App rejected by Itunes Connect - dynamic libraries - ios

I submitted my App to the App Store, but it got rejected. I received an email saying :
Invalid Bundle - One or more dynamic libraries that are referenced by your app are not present in the dylib search path.
I'm not using CocoaPods, so all external frameworks are installed manually. I've already tried to change the Dynamic library install Name to :
$(DYLIB_INSTALL_NAME_BASE:standardizepath)/$(EXECUTABLE_PATH)
but I still get the same error from Apple.
EDIT: Still no solution for me.
I included my .tbd in the other linker flags as suggested here
I added #executable_path/Frameworks, #executable_path/../Frameworks and #loader_path/Frameworks to Runpath Search Paths as suggested on several posts.
I tried everything from this tutorial

I finally solved my problem by deleting all my external frameworks and libraries, and reinstalling them with CocoaPods.

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Getting error: ld: framework not found Fabric for architecture armv7 in App

I have build a iOS framework eg: abc.framework. Now in abc.framework I have added FirebaseDatabase and FirebaseMessaging. The abc.framework compiles and builds properly. However when I add the abc.framework and abc.bundle in my iOS project eg: xyz.project then it is giving error "framework not found Fabric for architecture armv7". I have not added Fabric in abc.framework and not in my xyz.project. However when I remove the Firebase from the abc.framework then the error disappears from xyz.project and the project compiles and run without errors.
If anyone has encountered the same issue then please let me know how should I solve the issue. I have to integrate Firebase in abc.framework and that framework will be added in xyz.project
Nested frameworks are not allowed in IOS , it's only allowed in MacOSX , to create a frameWork it must be of a pure code , fabric is in Firebase , also framework must support all architecture armv7,64 and soon on this configured when you build it, I encountered the same situation posted in Apple forums and find that
If CocoaPods is an option for you, the recent CocoaPods 1.4.0 release has added the static framework podspec option, which enables the definition of static frameworks that allow depending upon other static frameworks like Fabric.

Invalid Bundle - One or more dynamic libraries are not present in the dylib search path

I have problem when uploading new build to TestFlight. I get error:
Invalid Bundle - One or more dynamic libraries that are referenced by
your app are not present in the dylib search path.
I know there are many topics that are about this error but nothing help me so far. I am using Carthage for 3rd party libraries. I tried:
Always Embed Swift Standard Libraries - set to either YES or NO. Both doesn't work.
Check .ipa file with otool -L and all libraries from Carthage were there
I was thinking that problem could be with linking libz.tbd and libsc++.tbd but I removed them and it didn't help
When I disable bitcode when creating build app gets successfully to TestFlight but app is crashing at start
Anyone can help me with this? Thanks

The bundle at 'my_app.app/ResearchKit/ResearchKit/Info.plist' does not contain a bundle executable

Update
XCode Version: 8.2
iOS Target: 9
Hopefully some can point out to me that this is not a bug. Very simply I pulled the latest stable version of researckKit, and I dropped the .xcodeproj file into my new iOS project, added the embedded binary. I created a couple steps that look fine in the simulator. My app builds fine and even the archive validates OK. Upload to app store is fine, but then I am receiving emails from the app store with 6 entries all look about the same, for 6 different Info.plist files inside the ReserachKit framework:
Unexpected CFBundleExecutable Key - The bundle at
'my_app.app/ResearchKit/ResearchKit/Info.plist' does not contain a
bundle executable. If this bundle intentionally does not contain an
executable, consider removing the CFBundleExecutable key from its
Info.plist and using a CFBundlePackageType of BNDL. If this bundle is
part of a third-party framework, consider contacting the developer of
the framework for an update to address this issue.
I have found quite a few answers on Stack Overflow, many people agreeing to do what was suggested in the error message: simply remove the CFBundleExecutable Key from the .plist files. I tried that, but then my archive will not even validate with the following error:
iTunes Store operation failed. Invalid Bundle Structure - The binary
file 'my_app.app/Frameworks/ResearchKit.framework/ResearchKit' is not
permitted. Your app can’t contain standalone executables or libraries,
other than the CFBundleExecutable of supported bundles. Refer to the
Bundle Programming Guide at
https://developer.apple.com/go/?id=bundle-structure for information on
the iOS app bundle structure.
** UPDATE **
Granted I pulled a fresh version of the ResearchKit framework from github for this project. So instead I just tried a copy of a version of ResearchKit from another Xcode Project that I have successfully deployed on the app store recently, i figure if it worked for that app it should go through for this app. But Alas, I am getting the same email error from the App Store about the Unexpected CFBundleExecutable Key.
Again this is an apple-supported free framework. There are simple instructions for how to use it on the github page, which I followed. I have used it before and submitted an app with this framework recently, which had no problems and is currently active in Test Flight Beta Testing. I also filed an issue on the GitHub project page.
I met this problem like yours,and I fixed it by:
Remove Executable file in ResearchKit
Find info.plist in ResearchKit,do:
delete info.plist in ResearchKit.
Or you can add Bundle version,Bundle identifier,Bundle versions in this info.plist,they should be same as your parameters in your own info.plist
check Target - Info - URL Types,check if there is illegal identifier
I contacted Apple Technical Support and they helped me solve the problem. Like I had suspected it was NOT necessary to alter the ResearchKit framework in any way for this to work correctly.
For me, the issue was that I was copying the entire source code, test cases, Xcode projects, and the rest of ResearchKit into the app.
I must have done this at an early step and didn't realize. What was helpful for me was to go to the Build Phases tab in XCode and look in the different sections. My error was that I had the researchkit framework in the sections: Link Binary With LIbraries and Copy Bundle Resources. I needed to remove those.
The correct configuration, which you get by dragging the xcodeproj file to the project and embedding the binary will just add on line to the Target Dependencies and Embed frameworks sections in Build Phases.
Here is a screenshot of my corrected configuration:

How to debug "Invalid Bundle" error which happens only after submitting to app store

I have a lot of frameworks in my app. App works fine in adhoc/enterprise release. Only if I submit to the app store for testflight testing I get this error email from apple:
Dear developer,
We have discovered one or more issues with your recent delivery for "My app's name here". To process your delivery, the following
issues must be corrected:
Invalid Bundle - One or more dynamic libraries that are referenced by your app are not present in the dylib search path.
Once these issues have been corrected, you can then redeliver the corrected binary.
Regards,
The App Store team
there is no specific information here. How can I debug it?
Got an answer from Apple Developer Technical Support which says it is a bug on Apple's side. this is the suggested workaround below which did not work for me:
To diagnose this issue, you should export the IPA you are sending to
the App Store from Xcode. Since IPAs are zip files, you can
decompress it by right clicking and saying Open With > Archive
Utility. You should find your main executable inside the unzipped
folder structure and run otool at the command line to see the library
list: otool -L
The list of paths you get should match what you find inside of your
IPA. All of your libraries should start with #rpath. A simple
comparison of everything in this list with the unzipped IPA folders
should reveal what is missing.
Once you know what is missing, go to your Xcode build phases setup.
There should be a build phase for either Copy Files or Embed
Frameworks that includes the missing library — you should just add the
library to the list. If you don’t see either of these build phases,
you can recreate it by adding a new Copy Files build phase, setting
the Destination to Frameworks, and adding the library to the list,
ensuring that Code Sign On Copy is checked.
If you don’t find anything missing in your main binary, make sure to
do the same search on any other binaries you may have, like for a
watchOS app or an iOS app extension.
If you find that all of the frameworks are in this build phase, please
take a look at the Embedded Binaries section of your app target’s
General page, and let me know if you see multiple levels of ../ next
to the binary that you found is missing.
Please let me know if it works for you!
I have encountered the same issue when uploading an app with watch support to the app store.
I was able to solve it with the hint from the first answer, using otool -L to analyze the binary from the ipa or xcarchive.
However, the problem was not with my frameworks (at #rpath) but with a swift lib. I noticed that libswiftWatchKit.dylib was missing in the frameworks folder.
The solution that worked for me was as simple as to set EMBEDDED_CONTENT_CONTAINS_SWIFT=YES in the build settings of the watch app (or the watch app extension, but not both). After that, all necessary swift libraries were correctly copied to the watch app path in the archive and upload to app store was working correctly.
Apparently, the watch app works and upload passes if you provide the necessary swift libraries only in the main app's folder.
After adding the custom Swift framework to my project I got this email after uploading the app to iTunes connect.
I got this email from iTunes store,
Invalid Bundle - One or more dynamic libraries that are referenced by your app are not present in the dylib search path.
The fix is simple for this issue,
Step 1: Make sure your Custom framework is added to Embedded Binaries in General tab of your target.
Step 2: Under build settings,
Set Always Embed Swift Standard Libraries = Yes for your main project target.
And Set Always Embed Swift Standard Libraries = No for your custom framework target.
This solved my problem and I was able to upload binary to iTunes connect.
Ref
Tried all the above solutions and did not work for me.
I was experiencing this issue in Xcode 10.1 recently and all my frameworks were referenced correctly (did otool -L and everything lined up).
Seems there were some changes in the apple validation process, may be a bug, may not be on Apple's end, but all my prior builds uploaded and validated fine -- and I did not add any new frameworks since.
Upon uploading the binary to iTunesConnect, I'd see the following error:
Invalid Bundle - One or more dynamic libraries that are referenced by
your app are not present in the dylib search path.
Invalid Bundle - The app uses Swift, but one of the binaries could not
link to it because it wasn't found. Check that the app bundles
correctly embed Swift standard libraries using the "Always Embed Swift
Standard Libraries" build setting, and that each binary which uses
Swift has correct search paths to the embedded Swift standard
libraries using the "Runpath Search Paths" build setting.
MY SOLUTION:
After days of debugging, what worked for me was to disable 'Include bitcode for iOS content' upon uploading the archive from Xcode organizer. Seems that this option modifies the binary which caused the validator to fail.
Or you can disable bitcode in your Build Settings
My Problem:
I had the same error with embedded frameworks.
The App project has Custom Framework project
Inside the Custom Framework project is another Custom Framework project
The app built to the simulator and to devices with no problem but failed the Apple test, returning "Invalid Bundle".
I inspected the package just like Taha had been told to by Tech Support and everything was present and correct!
My Solution:
I restructured the project so that the two custom frameworks sit side by side and one is no longer embedded within the other.
This looks to be an Apple validation problem since everything works fine on devices and the simulator but the work around was straight forward.
In my case, in the build settings, this was fixed when I added the following to the build settings for the library:
DYLIB_INSTALL_NAME_BASE = #rpath
The clue was a linker warning: 'YourLibrary has an install name beginning with “/”, but it is not from the specified SDK'
Had same issue. This happened to me because one of my Framework target was added to main target in "Link Binary With Libraries" but was not added to "Target Dependencies" and "Embedded Binaries"
I also received a similar mail from Apple:
Dear Developer,
We identified one or more issues with a recent delivery for your app,
"********. Please correct the following issues, then
upload again.
ITMS-90562: Invalid Bundle - One or more dynamic libraries that are
referenced by your app are not present in the dylib search path.
Best regards,
The App Store Team
I used my own framework for my watch app. I solved this issue by changing the framework option to "Embed Without Signing" in the Extension Target. The default option was "Do Not Embed".
I had the same problem, it was due to one framework not being present in the Frameworks subfolder in the app bundle.
I fixed it by adding a Copy Fields build phase, and adding the missing .framework file there.
This error message is also addressed in Apple Technical Note TN2435
Embedding Frameworks In An App: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2435/_index.html
You can find the error message under the heading "Missing Framework Bundle" with troubleshooting steps.
We had the same problem, and even after going through all the steps (see "Missing Framework Bundle"), the only thing that worked was disabling Bitcode.
So I struggled on this for two days. What it turned out to be was I had UITests checked in Archive for the Build for the Scheme I was archiving.
After unchecking it from Archive, re-archiving it, validating it (although validating it before always passed), and "Upload to AppStore" I did not get the e-mail from Apple informing me of Invalid Swift Support. Instead I got the e-mail that it'd been processed and is good to go!
In my case, I've had to add a framework from Notification App Extension to the main target (embed & sign in the main target, do not embed in the extension) - even though there was no mention about it in otool -L output.
Funny thing that Iterable official doc says that the framework should be embedded & signed in the extension - which would lead to another upload problem because of nested bundles.

Multiple Apple Mach-O Linker Error

I had a working application, and then I learned to use cocoapods and I installed CWPopup. I had not tried to run the app since I started using the .xcworkspace instead of .xcodeproj so I think that may be the problem, but I'm not sure.
I had zero errors and then I tried to run it and now I have 14 errors, all saying Apple Mach-O Linker Error. Underneath each one I see different things mentioning twitter and facebook seesions and requests and such. I don't even use twitter or facebook in my app, this is a very basic app.
This error says that you lost some required frameworks or libraries in your project. Check in your Targets->Build Phases-> Link Binary With Labraries is all required frameworks and libraries added.

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