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The identity used to sign the executable is no longer valid.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).
I have an app in testflight for ios called MapItTrackIt. Everything has been working great.
I just updated to xcode 5.1. I built the app exactly the same way I always have. Same profile and ad-hoc cert.
This time when I try to upload my IPA file I get the 'Invalid Profile: developer build entitlements must have get-task-allow set to true.' error.
I didn't change anything at all with provisioning or what not. I just added some more functionality to the app and rev'ed the version.
What the heck do I do now? How do I fix this? My boss wants this deployed right now and I can't.
Same exact issue for about 4 hours today - restarting Xcode seems to be the fix as depressing as that is.
I had this and solved it.
Xcode was using a different provisioning profile from the one I had expected it to - it was signing the build with a distribution certificate, but had created a development provisioning profile.
It turned out that the distribution certificate was somehow invalid. I discovered this by setting the provisioning profile explicitly in the project, which then prompted xcode to give me an error to tell me there were problems.
A good place to start solving these issues is to look in the build log, at the codesign step - there will be a line line:
Using code signing identity "iPhone Distribution: XXXXXX" and provisioning profile "YYYYYY" (<..guid...>)
Check this line says the certificate and profile you expect, and that the signing identity and profile are both distribution ones.
For me the problem was that I had a custom .framework bundled with the app that was not code signed. Apparently this unsigned framework caused the problem.
When I code signed the framework with a distribution certificate the app uploaded without problems.
I fixed this bug by changing my Code Signing Identity - Release part to Distribution certificate
It looks like there are several different issues that can cause this. Mine was similar to JosephH's, but not the same.
For me there was another provisioning profile that was valid, but from a different user. I have several apple accounts that I am a member of for development.
My build was using a different profile from another user account when it went to sign. This was even though I had told it which one to use in the settings.
I solved this by having to delete that other provisioning profile whenever I wanted to build this app for testflight. The provisioning profile would always come back if I did an update from the dev site for that other user account.
The final solution was that I happened to get a new mac for development and didn't install that other user account's profiles into this mac yet. Now everything builds fine without doing anything.
I tried many different ways. None of them works for me.
I thought maybe it's a problem of testflight.
So I used crashlytics to distribute my adhoc build. I had no problems to upload it.
Then I tried to use Organizer to validate this archive to get more information, I got an
error. I was told this archive contains unsupported i386 and x86_64 architectures.It turned out that I used a framework which contains i386 and x86_64 architectures. Then I recreated a new framework which contains device only architectures. It works like a charm.
Same exact issue here with the new Xcode 6.3 beta, solved by deleting the Project.entitlements (along with the Code Signing Entitlements entry on the Build Settings of the target)
Solved. I was trying to update a label in the launch screen to show app name, version and build through a custom ViewController. This proved impossible to too complex so I deleted the View Controller. BUT I left the outlets in the Launch Screen Storyboard. I deleted these (Last icon in Utilities tab, a right arrow in circle) and all is love, peace and joy.
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.
Since 2 weeks ago, every time I manually add any Distribution Profiles (Ad-Hoc or AppStore Profiles) to Xcode, they vanish from the Organizer in a matter of minutes, or when I press the Refresh button (the one next to "Automatic Device Provisioning" in Organizer).
How do I solve this problem?
(note that I've already tried to start fresh without success: cleaning KeyChain Access, revoking certificates, deleting profiles, and do it all step by step since the beginning)
If you're not logged in as the "Team Agent" in XCode, that might explain the reason why the distribution provisioning profiles are disappearing.
Which version of Xcode are you using?
I've had this problem for several weeks also. I think this was a bug with Apple's provisioning back-end. Today the Member Center was down for maintenance. When it came back up I did refresh from the organizer and all my Ad Hoc and Distribution profiles were automatically imported (as it should be).
Try a refresh from inside the organizer and see if it works.
I'm now facing such kind of issue, In the previous version of xcode, it works fine, But when I upgrade to 4.3.2, distribution profile missed, tried many ways, but all failed.
I have not removed previous version of xcode, but same issue happened.
Suggest to not upgrade to latest xcode version, I will pending until facing blocking next time, My product has been delayed because of this issue, what a pity.