(0xE8008018): The identity used to sign the executable is no longer valid - ios

I'm trying to debug my app on Xcode and I'm having the following error:
The identity used to sign the executable is no longer valid.
Please verify that your device’s clock is properly set, and that your signing certificate is not expired.
(0xE8008018).
Now I know there are many questions regarding this issue, and I have tried every possible way to solve it, what I have tried so far (didn't work):
Some suggested to restart Xcode.
Refreshing the account.
Deleting all the certificates from the keychain.
Revoking all the certificates from the member center.
Installing the certificates manually.
Checked my Devices clocks (obviously)
Removed Xcode (disparately) and re-installed it.
Checking my project Build config, and made sure that the developer account is selected.
Checked my account expiration date (it's renewed 5 days ago)
Checked if I have to accept some Conditions and Terms (none)
Disabled the devices I have in the Member profile
Tested on multiple iPhones (same result)
Checked out a git tag/branch which is stable (I thought the project might be corrupted also disparately)
My concern is that it might be a temporary issue from apple, or a bug in Xcode, although it was working hours ago on my iMac, when I switched to the MacBook Pro I had this issue (and I always do this with no problems at all).
Running:
OSX Yosemite 10.10.4 (14E46)
Xcode 6.4

Trying to remove and re-add your apple id, it works for me.
xcode: Preferences...
Accounts
Select your apple account
Remove that (-)
Add again your apple account (+)
Run yor app!

After hours of investigating, the shell script for signing the project was failing at some point, without reporting back to Xcode.
I noticed that in the DerivedData folder (found in /Users/yourUsername/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/) of Xcode there were two folders with the same name of my project ending with a different hash, for example:
ProjectName--dcakkvkdhqvxstehdiuzwbpsmdal
ProjectName--kurbctkdhqvxuytrwnczwbpsmdal
I closed Xcode, and made sure to delete both folders, somehow Xcode generated two different folders for the project at some point, restarting Xcode after the deletion of the folders fixed this.

I have experienced the same situation.
But it was cleared by deleting and downloading again the provisioning profiles on my mac.
The location of the provisioning profiles is:
/Users/yourUsername/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles/

I had the same issue. What helped me:
Set Profile to a wrong one (other project)
Run project and received the popup with information that provision profile is wrong and proposal to Fix the issue
Press Fix the issue

Just login to your developer account and create new developer certificate or revoke older one an create new. It will resolve the issue.

A Solution that might help some People
Go to developer.apple.com
go to the identities/certificates page
then click on Provisioning Profiles If you found few invalid
profiles just edit them
Make sure you check your main profile.
Click generate and close.
Now in XCode, remove your profile Add it again.
You're good to go
This will happen if you changed your Primary Email

Delete files and folders from:
~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles/
~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/

The only solution for this problem is to delete the folder from
~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/YourAppName-
This way everything will get back to normal !
Cheers !

All of the answers helped a lot but in my case developer certificate got expired that's i was getting this error while building the app.
Keychain -> Login -> My Certificates
So just removed the certificate and created new one worked fine for me.

NONE of this worked for me
vomako 's answer at The identity used to sign the executable is no longer valid
DID work -
i.e.
"Solution within Xcode:
In Xcode, go to Preferences --> Accounts --> View Details
Press the refresh button in the lower left corner (called Download all in Xcode 7)"
end of his post
It's a little refresh symbol now (circling arrow)
Then click on the Request button
Hope this saves somebody some time

I have solved the same problem. Just from "https://developer.apple.com/account/ios/profile/production/create" re-created the new Provisioning Profiles. Then download and install the new Provisioning Profiles of (Development and Distribution).

Related

Xcode 8 A valid provisioning profile for this executable was not found

I know there are other questions asked like this here but I've followed all their solutions yet still end up with this error message.
I have a valid Apple Developer account with program active.
I have tried using managed and unmanaged provisioning with new/fresh bundle ID's (which get recreated provisioning profiles).
I have tried this: A valid provisioning profile for this executable was not found for debug mode
I have tried this: XCode :7 App installation failed :A valid provisioning profile for this executable was not found
I have deleted any old versions of the app from my phone.
I have confirmed my device ID on the developer portal is the same as in Xcode (was also useful for manual provisioning profile management to confirm)
I even tried another developer ID I have out of sheer desperation and yet the same error appears.
I even get this error when building for release scheme with my valid distribution certificate.
I've spent a ton of time trying to figure this out now I'm hoping someone else has felt my pain and actually solved this.
UPDATE: Adding screenshots for usefulness
UPDATE 2: I gave up trying to solve this problem, I created a new project and copied source files into the new project and I now have it working. Clearly something in the project configuration/settings files got corrupted somehow in the previous project which no obvious fix available. Will leave this question open, perhaps someone has a solution eventually. I have my old 'non-working' project so will continue to try those just for curiousities sake.
Before this error message, Build Succeeded is shown.
ATTENTION!
Who should read
If you were developing with a "Personal Team" and is switching to a paid team, then you'll get this error if you have not updated your other targets as well.
The cause
Since I'm using react-native, I happen to have a target for test (i.e. a target called appTests), and switching the team just in one target wasn't sufficient, and leads to this error. This error isn't informative enough to let you know there's an error in one of the targets, therefore leading to a long debugging time for myself.
Solution
1) On Xcode 9, go to every targets and update the team!
2) Unfortunately, the next steps aren't very reliable from my experience, you might have to do your best to clean the caches.
3) Stop every single running scheme/application by using the stop button
4) Go to Product -> Clean and cleans every schemes you use.
5) Quit and Restart Xcode
6) Run again and hopefully it works! If not, it's likely some cache are still present.
You can't install a build that was signed with the app store distribution provisioning profile and certificate (I'm assuming your release scheme is set to use your app store cert and profile). It will fail to install on the device if you try. You need to use either a development profile, or an enterprise distribution profile to install on test devices. The iOS Distribution certificate can only be used to build an app that will be installed via the App Store.
Thats a conflict of Xcode. The way I solved it is by deleting the derived data of Xcode.
Xcode > Preferences > Locations
You will see an arrow right from the path of the DerivedData which will open them in finder. Just erase everything in the folder.
Update: According to Chandler's comment check if there is a need to delete the test target.
I solved it by changing the build system to legacy in Xcode 10
File > Workspace Settings > Set Build system to "Legacy Build System"
It works when I also add the correct signing for myProjectTests. This was the last thing I did after trying all sort of solutions for 5 hours.
I followed many proposals but it didn't work until I unchecked Automatic signing for the TESTS
Clearing the DEVELOPMENT_TEAM and DevelopmentTeam entries in the xcodeproj/project.pbxproj file worked for me.
I'm on 8.2.1 and just had this same error. Deleting the original project folder and recreating it worked seamlessly. I verified that all of the signing and provisioning certificates were exactly the same as the last project. I'm not sure where the issue lies, but I believe your assumption of corrupted files is accurate.
In my case it was a conflict with the development team.
I've solved by opening my xcodeproj/project.pbxproj and emptying the following variables:
DevelopmentTeam
DEVELOPMENT_TEAM
We had a similar issue: we deleted the Unit Tests and it worked.
In my case, it was the problem when I setup my time manually two month earlier on my iPhone. But when I changed to set time automatically, it worked fine.
Setting -> General -> Date & Time -> set time automatically
GOTO: Targets->yourProjectNameTest and verify that team is the same as on yourProjectName
I had this problem too, and for me the solution was to sign in to https://developer.apple.com. There was a red bar, going like "our TOS have changed, you have to accept them again", I did, and then my provisioning profiles worked again immediately.
An easier fix is to uncheck the test target as part of the Analyze & Run steps in Edit Scheme > Build -> Build.
This is very specific to React Native projects, since this is how the projects are configured by default.
In my case it worked for me to follow the instructions in this article. Then disable Automatically manage signing inside xcode in the general tab.
Automatically manage signing disabled
And finally provide manually Provisioning Profile for Signing (Debug) and Signing (Release)
Note: The Provisioning Profile you must generate it from Apple Developer Program website, in the section Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles -> Provisioning Profiles
I hope you find it useful. regards
Step to be followed
must have a developer account - https://developer.apple.com
create a certificate for development
Add devices with UDID
add provisioning profile in development
sign in Xcode with your account
clean build
Build with any destination choose device I have done for iphone 6
the archive will be disabled first, the archive will be active by choosing
generic ios device from the right corner of Xcode for example ->
yourAppName>generic ios device
once archive is done build for development not ADHOC
done
I fixed it by setting in main Target / Build Settings / Section Signing
Code signing Identity: Debug and Release set to IOS Developer
Code Signing Style: Automatic
Provision Profile: all automatic.
I set this exactly same for Test Target.
Then i was able to run release version on my phone. Btw i dont know what is the difference between IOS Developer and iOS Distriobution though.
I had edited my app scheme Build Configuration from Debug to Release, and unchecked the Debug Executable.
I am not sure why, but if it makes a difference my signing details for Debug and Release were different. So after I reset those back to Debug and checked back the Debug Executable box, and all was fine again.
Edit: found out it was because I was trying to run release mode on my phone via App Store provisioning profile and App Store profile doesn't allow this. I switched to Ad Hoc and there is no more issues.
I guess you already tried this, but I just got the same error, and a quick restart of Xcode worked for me.
Just upgrade to Xcode 8.1. It solves the problem.

iOS - cannot validate my app "No identities are available for signing" [duplicate]

I have an error "No identities are available for signing" when try to validate my app in Xcode 5. I tried all: Recreate certificates and provisioning profiles, all methods which have been described on this site and another resources; I'm confused, because when I try to distribute my app as Ad-hoc, it successfully create and install on test device an IPA file. But when I try validate my app or submit to AppStore, all the time I have an error. Maybe someone can help me with this issue.
All you need to do is:
go to Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles in the Developer Center
create a new provisioning profile in "Provisioning Profiles" / "Distribution"
download the profile and open it
restart Xcode
Please make sure you are using distribution provisioning profiles, rather than Development.
And the code sign setting in Xcode is compatible with the distribution provisioning profiles.
The validation process does not work with Ad-hoc profiles. Need to create a Distribution provisioning profile. It is not specified in the instructions for beta testing. I agonized all day until realized.
Use the Application Loader (Xcode -> Open Developer Tool -> Application Loader).
Also - this answer/question may also be helpful for you:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/18914073/730172
Restarting Xcode solved the problem for me! Restart and/or clean solves 99% of all issues...
#CainaSouza 's comment above worked for me. I didn't even have to create any new provisioning profiles.
I just had to go to Xcode > Preferences > Accounts > (Apple ID) > View Details and hit the refresh button. After a minute or two it was done and had loaded my provisioning profiles. I didn't even have to select it in my project options, it had already selected my most recently generated one.
Clean your Product Build Folder (with Alt button)
Restart Xcode
It solved my same issue
I had a similar issue. Found out that the bundle identifier did not match the app id that was on itunes connect - it was capitalized differently. Fixed the issue by making the identifiers match.
Yes the appID and bundle identifier must match. Remember it is CASE-SENSITIVE. That was the problem for me.
I updated to Maverick and Xcode 5 and had the same issue even though I had everything ok in Profiles. I created a new Distribution profile (identical to the old one), added it by refreshing profiles and the issue was solved without rebuilding.
Apple Decided to "Magically Dissapear" my distribution provisioning profile from their site after upgrading to a newer Xcode, giving me this problem too.
Solution is obvious only once I had discovered this fact!
-Create new Distribution Provisioning Profile
-Download & install it / Refresh Xcode preferences under account details
I fixed this issue by delete the old development/distribute profiles and create new one with new names.
I had a mismatch between the Bundle Identifier within Xcode and the App ID on Developer.Apple.Com (Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles). This StackOverflow post was a great help to me. For a little extra info check out this blog post. The official documentation for the touch command can be found here. I had quit Xcode before doing the below. Upon completion of the details below and reopening Xcode my issue was resolved.
Use a text editor to update the bundle identifier to match the App ID, the Info.plist file is located:
ProjectName > ProjectName > ProjectName > ProjectName-Info.plist
Your looking for the following lines:
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>MyCompany.${PRODUCT_NAME:rfc1034identifier}</string>
Update the value to match you App ID, eg:
<string>com.MyCompany</string>
Use the terminal to issue the touch command, ensure your within the above listed directory:
touch ProjectName-Info.plist
If you are using Xcode 5.1 or above (which you would be now), this helped me: Code signing broken on Xcode 5.1 + iOS 7.1
The key is to delete the old provisioning profile on your mac and create a new one (with a different name?) from Apple web site and download it. Looks like Xcode 5.1 corrupts the existing provisioning profile and it does not help even if you re-download it again.
My solution was to go into the dev center, find the distribution provisioning profile, and it had expired. So i tapped edit on it, and renewed it, downloaded it, installed it, chose the profile in the build settings, and it worked.
HTH someone.
Of all the development issues I've faced over my 20+ years as a software developer, none have wasted so much time as the code-signing/provisioning profile rubbish in Xcode.
This week, I have wasted 8+ hours trying to build an Ad-hoc release of our iPhone app. In the past, it just worked, I could Archive, stick a download button on our in-house webpage, and users could just install our app from this page.
But, this week, I was facing the same "No identities are available" issue, described here.
EVENTUALLY, here's what solved the issue for me:
When I logged into the hopeless Apple Developers website, it showed that our company had 2 "iOS Distribution" certificates. They were valid, their expiry dates are months away, and in the Keychain Access application, the certificates were installed and valid... no problems here.
But what fixed my issue was to delete these two certificates, recreate a new one, then recreate my "In house" Provisioning Profile (as the original one was now showing as being invalid, as it used the old "iOS Distribution" certificate).
I also went into the "Keychain Access" application on my MacBook, and deleted all "iOS Distribution" keychains.
Then, I downloaded the new certificates & provisioning profiles, now, finally, Xcode would report that there was an identity which I could code-sign with.
To the Xcode development team:
Please. Get this fixed.
If a developer like myself, is up against a wall, unable to get a valid Provisioning Profile, which will result in a downloadable app, which will fail each time on "The app couldn't be downloaded at this time" message.. DON'T allow the Archive function to be used.
Instead, TELL the user what the problem is. HELP them resolve it, rather than going through the motions, and happily allowing them to create Archives which will never be useable.
And if an Ad-Hoc install is invalid, please put something in the Log to explain what's gone wrong, and make this accessible from Xcode. Currently your "The app can't be downloaded at this time" message is both useless and misleading.
One last thing (if this helps):
Our company accidentally let its Developer Enterprise Program license expire last month. We did then renew, everything was seemingly okay again, but perhaps, behind the scenes, this messed up our "iOS Distribution" certificate ? And perhaps, not. From the Apple website's point of view, everything was fine.
My issue was that I had none.myApp in my Bundle Identifier whereas in the AppID, I had com.myApp.
This drove me crazy for hours.
I ran into this issue today and it seems to be related to the face that the profile started with a number. I deleted the profile and recreated it exactly the same way (after a lot of other troubleshooting steps found on SO) EXCEPT this time I started with a word instead of a number. Coincidence? Not sure but worth trying.
Had this yesterday and could not figure it out, no matter what I did! To solve the problem, I went to both the Project and the Target in Xcode, and under code signing, chose
Code signing identity: Don't code sign
Provisioning profile: None
Build, and then Product > Archive, and now Organizer chose the correct code signing identities and profiles to allow it to get to the Validation step. Woohoo!
It happen to me after update Xcode.
I fixed doing the follow
change the sign in to "no sign"
restart Xcode
set it to the correct sign
re-archive the build
I hope it helps
Apple Documentation
"If Xcode doesn’t find signing identities, a dialog stating “No identities are available for signing” appears. Verify that you have a distribution certificate and an ad hoc provisioning profile before continuing.
If your ad hoc provisioning profile doesn’t appear in the Provisioning Profile pop-up menu when you create the iOS App Store Package, refresh the profiles in Xcode, as described in “Refreshing Provisioning Profiles in Xcode.”"
In my case, the adhoc provisioning that I wanted to set was not selectable in Code Signing in Build Settings. Though, I created and downloaded the adhoc provisioning from developer store. The answers mentioned here didn't work for me. Fix Issue button in General tab fixed the issue by downloading the required adhoc provisioning file by itself.
Creating a new certificate, Profile in Apple development center did not work for me! I tried editing a profile/certificates and download again and double click to install in KeyChain, but still did not work. I restarted XCode (Version 7 and Mac on El Capitan), restarted Mac but still did not work!
What worked for me is:
XCode -> Preferences -> Accounts - Then I deleted the Apple ID.
Shutdown my Mac, and restarted it.
Started my XCode, added the Apple ID, went to view details in Apple ID's and downloaded the Provisional Profile again and only then it started working!
Restarting solved my problem. I have a new mac and tried downloading the profiles, which should've transferred anyways. restarting solved it.

Code Sign error: No unexpired provisioning profiles found that contain any of the keychain's signing certificates

I think I've reached the nadir of iOS provisioning hell. After migrating to a new mac and doing an archive for distribution, I received the error:
Code Sign error: No unexpired provisioning profiles found that contain
any of the keychain's signing certificates
I then erased all certs and keys and provision profiles and did a "hard reset" (deleting all keys, certs, and profiles), following Apple's instructions by hand, with the same error. Then I did another hard reset and then had Xcode handle the whole thing via the Organizer, did another archive - only to see the same error.
I have all certs (WDRCA, Developer ID Cert Authority, iPhone Dev, iPhone Distribution) showing in Keychain Access, Xcode shows that it sees the dev and distribution certs, as well as the provisioning profiles, all marked with a green checkmark and "valid" status.
Code signing within the app show the correct dev and distribution is selected.
What's really troubling is that a Google search on the error shows one tech note from Apple that isn't very helpful, 2 tweets, and 3 results in Japanese - and nothing else. I contacted one of the tweeps and he said he fixed it with a hard result, which I have done twice.
Any ideas on where to go or what to do next?
Fixed it by Organizer -> Teams (select Your Team) -> Refresh (low right corner).
After removing all devices/profiles/certificates and adding/creating it did still not work here too....also removing the Xcode prefs did not help.
but it seems to in the project settings, check in the build settings under CODE_SIGN_IDENTITIY, in my project the first line was set to a old profile but not visible in the list, only if you open the pulldown, after removing that it worked.
I just had this problem as well. I finally realized that the identifier is case sensitive. For example if your product name is "StackOverflow" it automatically tags the identifier with com.yourcompanyname.StackOverflow. (this of course can be changed by going to the summary of the target). The problem lies in what the app id is in the developer portal. Make sure that the identifier in the portal matches what's in Xcode.
I have the same issue here since Xcode 4.3 install (moving from /Developer to /Applications). I found this post for changing the Xcode dir
in the terminal check what path it is set to with:
/usr/bin/xcode-select -print-path
and then if it is still set to /Developer set it to /Applications:
sudo /usr/bin/xcode-select -switch /Applications
which worked for me to be able to do the update to 4.3.2 but this did not resolve the issue mentioned....so maybe it helps you.
After nine hours of hair pulling, cursing and burying my head in my hands... All I had to do was create a new project, transfer the files over by hand, and the error went away. Argh.
Update: My marking my own answer as correct does not mean these other answers were wrong - I didn't get a chance to try any of them.
i 've met the same problem.
the answer of the problem is simple.
you need to login your apple develpoer web site
to apply and download a profile for your app .
after double-click the download file ,
you can see the file in organization of the project in xcode .
the name of the bundle id is the type like com.yourname.appname
the xcode device choose the ios device
and the codesign of the target should choose distribution
which is one of the file in organization of the project in xcode .
f.y.i.
A few days ago I had exactly the same problem.
The issue is related to no having the correct distribution provisioning profiles; My error was that I added a new device to the portal and did not re-download the distribution profile from the developer site.
Today I had the same issue; while it was working perfectly with the developer profile i could not archive or build a distribution package..
I had to go to the portal and manually re-download my distribution profile because new hardware was added even though I am not actively using it on the developer profile (did not check the box to add it to the provision)
Hope it helps anyone
I went straight to "but it seems to in the project settings, check in the build settings under CODE_SIGN_IDENTITIY, in my project the first line was set to a old profile but not visible in the list, only if you open the pulldown, after removing that it worked."
And that seems to have done the trick.
I fixed it by updating the bundle identifier in the project settings > targets > appName
in the info tab.
I had this problem, and fixed it by putting my scheme back to Debug, as opposed to Release.
I faced the same problem after upgrading to Xcode 4.3.2 and SDK 5.1. Everything worked perfectly in the previously version of Xcode with SDK 5.0. After many hours of hair pulling I created a new distribution certificate in the iOS Provisioning Portal->Provisioning-> Distribution Tab and after downloading it and installing it into Xcode (drag-and-drop) it works to archive after selecting the new certificate in the Code Signing area for my target.
I had the same problem after upgrading the OS/xcode so its worth to try.
the solution for me was simple,
go to the ios provisioning portal.
make sure the app certificate for the app is valid and not expired.
download again it again and double click it to install.
it should fix the problem.
I had this error when trying to build a release version - no problem occurred for debug builds. Baffling because in the code signing section of the build settings I had the same profile selected.
The solution for me was to create and download a new distribution provisioning profile, even though from the settings it appears not to be used.
I found a solution that was not on here, after looking through the errors and looking into my raw .app file, i found the solution.
Go to your target, and then "Build Phases" instead of Build Settings.
Make sure that in "Compile Sources" is your storyboard. For some reason Xcode didn't add the storyboard to this area of my file when I coppied the storyboard in.
P.S. I had to add the other .m's that i wanted in the project to this area as well (the ones that I dragged in, not created in the project)
Hope this helps
In the Target settings, in Sumary, check if Bundle Identifier is exactly the same as in itunesconnect.com
as example:
Bundle ID: com.mycompany.myapplication
I fixed mine by Analysing instead and checking that error. It indicated that my bundle ID was not lowercase as in the provisioning profile.
I actually was having this issue but whenever I tried to get into the organiser it caused XCode to crash. To resolve this issue I went into my targets and changed everything under Code Signing Identity to iPhone Developer. The target defaulted to the provisioning profile I wanted and it worked.
What worked for me is to choose "Don't code sign" and then do a build. This generates an error, but seems to clear out whatever xcode is hanging on to. Then choose the right provisioning profile and build. This has solved similar problems for me in the past.
Fixed it.
Went to Project-> general-> found an option "no provisioning profiles found" Fix Issue button. Clicked it . Automatically fixed
Reason Of Error
If you don't have any valid provisioning profile downloaded to your system's Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles folder then you might run into this error.
Solution
Login to your Apple Developer Account from Xcode->Preferences->Accounts and then download a valid provisioning profile.
Move to Target->General and select the correct Team.
Now go to Project Build Settings->Code Signing Identity and select just 'iOS Developer' and 'Automatic' in Provisioning Profiles. Your app will run smoothly.
In the Build Settings look for
General > Identity > Bundle Identifier and Team Settings. Fill in the Bundle Identifier and select Team. (this basically your publishing info). Of course as the others have written you'll need the correct dev or team account. This solution worked for me and resolved the build error.
Its because of the SUDO permission you have given while adding the platform.
Follow this link Ionic Code Sign error: No unexpired provisioning profiles

The identity used to sign the executable is no longer valid

I have an application that I am debugging on iPad.
2 days ago I wanted to debug a same updated application but I am having this error.
The identity used to sign the executable is no longer valid.
Please verify that your device’s clock is properly set, and that your
signing certificate is not expired.
(0xE8008018).
I don't have iPhone Developer certificate yet, but I have debugged this game once.
Neither restarting Xcode nor restarting my Mac helped.
Solution within Xcode:
In Xcode, go to Preferences --> Accounts --> View Details
Press the + symbol and select iOS Development
Press the refresh button in the lower left corner (called Download all in Xcode 7)
PS:
Sometimes it may also help to delete invalid provisioning profiles: right-click -> move to trash
I saw this error exactly one year after signing up as an Apple developer.
Try restarting XCode. It worked for me.
This may happen when your certificate expire in your Key Chain.
EDIT : I'd now recommand cert and sigh to generate your certificates and provisionning profiles. These are two commands part of the fastlane tools from KrauseFx.
Using cert & sigh:
Open a terminal and type cert
Answer the prompted questions to sect your user, password, team, app, etc.
Open a terminal and type sigh
Answer the prompted questions to sect your user, password, team, app, etc.
Select the right profile in Code Signing Identity (iPhone Developer)
Conventional way:
Just go to the new provisioning portal : Certificates, Identifier, Profiles
Login with your developer account.
Go to Certificates and click the Plus button.
Then select iOS Apps Development and click Continue.
Follow the whole process and download the newly generated certificate.
Download it and put it in your keychain.
Update your profiles from XCode Organizer devices window
Select the right profile in Code Signing Identity (iPhone Developer)
If all the above previous suggestions fail after renewing your certificate, as they did for me, browse to the following location;
~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles
...and delete your provisioning profiles.
Then download your provisioning profile again from;
https://developer.apple.com/account/ios/profile/profileList.action
If you are using jailcoder, make sure you jailbreak your iphone successfully. Don't forget install AppSync for IOS in Cydia.
In the latest update from xcode this problem usually occurs when your certificate has expired and xcode continues to use the old one until it has expired.
Closing xcode and opening it again will fire off an automatic process of downloading your new certificate and getting your app working.
Just close xcode right down (Cmd + Q) then open it back up again, load your project and hit play .. it will ask you if you'd like assistance to auto fix the certificate problem then you just follow the onscreen instructions and it does all the hard work for you :)
You have your provisioning profiles outdated.
xcode
Preferences
Accounts
Select your apple id
View Details (Right-bottom corner)
Download All
Run again and DONE!
This may be somewhat of an empirical approach but is worthwhile in the face of many commentators noting either "this worked for me" or "this didn't work for me". Firstly, the problem can lie in a number of locations, either your certificates (code signing identities) or your provisioning profiles. Identifying where the problem lies first before doing anything will save a lot of wasted effort. You will need to check in three places:
XCode
Keychain Access
The Developer Portal (Developer Members Centre)
OK, in XCode click on the Project (Above the Targets Heading), select Build Settings and scroll to 'Code Signing'. Expand the 'CODE_SIGNING_IDENTITY' heading and you will see a bunch of identities (Debug, Release etc.) Each one of these will match up with a certificate in Keychain Access. Find the match and check the expiry date...if it has expired you will need to update it in the Developer Portal and download it. Check EVERY identity, not just the first one you find that has expired. Also, if it has expired you will need to regenerate any provisioning profile that used the expired certificate.
If no problems with the certificates, check the expiry date of all the Provisioning Profiles. Once again, if they have expired, they will need to be regenerated.
Once complete, repeat the same process for the TARGET you are trying to build for.
None of this worked? An expired certificate is lurking in one of your provisioning profiles. A sign that this might be the case is that when you click on a CODE_SIGNING_IDENTITY the identity is below Other... eg.
This is usually a sure sign that there is an expired certificate lurking about and that one of your profiles is using it.
I faced to this problem when my membership was expired and I renewed it. I use xCode6 and I solve this problem by revoking expired developer certificate from Member Center and cleaning build folder ( alt+[Product>Clean] ). xCode handle others issue itself.
See "Replacing Expired Certificates" section on this link:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/AppDistributionGuide/MaintainingCertificates/MaintainingCertificates.html
I had this problem with XCode 6.3 Below is the steps that worked for me.
Go to XCode > Preferences > Accounts Select your developer account then click View Details... Click on the refresh button on the left bottom of the window. It should notify you that you're missing few certificates. Click Request. XCode automatically should download missing certificates. Click Done and it should work.
you debug it on simulator only if you don't have iPhone Developer certificate. check on left corner in
xcode you select simulator not device.
I faced the same issue, I deleted all provisioning assets from xcode & added them back, and just relaunched Xcode.
My App was loaded on to the device and it worked.
This does also happen if your developer certificate is expired. Time to pay apple and renew it :P
First: go to build settings and check, if your valid Code Signing Identity is chosen.
If that doesn't help, try the more complicated stuff
In my case, this dialog message worked
The identity used to sign the executable is no longer valid.
Please verify that your device’s clock is properly set, and that your
signing certificate is not expired.
(0xE8008018).
My certificate in Keychain Access was given status to be not valid yet in red color with expiry about one year and an hour in future. I set my time to be one hour ahead and status of the certificate became valid in green color. So, anyone out here who thinks the solution to be the xcode restart is not correct but it would be cause of time elapsed of the xcode restart to make the certificate valid. As, by clicking the Fix Issue button revokes and creates new certificate with exactly one year ahead (plus some minutes depending upon locales to raise this issue).
My solution, after nothing else worked, was to go to Keychain Access and delete all "iOS developer" keys/certificates, then let Xcode regenerate them.
Try setting the time on the mobile device and the Mac to "set date and time automatically" checkbox and restart xcode, that did it for me
The Problem here is that your profile was built on an expired certificated
-so you have to go inside the developer portal and renew your certificate if it was expired
-then regenerate the profile so it will be rebulit on the new certificate
i suggest to use the iPhone configuration utility tool to manage profiles on your mac
If your certificate is not installed locally. Or you tried running the certificate and opted to "revoke and request" a new certificate then you have the option to do that on the machine you are trying to run on
go to Preferences-> Accounts-> under your AppleId -> View Details -> under signing identities you can see the status of your certificate "Valid" or "Revoked" if revoked and you want to request a new one go to the -> + then -> the type of distribution you are trying to use.
In Xcode 5.1 - there is a self help area that did the job for me.
You'll find it in the General section after clicking on your project name under > Targets.
You should see a warning icon and a description of the issue in the Identity section (right where you type in your build/version numbers).
It noticed that there was no certificate currently stored and via some self-help boxes and a change of my password, I got it going.
These were the reasons I had this error:
The App ID didn't have my iOS Developer Certificate checked (I'm a member of an Enterprise program) and I had 2 provisioning profiles with the same App ID in my Mac. I deleted one.
Hopefully this helps someone.
I tried all of the above. I kept getting the error about the UUID not being found.
I went to the project, opened project.pbxproj and found all instances of the UUID (2) and deleted the UUID (not the entire line).
Fixed the problem.
I fixed this issue by selecting the correct team within Xcode (I'm part of multiple teams). Also, I revoked my certificate, requested a new one, uploaded that, and then re-downloaded it.
Experienced the same issue. Was an issue with an expired certificate. You'll need to create a new cert and corresponding prov profile. Follow dulgan's advice for doing so.
Removed the profiles from the directory on your machine: "~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles". And logged to apple developer centre and edited the specific provisioning profile and selected the certificate for provisioning profile and generated the profile again. Installed the new profile and it worked for me.
Found another way this occurs today. When you edit your provisioning profile after a certificate change you can see the certificates selected says 2 of 1 certificates selected (if you just use 1 certificate). Just by unselecting and reselecting the certificate you can regenerate and install the profile and it solves the problem.
#vomako 's solution almost solved my problem but I had to take another couple of steps.
I refer to the following...
In Xcode 6.1.1, I went to Preferences --> Accounts --> View Details
After upgrading to Xcode 6.1.1, the main issue for me that the >View Details button was greyed out.
I had to delete my account, restart Xcode, then add my developer account back in.
After this step, I could yet again view details and refresh my provisioning profiles.
I selected None from Team dropdown in target general settings. Then selected the original team. Xcode shows some spinner next to it. Wait for it to complete and then everything works. Tried it in Xcode 6.2
I had this problem several times, normally it can be solved by close-reopen Xcode.
I did delete derived data from Xcode organizer. It eventually works
Today I faced this issue on my Xcode 6.3 public release.
I tried to restart Xcode several times but issue remained there.
What worked for me is
Manually create a new development profile at "http://developer.apple.com"
download and install this new profile, select this new profile from xcode build and run.

Command /usr/bin/codesign failed with exit code 1

I have the following error:
Command /usr/bin/codesign failed with exit code 1
Here is what I already did for trying to fix this:
set the bundle identifier to com.server.pgmname
set the code signing to "Any Iphone OS Device"
set the Code Signing Identity to my Distribution identity.
The error only occurs when I try to build on my device, on the simulator everything works fine.
Do you have any suggestions?
I had the exact same error, and tried everything under the sun, including what was suggested elsewhere on this page. What the problem was for me was that in Keychain Access, the actual Apple WWDR certificate was marked as "Always Trust". It needed to be "System Defaults". That goes for your Development and Distribution certificates, too. If any of them are incorrectly set to "Always Trust", that can apparently cause this problem.
So, in Keychain Access, click on the Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certificate Authority certificate, select Get Info. Then, expand the Trust settings, and for the combo box for "When using this certificate:", choose "System Defaults".
Sigh: for those insistent on downvoting this answer, I am not claiming this to be the only solution for this problem. It's one solution. It may not work for you. There are multiple reasons for this codesign failure.
I had the exact same problem and this did the trick for me:
Xcode > Preferences > Accounts > View Details > And just refresh the Provisioning Profile
Seems like the accounts in Xcode were not updated with the latest provisioning profiles so a quick refresh sorted this out.
Feel the need to share this, even though it's ridiculous.
I'd set up a second developer account on my Mac and couldn't codesign anything. The error was "the user cancelled the operation".
A simple reboot fixed this for me.
I was fighting for about 2-3 hours to codesign a project with Parse API. It turned out that the embedded frameworks caused the problem. Make sure you set "Code sign on copy" (see picture).
If does not work delete the Parse and Bolts frameworks from the list and remove them from your project then add them again.
What worked for me was to realize that Xcode did not have access to the certificates. Please check that your certs are accessible by Xcode. Go to Keychain Access -> Certificates -> Open the Cert and double click on the private key -> Select Access Control
Just troubleshooted this same issue. I'd created a resources folder with my icons inside, then added it to my project via right-click > Add Files > [select resources folder]. Apparently this is a bad idea.
Instead create a new group in your project (called "Resources" in my case), and then right click > add files to that and then choose the individual files. Project built immediately.
For me, I just updated to Xcode 8, and converted my Swift 2.2 code to Swift 3 code, and I got errors in the Unit Testing and UI Testing. I just cleaned and then all the errors disappeared.
For anyone with this problem in the future (who doesn't want to rebuild their project), an additional question to ask is whether you have a space in your product name. I'd recommend going through your properties (right-click -> get info) of your project and your target. For my project, the only place that a space was needed was in the plist for the bundle display name.
After hours of googling and trying out different things, this is what fixed it for me:
Make sure there are no certificates in the System > Certificates tab on Keychain Access. Remove all duplicate certificates from there.
Install the WWDR intermediate certificate under certificates from the provisioning portal, in addition to the developers certificates and make sure you see it in the Login > Certificates tab on Keychain Access.
Very often the error /usr/bin/codesign failed with exit code 1 occurred in case the user has no file extensions for texture files in Models.scnassets folder. macOS very often generates a files with hidden extensions.
For example: you have a file myTexture but it must include an extension as well – myTexture.png.
I had this same problem and couldn't figure it out for a long time. I tried everything on this page and others and it still didn't work. But eventually, I did find a fix.
For this to work, make sure Xcode is not running. After you've closed Xcode, open Terminal and type in the command:
xattr -rc /[The File Directory of your project found in the File Inspector of your .xcodeproj file in Xcode]/
Obviously don't put the text in brackets, just replace it with what it says. Hit enter. Don't worry if nothing shows up below the command, it didn't for me. After that, you can close out of Terminal and open Xcode. Now everything should be fine.
Note: It might take a little longer to run your project, but just wait it out.
Also note: Don't downvote this answer because it doesn't work. This is one way to fix it that worked for me, but it might not work for you because you might have something else that is broken.
I got this error the very first time I tried to make a provisioning profile by following the Provisioning Assistant and it turns out they fail to mention the WWDR Intermediate Certificate. I installed it and it worked fine for me.
Here is my way to resolve:
Open keychain access, select your iOS certificate, Delete private key
Then go back to xCode, you will see warning warning message and "Revoke" button, click it and error resolved.
Most answers will tell you that you have a duplicate certificate. This is true for my case but the answers left out how to do it.
For me, my account expired and I have to get a new certificate and install it. Next, I looked at Keychain and removes the expired certificate but still got the error. What works for me is actually searching for "iPhone" in Keychain and removing all expired certificates. Apparently, some of it are not shown in System/Certificates or login/Certificates.
Hope this helps!
In my case, I had an extra expired distribution certificate in my keychain - I deleted the certificate from KeyChain Access and the compilation started working again.
If you're using phonegap/cordova:
I got this when building from Cordova but the solution for me was much simpler. A permissions issue.
Just set the files to correct permissions
chmod -R 774 ./projectfolder
And then set ownership
chown -R youraccname:staff ./projectfolder
Some of the answers above allude to the problem but don't clearly spell out the steps to correct it.
Here is my attempt at after it has become super frustrating which seems to have worked for me so far :
The problem is caused because there is duplicate certificates in your Apple Developer portal or potentially in your machine. I haven't had any negative consequences from doing this and its worked so far.
Close Xcode!
You have to remove the existing certs from your developer account
visit : https://developer.apple.com/account/ios/certificate/development/
and select development account ( there should be multiple certs)
I revoked each one by clicking on them and selecting revoke.
2.remove certs from your keychain on your Mac
Open Keychain app by pressing clover+space and typing in keychaing
and pressing enter
Search in the top right hand corner for "developer"
Select the potential duplicate keys and export/delete them so they aren't in the list.
Lastly regenerate your certs in XCode and rebooot
Reopen xcode
regenerate a new cert by going to project ->
General --> Signing
reselect your "Team Account"
a new cert should be generated
Reboot for good measure - and enjoy being free from this bug ( which Apple should really sort out, if it was at all possible to replicate easily)
I recently had the same issue.
Keychain Access was the culprit.
Steps:
Go -> Utilities -> Keychain Access
Keychain Access:
Edit -> Change Password for Keychain "login"
Change the password.
Close and reopen Xcode, Clean & build again.
If option - Change Password for Keychain "login" - is greyed out:
Make sure under Keychains selected -> login and the padlock icon is open.
To open the padlock you need the keychain password. If you do not know the password, go to Step 2.
With padlock unlocked and still option is greyed out.
As last resort:
Keychain Access -> Preferences
Preferences:
"Reset My Default Keychains"
Reset the login. However be careful as stored keychains will be removed and you may have re-login on other connected devices as well.
Try finding out the details of this error in the "Build Results" view where the error is shown. On the right side of the line with the error message there is an icon with several lines. This will show you some helpful details.
This way I found out for me it was a duplicate iPhone developer certificate in my keychain - one of which had been expired. Maybe search for "iphone" in your keychain (select "All Items" category first).
One solution more works with me, If you installed two versions of XCode and you install the second without uninstalling the first in the same directory (/Developer/), you did it wrong.
So the solution that works for me was:
1 - Uninstall the current Xcode version with the command sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all.
2 - Install the first Xcode version you had first.
3 - Again sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools --mode=all.
4 - Then, all is clean and you are able to install the version you want.
More things: maybe you need to restart the computer after install the Xcode or even (in some cases) install two times the Xcode.
I hope I works it take me a lot of time to know that, good luck!!!
The solution that worked for me is related to (what I think is) a change of path behavior after upgrading to Xcode 4.2:
You can no longer manually enter "armv6 armv7" but must enter $(VALID_ARCHS) instead: both for the Architectures and Valid Architectures fields under the Architectures section in your project's Build Settings pane. Xcode will automatically replace the statement with 'armv6 armv7'.
This string looks exactly the same as if you would have typed it in manually but nevertheless point to the actual correct paths that will be generated along with your build, ...or at least this is my take on it :P
Unrelated, we used to have "armv6 armv7" as well under Other Signing Flags and now took that out and it works fine. This must be just an extra.
Thanks and happy hacking.
Gon
I went to Key Access, selected the private key, and added XCode to the list of apps that can access it. That worked for me
If anyone uses Xcode ver. 3.x.x and upgrades from Mac OS 10.7 to 10.8, dev. tools will work just fine except the new codesign binary .. To fix that just copy the old codesign and codesign_allocate binaries (I hope you have backup) to /usr/bin/ folder and rename or backup the new one.
I had special characters in the project name,renaming it to remove the characters, question marks, and insuring a developer certificate was enabled fixed the issue.
When I experienced this error, it was due to having been in Keychain Access, and choosing 'Disallow' when asked whether I wanted to let the program access a saved password. Going back in and selecting 'Allow' and typing my system password fixed the problem in XCode.
For me the problem was HTTP proxy
Here is how I solved the same problem. It may help someone.
I deleted the Development Provisionning Profile (that I was using) from the server, then created one with a slightly different name.
I used it and it worked.
This issue happened for me when I had multiple targets in one project, and I changed the CFBundleExecutable plist property to something other than the target's name.
So, for example, I had the following targets in one project:
SomeApp
SomeApp WatchKit Extension
SomeApp WatchKit App
SomeApp Today Widget
SomeApp for OS X (this is the target where the codesign error happens)
SomeApp for OS X had its CFBundleExecutable property set to just SomeApp, which not only conflicted with the first target called SomeApp but was different from the target it was meant for. Changing SomeApp for OS X to SomeApp and then renaming the first target worked fine for me.
For me I had code coverage enabled on the scheme of a framework rather than it's corresponding test scheme. Disabling the code coverage sorted the problem.
A very simple answer to this very-complicated question. It involves no knowledge of code-signing and everything connected with it.
Take an old app that is not needed any more. Make sure it works, then replace its code with that of the new app having the code-signing error. The old app should now work fine, accomplishing what you wanted with the new app.
Only down side: the working app has the title of the old one.

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