Wrong iOS provisioning profile being chosen - ios

I have followed a tutorial to enable Push Notifications on the App. It's still in development phase and internal testing only.
Using that, I have correctly enable development push notifications on the App ID, and the development provisioning profile accordingly. So much that the first three or so bundles that I have uploaded worked correctly and the Push Notifications went just fine.
Now, with the last update I've done, I've received an Email with an issue and the Push Notifications stopped working:
"Missing Push Notification Entitlement - Your app appears to include API used to register with the Apple Push Notification service, but the app signature's entitlements do not include the "aps-environment" entitlement... etc."
What I realized since then is that when I run "archive" to build the app, after I choose the team (the only one I have and always have used), when I come to chose the Binary and Entitlements, the Provisioning Profile is a DISTRIBUTION one and not the development one I have created.
I've tried countless things from my search on the internet. Including forcing in Code Signing on my target Build Settings the iPhone Developer:MyName and the development profile I've created in the Provisioning Profile row (wich is available to select here).
Still, no-go. I have no idea what changed in the process since I didn't mess with certificates or changed anything in that field, just plain app code.
Thanks for the input.
EDIT: I'll add some screenshots that maybe can shine some light.
The XC:profile is the default distribution provisioning profile that XCode is creating.

Note : without knowing the root cause i can only help you confirm whether you have all the certificates on proper place and using correct one.
Please go this way..
Just check in your Keychain and developer.apple account, if developer certificate is valid, if yes then
Check Provisioning profiles for Development and Distribution with Notification service enable in Provisioning section on developer.apple account.
So far everything is proper then.
Go to Xcode -> Preferences -> account -> refresh all certificate for the same apple account. and hit download.
Now go to Project settings -> general -> confirm you should have selected appropriate team.
finally to to project settings -> build settings -> search "code signing"
now select correct Provisioning profile and developer here.
please let me know if you find any trouble in this.

In my case, I had changed the bundle identifier for the app, but the App ID listed on the provisioning profile was still wrong. Turns out that in the "Packaging" section under build settings, there's another place where the bundle id needs to be changed ("Product Bundle Identifier"), and that's what the code sign-y thing was looking at.

Using Local Signing assets while exporting solved the issue for me

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Certificates and Provisioning Profiles for Push Notifications

I'm having trouble with the process. I have got push notifications working for Development. I have read multiple guides and questions, and for some reason - either their guides are deprecated in iOS 8 or my Xcode is bugged - I am having issues with provisioning profiles.
For the purposes of this question, I have generalized most of the terms for privacy concerns.
I'm currently greeted with the bug - Failed to code sign "App". There is a Fix Issue button, but I made sure I did not click that; I'm afraid it'll only complicate my problems.
I've followed the Parse iOS Notifications Guide and configured my app according to the guide. I've done the following:
Requested a certificateSigningRequest from Keychain Access
Created a new App ID in iTunes Connect, with a new bundle identifier. I made sure I went into my info.plist in my app to change and match the new App ID created in iTunes Connect.
Using the new App ID in iTunes Connect, I created the Production SSL Certificate.
Installed it to my KeyChain Access, and exported it to upload to Parse.
Next, I deal with the Provision profile. Once again, I went in iTunes Connect, created a new provisioning profile, made sure to link the correct bundle ID with it, and downloaded it.
Here comes the part that may have fudged up the process. In the Parse Notifications Guide, they instructed users to double click the downloaded file - in my case, it was called "AdHocDistribution.mobileprovisioning", which will install itself into Xcode.
Download the generated provisioning profile from the next screen by selecting the "Download" button.
Install the profile by double-clicking on the downloaded file.
This should open Xcode's Organizer in the Devices pane. Your new provisioning profile should appear in the Provisioning Profiles section of your Library. Make sure that the status for this profile is "Valid profile". If the profile is invalid, make sure that your developer certificate is installed in your Keychain.
Double clicking the mobileprovisioning file did not lead to any discernable feedback telling me that it was installed.
Finally, I modified the code signing fields in my project and target's build settings to match the one I downloaded.
Finally, I try running the app, and the error popped up. Please help!
Create a provisioning profile of the application using ADHOC from dev account.Download and control drag it to Xcode, Under provisioning profile in your screenshot select that.
Do the same for Target and project and you will be good to go!
P.S. also select the Team as your dev account
Please follow the following steps..
Check all your targets's Code signing Section. Like Project and Test Target.
Check the project "identifier" in all your .Plist file.
Add the account in Xcode Account section, by choose from :
XCode-> Preference - > Account -> click on +sign and add your apple developer account.
Hope it will help you.

IOS: Code signing error Xcode 6.3.1 [duplicate]

I've build a new application which is going to support IOS 7. I got the new XCode 5 GM and tried to sign my apps using my fresh provisioning profile and distribution certificate, but i'm having trouble with distribution. I constantly get the following error:
"Invalid Code Signing Entitlements. The entitlements in your app
bundle signature do not match the ones that are contained in the
provisioning profile. According to the provisioning profile, the
bundle contains a key value that is not allowed:
'[XXXX.com.sample.company ]' for the key 'keychain-access-groups".
Also the same error for a key value called application-identifier.
Screenshot of the errror:
The solution lies in the new option in Xcode 5 which says provisioning profile. Just set the project target's provisioning profile to the right one and it'll work.
If you are like me and you think you tried EVERYTHING, archived your project over ten times, banged your head on the keyboard and still get this error. Please do yourself a favor and simply Restart XCode, it worked for me. Sometime Apple... I hate you.
I went through many of the steps above but what finally worked for me was refreshing my profiles in Xcode. Not sure why it was necessary since my app's distribution profile was showing up in the list already. Here are the steps:
Xcode Preferences
Accounts tab
Select your Apple ID
Hit the View Details button in the Apple ID detail panel
Hit the Refresh button in the lower left corner
In my case, i activated the same capabilities in Xcode that in Application services in developer.apple.com. Thats works for me
In my case (sorry) I switched "Team" to "None" in -> General -> Identity
In another case I needed to switch this identity from "None" to the developer account managing the identities and profiles.
Xcode sometimes messes up greatly with code signing, it seems. Or, we mere mortals simply aren't clever enough to understand what it is doing, of course. Don't give up, we're all going through some code signing torture at times!
In my case, I had to set correct Provision Profile for Release, and then had to restart Xcode. Before restarting, it had same provision profile, and didn't work. So, sometimes a restart can do miracles. Maybe this helps somebody.
If someone uses a GameCenter then check this section in your target. I worked with some old project and there were 2 errors (but everything worked fine). Disabling and enabling it back solved this problem.
Most likely this action adds Game Center entitlement to App ID and and handle it itself.
1.Go to project folder, delete *.entitlements files.
2.Then go yo in xcode project target -> build settings -> code signing entitlements - delete values
3.Clean
4.Run
Ah, this glorious error. For me whenever I see this error I check the following things:
1. Allow XCode to access your provisioning profile info all the time - If XCode keeps asking when you start it up to have access to your computer's private files so that it can get provisioning profile information with the options to allow access always, not now, or just one time - set it to ALWAYS ALLOW access
2. If you have any old entitlement files kicking around your project get rid of them and any sign of them - if you see a .entitlements file in your project delete it (or at least remove the reference to it if you aren't sure you are ready to outright delete it), then make sure the 'Code Signing Entitlements' line under the 'Code Signing' section in Build Settings is empty
3. Check your Application Services online and match them up with your Services in XCode for the app - Go to the Apple Member Center and check the App ID for your app, click on the app to see its 'Application Services' and see what you have checked, then go to XCode and check your 'Capabilities' section to make sure the two have the same list of Apple services on both
4. Make sure you assign a valid Provisioning Profile to your app before validating - double check your provisioning profile for your app in the Apple Member Center, make sure it isn't expired, has the right App ID with the correct bundle id and distribution. Download and click on the new provisioning profile to make sure XCode has it, or go to XCode > Preferences > Accounts > click on your account and 'View Details' then click the bottom corner button to Sync all the profiles to XCode. You should have the profile available to select now in the 'Code Signing' section. Once you have the correct provisioning profile then you can set the 'Code Signing Identity' lines to the correct option for that provisioning profile.
Note - if doing a distribution certificate it can help to set all the 'Code Signing Identity' lines to the identity you use for distribution including the debug lines
5. IF ALL ELSE FAILS - Clean your project and Restart XCode and some Apple magic may just work fine the next time you open your project and try to Validate
If you're building an old 3.1.5 project, Xcode 5 has some bugs which unfortunately makes Benjamin's answer impossible, as there are no Provisioning profiles to pick from. After many a late hour of tormented reading of Xcode project files I came up with this solution that worked for me:
In the Utilities pane (to the right) in Xcode 5, under project Document, change from Xcode 3.1-compatible to Xcode 3.2 compatible.
Enter your organization name.
Close project.
Open your project file, e.g. open -a TextEdit path/to/name.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
Remove the two Distribution clauses (isa=XCBuildConfiguration).
Remove the two accompanying lines in buildConfiguration (one in PBXNativeTarget and one in PBXProject XCConfigurationLists)
Now you're ready to re-open, archive and submit to App store - voilà! It works again!
How I think it works
I assume this works because Apple somewhere along the line decided to drop the need for any separate distribution config, which is a good thing. When I archive, Xcode automatically code signs for distribution. That's the way it should have been implemented in the first place, it's just a shame that Apple can't make auto-migration part of the IDE; instead they force us developers to spend man-decades to make this stuff work.
I have been struggling with this problem for more than a day now, trying all kinds of solutions suggested here and elsewhere on the internet. Nothing worked...
But, I finally managed to solve the problem!
The problem I had was with an old app that I haven't touched in over 3 years, and now I was about to release a long awaited update. Since the time I released the app, Apple has been updating how the certificates and App Id works. They have introduced the concept of Team Id which seems to be recommended to use.
In particular, the Apple's "Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles" site, has seen a lot of changes since then.
There I realized that the Provisioning Profile I was using for App Store Distribution were connected to the App Id ED8xxxxxxx.com.rostsolutions.* but looking at the App Id for the game I was about to submit I notice that the App Id was ATMxxxxxxx.com.rostsolutions.Swisch. So the App Id prefix did not match!
That seemed to be the root of the problem. So what I did was to create a new Provisioning Profile connected to the App Id ATMxxxxxxx.com.rostsolutions.Swisch instead. Using that Provisioning Profile I successfully submitted my app to App Store and now I just keep my fingers crossed that everything else works fine at Apple's side.
(I first tried to connect to new Provisioning profile to the wildcard Id ATMxxxxxxx.com.rostsolutions.* instead, but that didn't seem to work).
But what puzzles me is that when I look at the old App in iTunes Connects and goes to Binary Details, it says that the App Id is ED8xxxxxxx.com.rostsolutions.Swisch. So why is the "Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles" page listing the App Id as ATMxxxxxxx.com.rostsolutions.Swisch?
My problem was solved by removing my Apple ID from Preferences->Accounts and then adding it back again. Then all my provisioning profile files showed up on the View Details utility panel. I was mistakenly choosing "Mac Team Provisioning Profile:*" instead of the actual distribution provisioning profile for the project thinking that it was a generic selection. Provisioning files must be specific to the project. Oh, and BTW, make sure your provisioning profile has the correct entitlements (for example, Maps). I managed to release an app with OSX Maps without the entitlement and Apple approved it -- but no Maps showed up on the production version!
In my case, I had the same problem, my solution was to change the 'Release Provisioning Profile' in the Build Settings before doing Archive. I do this twice, once for App Store distribution, and another one for Ad Hoc distribution. I also add a comment on my archives. My conclusion is that there is something broken about the "archive re-signature".
There is a very good tutorial for solving that problem on this website.
It says that this problem can occur when your Projects Bundle Identifier is different to the one you entered on the iTunes Connect Website.
I think xcode 5 uses "release" instead of "distribution" that you may created yourself.
If all above didn't work (in my case after couple of days no luck trying everything) I have only one Mac application. BE CAREFULL WITH REVOKE!
1) Revoke by hand all "Mac App Distribution" & "Mac Installer Distribution"
2) Clean relevant certificates and open-keys in Keychain (Warning: export before delete)
3) Restart Xcode
4) Go to (in Safari) developer.apple.com -> certificates etc.
5) Create CertificateSigningRequest.certSigningRequest in Keychain->Certificate assistant
6) Create by hand on developer.apple.com both "Mac App Distribution" & "Mac Installer Distribution" with your *.certSigningRequest
7) Provisioning Profiles -> Distribution -> create/fix custom provision for AppStore (I'm specially named it as "Mac provision profile for AppStore"
8) Xcode -> Settings -> Account -> Your account -> Refresh
9) Xcode Clean -> Archive -> Validate
I have been struggling with similar problem (I was building for Ad-Hoc distribution). Only thing that has changed since last successful deploy, was adding two devices to provisioning profile.
After double- and triple- checking all build settings, I regenerated provisioning profile (without changing anything), re-downloaded and it worked fine.
So note to self: if there is no logic explanation, you can always try good old IT voodoo.
I also recommend iPhone Configuration Utility, which despite its name, is useful for checking what provisioning profiles you have on computer.
ERROR ITMS-9000: “This bundle is invalid. New apps and app updates submitted to the App Store must be built with public (GM) versions of XCode 5.1.1 or higher and iOS 7 SDK. Do not submit apps built with beta software.
If multiple developers are using the same member center account. One of them can't use a certificate created by others cause they used a certificate request created using their computers.
You need to use a certificate created by you (certificate request
created using your computer).
Alternative, told them to send you the Developer Profile. not sure of the name. to use a certificate created on another computer.
Code signing Entitlements occur because of your resource does not contain Entitlements file in resources,Just go to build setting and search code signing Entitlements delete entry for debug and release, build project again you will see there is no error. Cheers
I had the same problem, but nothing written here worked for me. However, I found a simple way that worked for me. Here's how to do it:
1) In your Project and your Target(s) build settings, choose "None" for all Provisioning profiles, and choose "Don't Code Sign" for all Code Signing Identities.
2) Now, choose your Target and go to build settings. In Code Signing Identity Release setting, choose "iOS Distribution" for "Any iOS SDK". And then, in Provisioning Profile Release setting, choose your distribution profile for "Any iOS SDK". After that your Code Signing Identity Release setting should automatically change to "iPhone Distribution".
3) Archive your build and validate. Now it should work fine. That's it!

Missing Push Notification Entitlement warning

We have created an App ID, distribution certificate and provisioning profile. Push Notifications were not initially enabled.
We now need to implement Push Notifications in the app.
We have enable Push Notifications in the App D, check the provisioning profile, the provisioning profile was invalid, updated it, and downloaded the latest provisioning profile to use it for next time.
We then integrate the APIs for Push Notifications via APNS in our code.
After uploading the app in iTunesConnect, we get the following email from Apple:
Dear developer,
We have discovered one or more issues with your recent delivery for "Swanvi". Your delivery was successful, but you may wish to correct the following issues in your next delivery:
Missing Push Notification Entitlement - Your app appears to include API used to register with the Apple Push Notification service, but the app signature's entitlements do not include the "aps-environment" entitlement. If your app uses the Apple Push Notification service, make sure your App ID is enabled for Push Notification in the Provisioning Portal, and resubmit after signing your app with a Distribution provisioning profile that includes the "aps-environment" entitlement. See "Provisioning and Development" in the Local and Push Notification Programming Guide for more information. If your app does not use the Apple Push Notification service, no action is required. You may remove the API from future submissions to stop this warning. If you use a third-party framework, you may need to contact the developer for information on removing the API.
After you’ve corrected the issues, you can use Xcode or Application Loader to upload a new binary to iTunes Connect.
We have re-checked the App ID. Push Notifications are enabled for development and production.
In the Provisioning Profile, the Push Notifications option is shown.
Why are we getting this warning via email?
You need to see 2 things: The provisioning profiles used by your account on Xcode and the ones on developer.apple
Its all about the provisioning profiles.
STEP 1:
Go to https://developer.apple.com/account/ios/certificate/ and see the Active iOS Distribution Provisioning Profiles you need for your app. Then click on it and make sure Enabled Services has Push Notification enabled. If it doesn't then click on edit and enable it by following the steps provided by Apple. If it is enabled then perfect.
STEP 2:
Delete any Invalid Provisioning Profiles you see related to app (just the invalid ones for YOUR app). I'll tell you why in the following steps.
STEP 3:
Go to Xcode -> Preference -> View Details (for your Account) -> [OPTIONAL: To be sure invalid one is gone, rt-click on any provisioning profile, select "Show in Finder", then Delete/Move all the provisioning profiles from that folder.] Now click Download All Profiles. This will replace local provisioning profiles with current ones. Click DONE.
STEP 4:
Go to your app Targets -> Build Settings -> In Code Signing, expand your Provisioning Profile to show Debug and Release tabs. By default it will be on Automatic (which is why your app was probably automatically using the invalid profile that we just deleted in step 2). For Release, to be on a safer side, select the Active Provisioning Profile with enabled Push Notifications as seen on step 1.
That's it.
You shouldn't get any emails now.
#Djeeraj V.S. is correct. Cordova added some conditional compilation to remove this requirement for apps that do not need Push notifications.
You could comment out the code in in Classes\AppDelegate.h as per this answer, but its better to add the compilation symbol DISABLE_PUSH_NOTIFICATIONS via the UI so you can continue to benefit from future Cordova upgrades.
I come from .NET background so i am familiar with conditional compilation but had to spend a bit of time working out how to get the compiler flag working in XCode.
Turns out the magic word here is 'Preprocessor Macro'. Here is how its done graphically via the UI (note that this the way its done in XCode 6.1):
Hope this helps other people out there in same situation.
In my case I've just checked again 'Capabilities' page inside project properties and pressed 'fixed issue' in the correspond APNS menu. Now it have to look like this
XCode 11. To handle press on Capability button (+)
I had the same warning and here is how I solved it.
First of all, when you archive your project, under entitlements if you don't see aps-environment and your app uses push notifications, then you will get the warning mentioned in the question.
FIX STEPS
1- Make sure your distribution profile is valid in Apple's Portal.
- If it's not, then regenerate it.
2- If your distribution profile is valid, then in XCode, navigate to Preferences and then click View Details. At this point under Provisioning Profiles, make sure you don't have invalid distribution provisioning files. If there are invalid ones, then make right click and move them to trash. If you don't have the valid one, then download it from the Portal.
3- Go to Build Settings -> Code Signing and for everything choose the distribution provisioning profile.
At this point if you archive, you can see aps-environment in your entitlements and the warning email won't come.
In my case, following practice worked.
Xcode 9.2
Disabled Automatically manage signing which appears in Build Target > Signing
Import provisioning profile manually.
I fixed that issue by below steps:
Open your project with Xcode
Click the Signing & Capabilities in Runner tab and then click the + Capability button. Type push in the filter field and press Enter.
After adding the push notifications entitlement, the Runner.entitlements file will have been created in your project
I have a cordova app, where I have had notifications previously, but wanted to remove it from the app. I tried following the above answers, but I still encountered this issue when I uploaded the build. I realized, that I had a plugin installed, who used the notification setting, and somehow kept some settings activated for notifications.
I solved the issue by removing the ios platform completely cordova platform rm ios, adding it again cordova platform add ios and making sure that the plugin was removed from the ios.json and fetch.json files.
2021 Xcode 12.4
I had the similar issue.my app uses push notification. For older release I never got such email from Apple. I think there's some issue with the Automatically manage signing.
Solution Do the Manual app signing
Disabled Automatically manage signing which appears in Signing & Capabilities
Import provisioning profile manually.

Need to force Xcode 5 to not use wildcard provisioning profile

I'm trying to use the new Automatic Configuration in Xcode 5 and it seems that when I run builds on my iPhone it is downloading the wildcard provisioning profile and using that to run the app. This is no good because my app uses push notifications and the wildcard will not have the correct entitlements to register for push notifications.
Is there a way to specify to use the provisioning profile for the qualified app id so I can test push notifications?
Strategies I have considered:
Delete wildcard app id - You cannot do this
Delete wildcard provisioning profile - Xcode will recreate the wildcard provisioning profile
Specify the provisioning profile explicitly in the target's build settings
I don't know how to determine the explicit name with Xcode 5. I could download and open the profile in a text editor, but that can't possibly be the right way to do this
If I specify the provisioning profile, I will need to update it every time a new profile is generated (add a new device, profile expires, signing certificate expires). This defeats the purpose of automatic configuration.
I've poked around Xcode looking for such a setting and haven't seen anything useful
I have followed the steps here (for configuring Push Notifications) and when I refresh my provisioning profiles they are not updated.
Any ideas?
Xcode was not downloading the provisioning profiles because it did not find any app id MATCHES. It did not find any matches because the capabilities in the "Certificates, Identifiers, Devices" website did not match the capabilities listed in the project in Xcode. Because the app identifier has In-App Purchase and Game Center enabled on the website but once I enabled it in the project it automatically downloaded the relevant provisioning profiles.
Hope this helps someone else.

How to fix "no valid 'aps-environment' entitlement string found for application" in Xcode 4.3?

I've been trying very very hard to create a simple simple iOS app which can recieve push notifications. My only reason for doing this is to establish a procedure for some other team members to use, and have not been able to find an up to date, working version of such instructions elsewhere on the web. Our shop is fairly new to iOS dev, I personally am completely inexperienced with iOS dev and Xcode. I've stumbled through tens of tutorials, articles, and trouble posts from Apple and elsewhere and I feel like I might be nearly there...
Here is where I've got to (note I'm using Xcode 4.3 and trying initially to deploy just to iOS 5.1, and I gather that some things may have changed recently vs earlier versions of Xcode, but again I'm new to all this -- and finding it completely confusing and convoluted):
1) I've got a provisioning profile on my iPhone which has Push enabled
2) In my test Xcode project I've got that provisioning profile selected as the signing identity (in Build Settings > Code Signing)
3) I've got my bundle identifier under Summary and Info > Custom iOS Target Properties set properly* (I think??)
4) I've got registerForRemoteNotificationTypes being called in my delegate's didFinishLaunchingWithOptions
5) I've got didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken and didFailToRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithError in my delegate, set up to log the device token or error respectively
6) I've got Enable Entitlements checked under Summary.
7) Right below that the Entitlements File selected is Tinker6 (the name of my test project), which was generated automatically when I checked Enable Entitlements
8) In the Tinker6.entitlements file I've got the following (which I've gathered is correct based on several different posts all over the web, but which I can't find anything definitive from Apple itself on):
Updated
9) Also, I have tried the whole thing without an entitlements file, and get essentially the same result.
10) My mobileprovision file contents include entitlements properly (I've scrambled the number and domain but structurally the same):
<key>application-identifier</key>
<string>12355456A7.com.whatever.tinker</string>
<key>aps-environment</key>
<string>development</string>
<key>get-task-allow</key>
<true/>
<key>keychain-access-groups</key>
<array>
<string>12355456A7.*</string>
</array>
/end update
When I attempt to run this on my device, I get the following error in Xcode output:
2012-06-11 12:45:23.762 Tinker6[13332:707] Failed to get token, error:
Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=3000 "no valid 'aps-environment'
entitlement string found for application" UserInfo=0x24a3b0
{NSLocalizedDescription=no valid 'aps-environment' entitlement string
found for application}
I've tried setting get-task-allow to NO, aps-environment to production, all four possible combinations, same thing.
How can I get past this? Where is definitive documentation on this?
-- further background follows --
*As far as the bundle id, I am still not clear on how this should be set in relation to App Ids and Profile ids in the Provisioning profile. In the Provisioning portal under App Ids I have this (again, scrambled the number and domain):
And the two places bundle id is set I have this:
I am not at all sure these are correct or whether one or both should be set to 12355456A7.com.whatever.tinker, though I've tried those earlier in the process with no success...
Note I realize there are many posts with similar titles, however they all seem to be out of date based on the file names and so-forth given, and the fact none of the solutions seem to be useful. I'm hoping the greater level of detail I've given will warrant a quality response. I will probably assign a bounty as soon as possible and if you give a high quality answer that leads to a solution I will award you the bounty as well as promote your answer via twitter and my blog. Especially if you crosspost post a really good "here are the exact 500 steps you need to get a simple push notification app working including provisioning and whatever else" article on your blog or whatever.
If you created your provisioning profile before configuring the app ID for push, try to regenerate the provisioning profile.
iOS Provisioning Portal -> Provisioning -> Your cert -> EDIT -> Make
an edit -> Download new provisioning
Worked for me. Now i'm able to use push.
First of all, you don't need the entitlements file unless you are adding custom key/value pairs that do not exist in the provisioning profile. When your app is built, any entitlements from the provisioning profile will be copied to the app.
Given that you still see an error message about missing entitlements, I can only assume the code signing options are not correct in the build settings.
You need to make sure the correct profile is selected for the "Debug" configuration, and to be safe, that you have selected the correct profile for both the "Debug" and child-node labelled "Any iOS SDK":
Although this screenshot shows the "Automatic Developer" profile selected, choose the exact provisioning profile you want from the drop down, just for testing purposes. It could be that Xcode is automatically choosing a different profile than the one you want.
Also be sure to do a clean build, completely delete the app from your device, etc. This is just to make sure you don't have some old fluff hanging around.
I have faced this issue in Xcode 8.
You must have to enable Target—> capabilities—> push notification.
Check the screenshot.
Easiest way is to do this from your accounts with Xcode:
Head over Xcode -> Preferences -> Choose Accounts Tab -> View Details -> Hit refresh button on the bottom left -> Done.
Build again and it should work.
Ok, I faced the problem before. Since push notification requires serverside implementation, for me recreating profile was not an option. So I found this solution WITHOUT creating new provisioning profile.
Xcode is not properly selecting the correct provisioning profile although we are selecting it correctly.
First go to organizer. On the Devices tab, Provisioning profile from Library list, select the intended profile we are trying to use. Right click on it and then "Reveal Profile in Finder".
The correct profile will be selected in the opened Finder window. Note the name.
Now go to Xcode > Log Navigator. Select filter for "All" and "All Messages". Now in the last phase(Build Target) look for the step called "ProcessProductPackaging" expand it. Note the provisioning profile name. They should NOT match if you are having the error.
Now in the Opened Finder window delete the rogue provisioning profile which Xcode is using. Now build again. The error should be resolved. If not repeat the process to find another rogue profile to remove it.
Hope this helps.
The answer was: start over, do everything the same but create a new provisioning profile, and install it. That worked. Inspecting all the details (entitlements in mobile provision) looks exactly the same as everything in my question here. But now it works. Apple: WAT?
Of course, it would have been obvious to do this if it was possible to delete provisioning profiles. But since that's not possible, I didn't want to clutter our team with a bunch of test profiles. Still, finally lost patience and tried it anyway, and it ended up working. Whatevs.
Delete old provisioning profile from XCode in Organizer.
Then, generate a new provisioning profile for the same bundle id in iOS provisioning portal (after you have enabled push).
Import the new provisioning profile in XCode, set it in your app build settings.
Build, run, it works.
I just did it.
It took me 10 minutes from error to success.
XCode 6.1.1, and multiple apple developer accounts
Another answer for this already fairly comprehensive mix: I came across this issue again today, and this time it was due to my having multiple apple accounts. I needed to first add the 2nd developer account in XCode > Preferences > Accounts > +
Ensure that the Push Notification Capability is ON
Next I needed to actually explicitly enable In-App Purchase in the app (I did not need to do this previously). XCode > (the app window) > Targets > Capabilities > In-App Purchase ON (and at this stage I was given the option to choose the correct certificate)
Note that I had already added the Push enabled certificate by double clicking it in Finder.
(Xcode 5) Well, after spending an hour I solved my issue. Even if you re-generate the provisioning file in Xcode 5, you should manually update your account. I only changed provisioning file in the Organizer tab that did not work, Xcode kept build with old provisioning file.
So go to
Xcode > Preferences > Accounts > View Details (Select your account)
Then refresh your provisioning files.
My problem was simply that I was signing with the Xcode-managed wildcard provisioning profile.
After I created an app-specific profile (and downloaded it, double-clicked it, and ensured my Build Settings referred to it), I successfully received an APNS device token.
I had the same issue was everyone else and tried all the above tricks, nothing worked. I even deleted and started fresh with a different developer account.
What worked for me in the end was
Do as suggested above and create APP ID
Then create provisioning profile
DO NOT use the team wildcard profile (managed by xcode one) in the development section of the provisioning. You need to make a separate one using that app ID that you've made push notification active for. This way when you develop it will have the push notification function built in.
I don't know if you can enable that for a wildcard app, but after trying at least 12 different suggestions and losing a few days I hope this helps someone
You mention a provisioning profile but I don't see any mention of an Apple Push Profile.
To use Push you must have a push profile (there are two, one for development and one for release). After you've created it you'll need to make sure it contains the relevant certificates (see the EDIT section below).
This is an excellent tutorial that will walk you through all the steps:
http://www.raywenderlich.com/3443/apple-push-notification-services-tutorial-part-12
It would take me, or anybody else, hours and hours to write a thorough detailed answer like this tutorial, so I'm not going to attempt to, nor lay claim to the bounty when this tutorial already exists.
P.S. I believe you don't need entitlements any more, this is a legacy thing.
EDIT:
You should also check you have the necessary profiles on the device - go to the settings, then general, profiles, check your profiles are listed, especially the push profile of course.
You can also check this from the Organizer section of XCode. In Organizer there are two sections that say Provision Profiles - one at the top left in Library (this is the profiles in XCode that you use to sign etc.) Also you will see a section call Provisioning Profiles for the device that is connected, this is the profile that is installed on the handset.
If you don't have them installed on the handset you can download them from the provisioning portal website, then click on the Add button at the bottom of the Organizer window.
While in the provisioning portal you should also check that the Apple Push Profile includes the certificates:
- click on Provisioning on the left hand menu
- you'll see a list of your profile, select to EDIT the Apple push profile
- you'll see a certificates section, with a list of developers or testers etc. you have in your project, make sure the check box is checked for them.
- you'll also see a devices section, make sure the device you are testing on has been added.
If you have any old profiles in XCode or on the device delete them and download/refresh/install all the new profiles from the provisioning portal
Ran into this same issue myself. For me, the issue was that my product name ($TARGET_NAME) was not capitalized the same way presented in the certificate provided by apple. For example, i had com.companyid.APNDemo whereas the Apple cert was using com.companyid.apndemo.
I changed my target to be lowercase and it worked. Note: The clue for me was the codesigning setting in Build Settings was set to my default developer certificate; not the APNTest provisioning profile.
A lot of the above answers are correct. However, there seems to be more than one possible error when dealing with this.
The one I had was a capitalization issue with my App ID. My App ID for some reason wasn't capitalized but my app was. Once I recreated the App ID with correct capitalization, it all worked smoothly. Hope this helps. Frustrating as hell though.
P.S. if it still doesn't work, try editing the Code Signing Identity Field manually with "edit". Change the second line with the name of the correct provisioning profile name.
It took me hours to solve it. Given that someone is using custom scripts to sign and pack while others are using xcode itself, there's only one way to check what ended in your app. Dump you entitlements with
codesign --display --entitlements :- path/to/MyApp.app
and check aps-environment and application-identifier.
This error may occur when your certificate has expired.
The solution is to renew certificate and sign the application with it.
You need to make sure you have in your provisioning profiles (https://developer.apple.com/account/ios/profile/) an iOS Distribution profile.
When you upload from xCode to the App Store, make sure you have the aps-environment in the entitlements. If not, download them from the View Accounts -> View Details -> Download All.
I had a similar issue. I've been bouncing between XCode 7 and 8 for a variety of reasons. Once you use 8 to build, you will need to use 8. I simply used Xcode 8 and applied some of the changes suggested above and it worked.
recreating provisional files fixed my all problems.
There seem to be something quirky with the 'automatic' entitlements in Xcode 4.6.
There is an Entitlement.plist file for each SDK at:
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS6.1.sdk/Entitlements.plist
A workaround solution I came up with was to edit this file and add the sneaky aps-environment key manually like so:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>application-identifier</key>
<string>$(AppIdentifierPrefix)$(CFBundleIdentifier)</string>
<key>aps-environment</key>
<string>development</string>
<key>keychain-access-groups</key>
<array>
<string>$(AppIdentifierPrefix)$(CFBundleIdentifier)</string>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
Then, Xcode is generating correct Xcent file, which contains the aps-environment key at:
/Users/mySelf/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/myApp-buauvgusocvjyjcwdtpewdzycfmc/Build/Intermediates/myApp.build/Debug-iphoneos/myApp.build/myApp.xcent
You can locate where your Xcent file is created using Xcode's Log Navigator,
look for "ProcessProductPackaging".
Unfortunately, this is the only way I found that fixes the issue.
(and finally able to properly get push token now)
Just wondering if another more elegant solution is available.
Please see my SO question for more details on that:
Xcode 4.6 automatic entitlement not working - "no valid aps-environment"
Before deleting and regenerating AppIDs/Profiles, make sure your Library and Device have the same (and correct) profiles installed.
I started seeing this error after migrating to a new computer.
Push had been working correctly prior to the migration.
The problem was (duh) that I hadn't imported the profiles to the Xcode library on the new machine (in Organizer/Devices under Library->Provisioning Profiles).
The confusing part was that the DEVICE already had the right profiles and they showed up as expected in build settings, so everything looked correct there, but the XCode LIBRARY didn't have them, so it was signing the app with...???
This was what fixed it for me. (I had already tried toggling the capabilities on/off, recreating the provisioning profile, etc).
In the Build Settings tab, in Code Signing Entitlements, my .entitlements file wasn't link for all sections. Once I added it to the Any SDK section, the error was resolved.
I tried out all the answers listed here but no one solved my issue. In my case this error is due to my silly mistake in Appid creation. I used Wildcard App ID instead of using Explicit App ID caused the problem
If you want an application to receive remote notifications(push notification), then you need to use an Explicit App ID, such as com.tutsplus.push, instead of com.tutsplus.*
Please find the ScreenShot,
All you need to do is, add one key in .Entitlements File.
APS Environment this key needs to be added and value should be Developement or Production as per your purpose .
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