How to properly sign cordova app? - ios

Question

ERROR ITMS-90174: "Missing Provisioning Profile - Apps must contain a provisioning profile in a file named embedded.mobileprovision."
This issue has been plaguing me for the last 3-4 days, I have tried resigning and I am using a build config that looks like this:
{
"ios": {
"debug": {
"codeSignIdentity": "iPhone Developer",
"provisioningProfile":"ID found in myapp.mobileprovision",
"developmentTeam": "VKUC8843LP",
"packageType": "development"
},
"release": {
"codeSignIdentity": "iPhone Developer",
"provisioningProfile":"ID found in myapp.mobileprovision",
"developmentTeam": "VKUC8843LP",
"packageType": "app-store"
}
}
}
I am using cordova and here's the commands I am running to build the app:
cordova build ios --release --buildConfig
cd platforms/ios
pushd "build"
mkdir ./Payload
cp -R "emulator/myapp.app" ./Payload
zip -qyr MyApp.ipa ./Payload
rm -r ./Payload
popd
Then I put it in the ApplicationLoader and everytime I send it off, I get the above message. I have a build.json inside /App (directory before www). When I open the XCode file and checking to sign it says:
Provisioning profile "myapp" doesn't include signing certificate "iPhone Distribution: DEv Name(MYID1234)".

Answer 1

This is a problem with the new XCode 10 build system, which Cordova is not (yet) compatible with. Previous versions of XCode were opt-in for the new build system, but as of XCode 10 it's opt out.
If you're using XCode to do your build, then just go to File > Workspace Settings and select "Legacy Build".
Here are more details from the Cordova team: https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/issues/407