I am trying to create an App ID for my first release. I have a new company developer account.
I get the error message 'An App ID with Identifier '' is not available. Please enter a different string' when trying to create the App ID.
This happens when:
I type the name of my app in the App ID Description field and I type the matching Bundle ID from my Xcode project (com.MyCompany.MyProductName) in the App ID Suffix field but I get the error and cannot continue.
However, If I type in, say, 'com.MyCompany.MyProductNameVersion1', which is different from the Bundle ID in my Xcode project, then I don't get the error and am able to continue??
To my knowledge, I need to enter the same Bundle ID as in my Xcode project but its not working as advised.
Been stuck on this for a few days, reading and trying all I possibly can, I cannot find a solution and cannot proceed.
Any help is appreciated
UPDATE: In the Accounts section of Xcode > Preferences, I have two entries under 'Team' : the first is my name and (Personal Team) and under 'Role' it says 'User'... the second is my company name and under 'Role' it says 'Agent'.. I also thought this screenshot may be useful. It shows the signing section of the General tab when the Team field is set to my company name:
I managed to get this sorted. #Beninho85 pointed me in the right direction but the info in this thread was the answer I needed: How to manage Personal Team info on Apple Developer website?
I had a two teams in my developer account. One was a previous Personal Team before I joined Apple Developer as a 'company'. This Personal Team had created App ID's for development provisioning profiles which were conflicting with identically named App ID's I wanted to create for distribution profiles using my company name. Identically named App ID's cannot be generated within the portal. Only Apple can delete personal Team accounts already registered with them. I had them delete the personal team and App ID's.
You have the answer in your question.
The bundleId must be unique for each application. So if you created this bundleId on another developer account, you can't use it anymore. Delete the previous one or create a new one.
If you're allowing Xcode to "Automatically" manage signing, and you don't see your App ID on the Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles web portal, try enabling any capability (i.e. the Siri capability) which will force Xcode to regenerate a provisioning profile (and register the App ID with iTC).
Verify that a new provisioning profile has been created by going to Targets > [Target Name] > General. Next to Provisioning Profile, tap the information button and verify that the Created date is today. Once you see your App ID registered in the portal, you can disable the previously enabled capability.
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As indicated in the title, Xcode is not being able to automatically create app Id and provisioning profile for an app i’m developing. I have checked the “Automatically manage signing” option but on the developer portal i can’t see any app id or provisioning profile matching the provided bundle identifier.
The problem arises only if I select, in the “team” selection, my developer account . For example, by using my enterprise account, the “waiting to repair” message is shown in Xcode and i can see the new app id created in the enterprise account portal.
If I change the bundle identifier and I select again my developer account, nothing happens, no errors and no warnings. I’m able to install the application on a device and all seems to be good. However, in my developer portal I still do not see the app id and provisioning profile so i can’t send the application to iTunes connect in order to submit to the Apple store.
Moreover, trying with other apps, all is ok even using my developer account.
I searched on line but i can’t be able to find a similar problem, are there any particular settings that are preventing the automatic Xcode app id creation to work for my app?
EDIT
it seems it’s not a problem related to the particular app. In fact I tried to create a new application fromo scratch and i have the same problem. I still do not have the problem on old apps (already uploaded on itunes connect) but i have the problem on all the newly created apps. Is that a problem with my developer certificate?
EDIT 2
I noticed that for all the newly created applications the App ID is set to: " * " (see image below). In my old apps the App ID and iOS Team Provisioning Profile are not equals to " * ". I have also deleted the wildcard id from my developer portal but the problem still remain.
I had a similar problem and i solved with a workaround. I have enabled push notifications in the "capabilities" tab (i.e, adding them to the entitlements), in this way the app id and provisioning profile have been correctly generated on the developer portal. Later, I have disabled push notifications (not needed in my project).
It's only a workaround, hope it helps
Somewhat related: I played around with Apples provisioning profiles in a desperate attempt of trying to wrap my head around their signing nightmare. In the process I deleted all the app ids from apple.developer that Xcode had automatically generated.
Afterwards I couldn't get Xcode to regenerate the app ids and I didn't wanted to manually create them, so what I had to do was to delete the automatically generated provisioning profiles from ~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles/.
I've developed an app for a customer who has their own Apple account and profiles etc.
They have given me their development profiles and dev keychain certificate and want me to deliver the app to them signed with their dev profiles which they will then replace with app store distribution profiles.
I'm having a problem adding an app group to the capabilities. When I click on the + button to add an app group I get the following error:
This is the signing settings. When their developer provisioning profile was imported as the signing profile XCode set the Team to "Unknown Name (XXXXX)" so it must have pulled that team name from the profile.
In XCode's accounts I only have my own Apple IDs added, I don't have their Apple ID added (its not possible to without knowing their password though?, something I won't get). I presume this might be why I am getting that error code?
Is there anyway of adding the group id to the project without having to add their Apple ID to XCode's account section?
They have given me their development profiles and dev keychain certificate and want me to deliver the app to them signed with their dev profiles which they will then replace with app store distribution profiles
That whole approach is mistaken (as you now know). They have two choices:
You can just develop the app under your own banner, making all your own profiles as needed, and they can make all the necessary substitutions and other changes at their end when they have the code. Or:
They must make you formally a member of their team (e.g. an Admin), at least while you're working on the app.
I have recently added one account to my Apple ID.so,now I have two accounts linked to one apple ID. I am able to add apps through my previous account.But now,I am trying to register app through the recently added account, it shows me you have no eligible Bundle IDs for iOS apps error even if I have valid bundle id and provisional profile.
I am stuck with this issue and not able to resolve.
Any help is appreciated to resolve my issue at earliest possible.
1) Check bundle id, is it match with your certificate and profile.
2) Add proper account in Xcode->Preferences->Account.
3) After that download proper certificate and profile by clicking on ViewDetails.
4) If you have multiple account/team then select proper team while creating build from Info section in Xcode.
5) Select certificate and profile from build settings.
Here is the images for the same.
On the general screen for your project you can select the team. Do you have the correct team selected? Also, have you created the bundle ID on the Apple developer site using your new account?
I've just enrolled in the Apple dev program, but when trying to create an APP ID in the Member center, I receive this message:
An App ID with Identifier is not available. Please enter a different
string.
Before enrolling, I was using the same account (but not part of the developer program), and building my app for my own phone.
I'm 200% sure this bundle ID is not taken by anyone else but me.
How is that possible in such case? Can XCode register an APP ID by itself ?
I also notice an app id called "XC Wildcard" which is defined for any id "*"
I'm really kind of lost, so any help would be really apreciated.
Thanks!
This happened to me and it is because I had accidentally assigned the App ID to my personal account instead of my team account because I had automatically manage signing ticked in XCode. The error message means the ID has been taken and can't be used on your team account now.
You need to remove the App ID from your personal account, however because this is a free account you don't have access to do this so you need to contact Apple Developer Support and request that the App ID is to be removed from your personal account.
I called and they sorted it whilst I was on the phone. I was then able to setup the App ID with my team account. Don't forget to ask them to delete all versions of the App ID, for example, if you also have a .dev and .staging version of the same ID.
This one looks weird but this worked for me.
At first I had an App ID with Name "My App" with identifier "com.mycompany.myapp". I got the same error
"An App ID with bundle identifier X is not available. Please enter a
different string"
when I tried to export. But then I changed my App ID's name to "XC com mycompany my app" and left everything as it as. It worked now.
I have another use case, check if your App ID contains 'ios' in it e.g.
com.domain.ios.MyApp
if so then you may need to remove it, this must be some recent change as I was able to register the App ID with ios earlier.
I am using Xcode 12.4. And I have been facing this issue with Free account. Now I added Bundle Id to my paid account. Went through so many answers but no luck.
Following steps solved my issue. May someone get help from this. thanks
Actual scenario so far I realized :
Main thing is when you build with Xcode then Bundle Id auto registered with account[free account]
Same Bundle Id is not working for new Paid account bcz of duplicacy
For free account it is not possible to remove app/Bundle Id from App Store Connect
So have to change Bundle Id for new Paid account.
If it was paid account then possible to remove Bundle Id from App Store Connect
Steps :
Sign with free account again on Xcode Team
Sync with Xcode which create provisioning profile to sync
Then change Bundle Id to com.domain.appnamefree and sync with free account again
That means apple auto registered with this Bundle Id for this free account
Once this change got applied, the real bundle id became free and available
Then delete the free account from Xcode account
Now add paid account to Xcode Team
Change Bundle Id to com.domain.appname
And sync again so that apple recognised this Bundle Id for this Paid account
You need delete all invalid provisioning profile from your Apple portal and create a new app id with bundleID like com.my.appname:
Apple has just updated their Dev Center CGU. It seems that the app extension bundleId is stricter.
if your app bundleId format is : com.my.app
your app extension bundleId now have to be : com.my.app.XXX
Creating new appID and provisioning profile fix the issue.
here is link for more details
https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/15712
I have faced same problem like that 'An App ID with Identifier com.xxx.xxxx is not available. Please enter a different string'. I did removed all provisioning profiles from apple developer membercenter and removed account from XCode preference.
Afterward create new iOS development and distribution provision profiles manually. Download all via XCode and run... it working perfect and did export or upload next version to AppStore.
Please try this.
I got the same issue an app id with identifier is not available. please enter a different string. And i do this.
You have to create a new Provisioning Profile and the old provisioning profile which you are using delete it first And then create a new provisioning profile from whatever the Apple Developer account you are using.
Install your new Provisioning Profile and its working fine and you can archive the project easily.
It means what it states that someone has registered the same identifier already. Simply create a more unique string.
for me to solve the problem I changed my team to individual, from myusername(team), if you're an individual is what you should use, other wise if you're a company use your team.
I am new to Mac and I have to use it for developing Ionic hybrid app for iOS. I am using Mac 10.11 with Xcode 7.
Now, I have get my app ready and want to deploy it to app store. But I am having trouble with the App ID. In my Xcode, when I go to account, I can see Team Name list with 2 items. One is my name with Agent for iOS and Mac. The other one is my name (Personal Team) with Free for iOS and Mac.
The problem is in the Personal Team item, I have the provisioning profiles with the app ID I want to use for deploy into app store. Since it is already in here, I can’t create that app ID again in my developer account. I tried but I can’t find a way to remove it.
So, how can I remove that app ID / Provisioning Profile so that I can use it in my developer account?
Thank you.
The only way I manage to do that is to contact the customer support (Apple Developer Program Support), after few days and few back and forth they finally deleted the bundle id from my Personal Team and I was able to add it to my Developer Program (Agent) profile. I know this is not ideal but at least if you really want to use the same Bundle ID it worked for me.
The issue is not with App ID but Bundle ID that is unique in the AppStore.
Currently, you can't 'restore' Bundle ID in any way.
You can create another App ID with the same Name but different Bundle ID.
Solution: go to your other Developer Program, create new App, choose slight different Bundle ID and you are good to go.
Reference:
Apple Documentation
You can select your App ID in the Developer portal under iOS App IDs to edit and delete.
If you're referring to your iTunes Connect listing, you cannot remove your application listing. You can however use a different Bundle ID with the same App ID. Which, in turn, would solve your problem.
As for Provisioning profiles, you can edit and remove them in the Provisioning Portal.
#Alexandros Trepeklis suggested contacting Apple Developer Program Support; they may be able to help you remove the original app listing.
And as #Krodak mentioned, you should read 's documentation on the subject.
You can delete an App ID and Bundle ID on your own through the developer portal if you have not yet posted the app to iTunes Connect. The TL;DR is that you need to add a capability to your app to force Xcode to generate an explicit listing for your app on the portal. Once the listing is there, you can remove it (and all associated provisioning profiles and whatnots).
Step by step:
Add a capability, say push notifications, to your app.
Now log in to the developer portal. Go to Account > Certificates, IDs, & Profiles > App IDs. You should see the App ID prefixed with "XC"
Click on the App ID you want to delete and then click the Edit button.
Click Delete towards the bottom of the listing.
Confirm the delete. This should free up the App ID and Bundle ID for use with another team.