be able to submit updates without restoring the original AppID prefix or contacting Apple.
Apple's instructions for handling this problem: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/technotes/tn2319/_index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS40013778-CH1-ERRORMESSAGES-UPGRADE_S_APPLICATION_IDENTIFIER_DOES_NOT_MATCH_THE_INSTALLED_APP
If you did not intend to change the AppID prefix then Xcode is signing your app with the wrong provisioning profile.
If you do intend to change the AppID prefix (because the app was transferred to a new developer, or you are migrating from an old pre-2011 AppID) you must contact Apple to migrate an existing AppID to a new prefix.
You must also add the previous-application-identifiers entitlement to your app, listing all previous AppIDs (with old prefixes). And you must ask Apple to generate a provisioning profile for you that includes the previous-application-identifiers entitlement.
I solved this without deleting the app
With the project open in xcode.
Project -> Build Settings -> Code Signing -> Provisioning Profiles (drop down)
It is probably set to automatic and is choosing the wrong profile. Open the drop down and choose the correct one, then re-run the app.
I faced the same problem and was stuck for several minutes and after a search, the simplest solution that i found is just remove the previously installed app from your device manually and try to run the app from Xcode again.
Hope it helps you.
All the Best...
Steps
With your device connected, and Xcode open, select Window->Devices
Now select the app and download the container using setting icon
Delete the app
Install app again using Xcode
Stop from Xcode
Go to Window->Device and select the app and replace the container that is backup from previous app
This can be caused by App ID prefix, when you switching different developer accounts. See https://developer.apple.com/library/content/technotes/tn2311/_index.html for Apple's support.
Explanation
For me, this issue happened because I have signed in with a different account than the account I have installed the app on the iPhone with.
Solution
Just delete the app from the iPhone and run it again from Xcode.
I tried a few thing myself like updating/making new provisioning profiles, fixing entitlements in Apple Member Center and in project but in my case, I simply had to delete the application and re-run it.
o_O
This application's application-identifier entitlement does not match
that of the installed application.
NOTE: it says "...does not match the installed application"
I guess it happened for me because we added a new app extension and there must have been some target related migration issues? Not sure but anyways
I found that I had accidentally changed the provisioning profile to have a wildcard in it.
Ie., it went from com.companyname.appnickname to com.companyname.*
I made a new provisioning profile with the full name correctly named, downloaded it, set the Target->build settings->provisioning profile to that new profile, restarted xcode, got a bizarre error from xcode (it seemed to confuse my various app developer logins), restarted xcode again, and it worked!
I didn't want to delete the existing app, because I was trying to test what happens when a user upgraded their app to a newer version, so I had installed the app store version and then run my xcode with the newer version (which acts like 'upgrading' the app without removing any user data).
I had the same error and I solved it by changing Bundle Identifier to something new. After that it build project with no problem.
My steps:
Open Xcode
Go to General tab
Find Identity
Change Bundle Identifier to something new.
This happened when I tried installing over top of an adhoc build.
In most of the responses to this issue, there's one critical aspect being overlooked that was brought up by the original asker. The app needs to be installed without deleting the existing install. In my case, the app uses an SQLite database that stores quite a bit of data for the user. Obviously, if you delete the app, then you delete the data. A solution that allowed me to test it in the same way a user will update it was a must.
In my case, the issue was Xcode using a provisioning profile automatically generated by Xcode. This probably happened because I got a new computer and didn't transfer the distribution provisioning profile over. Not to mention, I had not updated the app in almost 2 years. So my original provisioning profile (which contains the Entitlements application-identifier) was long gone. Solution: in Xcode preferences-> Accounts-> Select the appropriate Apple ID-> View Details-> Under Provisioning Profiles, right-click on the Xcode-generated profile for that app (it's prefixed with XC iOS), and select Move to Trash.
On the developer website, create a new distribution profile with your App's ID. Download the new profile, double click and Xcode should automatically install it. Conversely, you could return to the profiles listed in Xcode and tap the Download button next to your newly created profile. Build the app and try running again. By the way, my Xcode is set to automatically manage code signing, which other than this issue works great.
I had the same issue. The bundle.identifier and the name of the project has to be the same. At least that was my issue.
I had the same error until I restored the watch to factory defaults as per https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/17948
"Apparently if you have and existing WatchOS 1 app and try to update it to WatchOS 2 the bundle identifier changes and causes this error. If you update your watch you will need to do reset it if you had installed WatchOS1 app before updating that app to WatchOS2."
Even though I followed some few logical steps: uninstall app, rebuild project, the only solution that worked for me was: restart XCode. (XCode 8.1)
TLDR - delete the app from the device and run again.
In my case :
1. I compiled and run the app on the iPhone device.
2. I open in the setting the Capabilities and turn on the iCloud
3. Then I try to run the app again, boom, error : "App installation failed
This application's application-identifier entitlement does not match that of the installed application. These values must match for an upgrade to be allowed.
4.Then I deleted to app from the iPhone (after I read the answers here)
5.Everything works O.K
For the people who might be part of more than one team, this can be your problem:
If the app's bundle id is hard coded in your Info.plist then Xcode can get confused and throw this tantrum.
To fix:
Make sure that the bundle id is set as:
$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)
The accepted answer didn't work for me. To make it work I had to reset the Apple Watch to the last available backup.
Uninstall the main iPhone app, Watch app and build them again solves the problem.
I received this error after I moved from a 5s to a 6s.
I recovered the new 6s from a backup of the old iPhone.
Because of this on the new iPhone the old app was installed.
The old app did not show up in the 6s "Installed Apps" list!
I manually deleted this old app from the 6s and everything was fine.
I encountered this issue because I built to the phone with my code signing turned off from another machine, so you need to uninstall the app from the phone before installing/building to the phone with code signing on.
I faced the same issue today and resolving it by just changing the Display Name and Bundle Identifier from the previous App that also installed on my iPhone.
Steps:
Xcode -> General tab -> Find Identity -> Change Bundle Identifier
So, now I have two same Apps with same functionality but with two different names and identity.
In my case it was because of the certificate.
because my own certificate to sign the app wasn't part of the developper team (new employee), upgrading the app from the App Store to a new version wasn't allow.
So in case it happen to you and you can't manage to obtain a "good" certificate, just clone the git appStore version, open two Xcode projects, compile the old version, update the settings as you wish, the compile the new one and you're done.
a little bit dirty and tricky but I hope it could help someone.
My problem was the App ID in combination with the certificate used to create the provisioning profiles. None of my provisioning profiles were working because none of them were "Elgible" (created with a certificate that matched the App ID). I had moved development to a new machine, so perhaps this was the deeper reason. At any rate I had to create a new certificate, then new provisioning profiles with that certificate being careful to choose the right App ID when creating them. Good luck.
None of the answers above worked for me.
My problem: I had installed an App Version from Testflight, so, I just deleted both, the old app and the Testflight version, and is working again.
Accepting the pending agreements from the developer website and iTunes Connect website and reopening the project in X-Code solved the situation for me.
For me, this occurred after updating to XCode 11,
like the others have said, it is a signing issue.
What fixed it for me was to go to Developer portal > Certificates & Identifiers
Edit the provisioning profile you are using
List of certificates Screenshot
You'll see that there's certificate for XCode 11 (as seen on screenshot)
Just tick that box, re download the profile, and update your projects signing with the new profile.
With MacOS Catalina, your iPhone will be displayed in the 'Locations' sidebar of Finder windows (as long as you've got the Finder preferences set up to show external devices) - you can then access the files via the 'Files' option which is available from the bar near the top of the window, just below the title (in my case I had to click the '>' at the right).
I'm sending my app to testers with Beta from Crashlytics which is an amazing tool to do app testing.
I had every new tester's device UDID registered in my developer account and then distribute a new build.
My testers got email invitation and accessed app's installation which could not be completed on their device.
They kept seeing an alert showing up with message:
Unable to download app - MyApp could not be installed at this time -
Done / Retry
Testers' testing status are "installed" in my Crashlytics dashboard but they're actually not able to finish installation.
Please help me find any possible factor causing this problem.
Perhaps the provisioning profile embedded in the build has been invalidated. Use Xcode to create a new archive, then use Fabric to upload a new build with that archive.
Discussion:
In my case, I had deleted the provisioning profile in the Apple Developer Member Center that had been embedded in each of my Fabric Beta builds. This caused the app testers had previously installed to immediately crash when they tried to launch it (embarrassing). It also caused the "Unable to download app - MyApp could not be installed at this time - Done / Retry" issue when testers tried to (re)install the app via Fabric Beta. Uploading a new build with my new provisioning profile embedded fixed the issue (each tester had to install the new build).
I've run into this problem back on iOS8 and just recently saw it again for iOS9, the only thing that solved the install issue was for my users to delete any previous version that they had downloaded, restart their phone, and try again.
You can also verify with them if Crashlytics properly installed on their iDevice, I've seen more than once where the configuration profile caused the issue, it's worth removing that (Settings -> General -> Configuration Profile (towards the bottom)) and retrying the install.
This is usually caused by one of two problems:
Incorrect provisioning profile/code signing settings. Double- and triple-check that the following settings are the same for the project and the provisioning profile: bundle identifier, development vs. distribution, adhoc.
Caching - sometimes, even when you've done everything correctly, things still just go awry. In such cases, you can try: deleting the previous version of the app from your phone, cleaning your project, deleting and re-downloading provisioning profiles, and building the app again.
RubyMotion Solution
For me, it was because I was using a development distribution profile, but with the wrong entitlements. Well, entitlement, singular.
I still had the 'beta-report-active' entitlement enabled, which was not included with the development distribution profile I am using. It is instead included with the production distribution profile (which is needed to distribute to TestFlight). However, I just wanted to deploy to my local phone, and not air my dirty app laundry to my entire internal test group, so this is where I found myself.
In any case, removing the 'beta-report-active' entitlement fixed my issue.
I tried the normal route of checking for proper certs and also deleting the app and provisioning profile along with rebooting device. In my case it was installing on device A and not device B. Device A was older iPhone 5c running iOS 9 and device B was newer iPhone 8 running iOS 11.x. When I archived the app for distribution I was selecting device A during the archive. Once I selected "Generic Device" it worked. But I'm sure I've built in the past selecting a specific device instead of generic and it worked. I was using Xcode 8.2, but I don't believe the Xcode version matters.
I haven't used XCode since the first 6.x beta last summer. Today I installed the newest iOS beta on my iPhone 6 and the newest XCode beta from the developer portal. I created a new single-page swift application with an 8.3 target, and then tried to launch it on my device, but XCode shows it as ineligible in the build menu.
Any help on fixing this issue would be appreciated.
In my case, selecting the device from Product --> Destination worked great.
The fix is: Go to Product > Destination, and even though it says your device is ineligible, it will still allow you to select it, then building to it will work.
You may need to login to the Apple Developer center and agree to the new terms of service. After that, do the following to update the provisioning profiles:
Open Xcode
Open Preferences...
Select the Accounts tab
Select your Apple ID
Select View Details...
Hit the refresh button in the bottom left corner
If you get an error about agreeing to the terms of service just wait a few minutes and try to refresh the provisioning profiles again.
Edit:
For those still having trouble with ineligible devices, here's something else to try:
Open Xcode
Open Window
Select Devices
Control-click your device on the left side of the window and select Show Provisioning Profiles...
Use - to remove all profiles (Xcode will install the necessary profile on the device when you launch the app). I had a bunch of old/extra profiles on my device.
Double-check all settings in the Code Signing section in the build settings for your project and targets. Unfortunately I can't be more specific here but use your best judgement.
If you haven't done this since last summer, you probably need a complete new set of credentials. (This is because the entitlements for running a Swift app on a device changed.) Clear out everything and start from the bottom up with a new developer identity. Then create the development profile. Finally, attach the device and make sure to tap Trust and wait for the symbols to be copied over. You will then probably need to detach the device and attach it again, but at that point if you attempt to build and run on the device it should work.
According to the changelog, Apple has fixed this in XCode 6.3.1 If this issue still bugs you, you might wanna upgrade your environment.
Had this problem upon upgrading to the production version of Xcode 6.3. I tried all of the other solutions that were mentioned, and wasted hours trying various other things, but none of it worked. What did work was the nuclear option:
Uninstall Xcode
rm -rf "~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles/"
rm -rf "~/Library/Caches/com.apple.dt.Xcode/"
rm -rf "~/Library/Application Support/Xcode/"
rm -rf "~/Library/Developer/
Go revoke and delete your certificates and provisioning profiles in the iOS Developer Portal, then do the same in your Mac's key chain.
Install Xcode
Open Xcode, go to Preferences, add or select your iOS dev account, then refresh it to get new certificates and such (answer yes when prompted). Seems like you might also want to refresh it once again in some cases.
Update your project to point to those new credentials, where applicable
Edited:: 2015/Apr/27
Updated xcode version to 6.3.1
The problem was solved.
May be the update is required.
I have two iphone devices( 4s and 5 ) connected to my computer and i am trying to install an application in both the devices. It installs pretty well in iphone 5 but it gives an error 'The application could not be verified.' when attempted to install in the iphone 4s device.
The UDIDs of both the devices have been added in the provisioning profile generated for the application.
Also, to add a note, I have just updated my iphone version to 8.1.3 in my 4s device. I am not sure though if the error has anything to do with it.
Any help on this would be much appreciated. I have been stuck on this for some time now.
EDIT:
I just connected this to another iPhone device and the issue seems to be there again. Basically this means that the app, for some reason, installs only in the phone which I have been using for some time now and not in any other phone. Once again, I am pretty sure that the provisioning profile contains the UDIDs of all these 3 devices.
I had something similar happen to me just recently. I updated my iPhone to 8.1.3, and started getting the 'application could not be verified' error message from Xcode on an app that installed just fine on the same iOS device from the same Mac just a few days ago.
I deleted the app from the device, restarted Xcode, and the app subsequently installed on the device just fine without any error message. Not sure if deleting the app was the fix, or the problem was due to "the phase of the moon".
As I notice The application could not be verified. raise up because in your device there is already an app installed with the same bundle identifier.
I got this issue because in my device there is my app that download from App store. and i test its update Version from Xcode. And i used same identifier that is live app and my development testing app. So i just remove app-store Live app from my device and this error going to be fix.
just delete the app and try again, it happens to me when i try to launch over a device that has the same app but generated by an ipa file.
You probably used the "Fix Issue" option in Xcode when plugging in a new device. Old question but I believe this is the actual answer to WHY this is happening. When you install an app on a device it is signed with a specific development provisioning profile. If, for instance, you plug in another device that is not registered on your developer account Xcode will ask you to "fix the issue". When you press that the device is added and another provisioning profile is created/modified. If you try to overwrite an existing app you'll receive that error. Deleting the app and reinstalling it works since the profile has been altered. I find this often happens when a Team is set and a member plugs in a new device then Xcode "Fixes" the problem.
Might have figured it out... Deleting the app from the device worked for me, as others mentioned before (thanks!).
I think the reason is that the app on the device was actually signed with a separate provisioning profile, specifically a distribution profile in my case.
I faced this issue a lot. I am not sure if this is the issue, but I think, when xCode saw that there is an app with the same bundle identifier as of the app, I am trying to install, it didn't allow me. So, I had to delete the older one and attempted to install and it worked. However sometimes for testing purpose, I needed multiple version of the same app and in that case, I would change the bundle identifier and try to install. It only works if, I am using an wildcard provisioning profile.
To others not using RubyMotion and don't think that deleting the app is acceptable (as in, you want to do upgrade testing). Check out the bottom of these docs from Apple:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/technotes/tn2319/_index.html
It looks like they changed something in 8.1.3 to check for this new rule.
The Fix
"[Add] the installed application’s application-identifier value, as logged in the second parentheses, to the previous-application-identifiers entitlement’s array value for the app being installed (by resigning it or re-building it) and requesting new special provisioning profiles as shown below."
<key>previous-application-identifiers</key>
<array>
<string>{Your Old App ID Prefix}.YourApp.Bundle.ID</string>
</array>
EDIT:
In order to do this, you need special provisioning profiles. You can request these from Apple:
"To enable signing with the previous-application-identifiers entitlement new special provisioning profiles are required that can be obtained by going to the Contact US page and requesting them." (from the docs linked above).
Had the same issue on my iPad running 8.1.3 Deleting the app and installing again fixed the issue. I use two different provisioning profiles on two different machines and that could have caused this issue.
Working & tested solution, which does not require to delete application:
It looks like AppStore Distribution Provisioning Profile or just iOS Distribution certificate have special permissions and "Could not be verified..." problem does not apply to them. They will always override previous certificate.
In other words: AppStore release will install successfully, even if already installed (testing, adhoc or enterprise) app has been signed by the certificate from different team.
If you are lucky and have previously uploaded app to the AppStore account owned by the same team as in certificate you have a problem with - then things are very simple: just download & install app from AppStore.
When it installs - app certificate will be the same as the one you want to test with and problem goes away.
If your app is not on the AppStore yet - iTunesConnect beta comes to the rescue:
Disclaimer: I did not tested this but since cert an prev are the same as AppStore release, I bet it works:
Archive your app with AppStore provisioning profile (iOS Distribution cert) and upload to iTunesConnect (to the account owned by the same developer team as included in the provisioning profile not you want to run).
Invite person with the device you want to run on (yourself?) to beta test.
Download & install the app from iTunes connect beta.
Now you are able to install your testing version.
The application could not be verified" , in your device there could be already an app installed with the same bundle identifier.
So Simple solution Just delete the App & try again..
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TL;DR answer - There is no real solution besides "delete app and reinstall".
This answer is not satisfactory for many situations, when you have an existing database that needs to not get deleted within the app.
Lukasz and plivesey are the only ones with solutions that don't require delete, but neither worked for me.
I resolved this issue by changing the Build System to legacy in xcode.
I had the same problem but the mentioned solutions above didn't work for me. Even I had no previous app on device, I got this error when deploying on my device.
How to do:
Simply, go to menu File > Project Setting, inside Share Project Settings, change Build System from "New Build System (default)" to "Lagacy Build System".
I also encountered the same issue. Deleting the app didn't work, but when I tried deleting another app which was the current one's 'parent'(I copied the whole project from the previous app, modified some urls and images, then I clicked 'Run' and saw the unhappy 'could not be verified' dialog). Seems the issue is related to provisioning and code signing and/or some configurations of the project. Very tricky.
I had changed the team but I forgot to change it in my Tests target it so it caused that. Maybe this helps someone.
Just had the same problem and I found out that the issue is with expired certificate.
My app was distributed (AdHoc) through firebase and few days ago app was working just fine.
Today I've realized that I can't install it because 'The application could not be verified'.
Finally I realized that certificate that I was using for app signing has expired 2 days ago.
You need to upload it again and you'll be able to install it.
I had the same problem. But, I realised I was using a single plist with (debug) and (release) configuration, like this.
So, I changed few things..
Keeping a separate scheme for (release).
I added a new scheme for development purposes.
Edited the new scheme > run > Build Configuration > and set it to (release)
Generated a new archive using the new scheme and voila!!..
I'm able to install on all my devices.
My case:
jailbreak'ed iPhone
Final solution:
Install tweak AppSync Unified via Cydia
to bypass signing/certificate verification
Same issue occurred for me when I was installing through link. I tried to install using different link. Then I could install the app.