When upgrading an app - the "invalid binary" error... any suggestions?

Some updates:

1. I checked the first two pages of google links I found, but I've already tried everything in all those posts.

2. I have the latest v2.4 iphone developer programmers guide, and went through every part there, but everything seems according to what I'm doing.

3. I created a second distribution profile with a new wildcard app ID and changed the bundle identifier according to recommendations in the forums and in the programmers guide.

4. I checked the codesign via the Terminal "codesign -vvvv" command and it reports that everything is valid.

But no matter what I try, when I upload again, I still get the same error.

doug

Thanks for the post. But the product/package/etc are all one word, no non-alphabetic characters at all.

This is just an upgrade for an existing app.

I think it is a problem with the SDK, like the problem I was having yesterday and needed to repair manually inside the project package. The app was originally created with the SDK in use back in September, and now I'm trying to upgrade it with the most recent SDK and... something... is just not working right.

It took me all day yesterday to find the solution needed to fix the SDK bug so that I could load the app on my iPhone. I wonder if something similar is happening now with the build for the app store.

doug

In nosing around, and recalling the SDK 2.2 bug I needed to repair yesterday before I could build for my iPhone, I was looking inside the .xcodeproj bundle at the project.pbxproj file.

I notice there are two "Distribution" sections inside:

 84D2ED8E0E7F657A00CAA465 /* Distribution */ = {
 isa = XCBuildConfiguration;
 buildSettings = {
 ALWAYSSEARCH_USERPATHS = NO;
 ARCHS = "$(ARCHSSTANDARD_32BIT)";
 CODESIGNIDENTITY = "iPhone Distribution: My Company Name";
 GCCC_LANGUAGESTANDARD = c99;
 GCCWARN_ABOUT_RETURNTYPE = YES;
 GCCWARN_UNUSEDVARIABLE = YES;
 PREBINDING = NO;
 PROVISIONING_PROFILE = "FF71349B-E962-432A-B05C-8D891F734A7B";
 SDKROOT = iphoneos2.0;
 };
 name = Distribution;
 };
 84D2ED8F0E7F657A00CAA465 /* Distribution */ = {
 isa = XCBuildConfiguration;
 buildSettings = {
 CODESIGNIDENTITY = "iPhone Distribution: My Company Name";
 COPYPHASESTRIP = YES;
 GCCPRECOMPILE_PREFIXHEADER = YES;
 GCCPREFIXHEADER = HelloWorld_Prefix.pch;
 INFOPLIST_FILE = Info.plist;
 PRODUCT_NAME = MyAppName;
 PROVISIONING_PROFILE = "FF71349B-E962-432A-B05C-8D891F734A7B";
 "PROVISIONING_PROFILE[sdk=iphoneos*]" = "B260C653-9A45-432C-A472-31F1531EEA44";
 };
 name = Distribution;
 };

Is that normal? Could the fact there are two sections be what is causing the problem?

The provisioning profile ID that starts with "B" is the developer's profile, and that's what lets me build so I can test on my iPhone. The provisioning profile ID that starts with "F" is the distribution provisioning profile.


doug

Or perhaps it's a problem with this section in the Program Users Guide:

1. Use the same Distribution Provisioning Profile to build each new version of your application 
2. Increment the CFBundleVersion and CFBundleShortVersionString values in your project Info.plist file. Note: Version numbers 
must be period-delimited sequences of positive integers (1.0 to 1.1, or 2.2.1 to 2.2.2). 

With regards to (1), the original Distribution Provisioning Profile no longer exists. After personal certs expired this week, I needed to create a new one. The new distribution provisioning profile does use the same App ID though.

Could that be what is causing the binary to be invalid for upload?

If so... what can I possibly do about it? This is sort of a "you can't go home again" situation.

With regards to (2), my project has never had a "Bundle Short Version String". I see how you can add extra items to the plist with the "+" UI. Do I need to add a short bundle string into the plist? I never have before.

Thanks,

doug

Just some more diagnostic information to keep it all in one place, in case some kind soul has any suggestions.

Checking the app in the Terminal with the codesign -dvvvv command, the result is as follows:

Executable=/Users/admin/Desktop/unfuddle/mycompany_myapp/build/Distribution-iphoneos/MyAppName.app/MyAppName
Identifier=com.mycompany.MyAppName
Format=bundle with Mach-O thin (armv6)
CodeDirectory v=20001 size=417 flags=0x0(none) hashes=12+5 location=embedded
CDHash=2fe8af602eadfc566cba181273acc0c7591387cd
Signature size=4331
Authority=iPhone Distribution: My Company Name, Ltd.
Authority=Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Authority
Authority=Apple Root CA
Signed Time=Mar 14, 2009 7:16:30 PM
Info.plist entries=17
Sealed Resources rules=3 files=16
Internal requirements count=0 size=12

I don't see any obvious problems being reported.

In another thread, somebody said they were able to upload with FireFox even though they couldn't with Safari, so I tried that as well, with no success.

doug

I've tried everything I can think of and everything that people have suggested. I'm now afraid that I'm never going to be able to update ANY of my apps again because of this problem.

I guess nobody has any suggestions?

Thanks,

doug

Thanks for your note. I've already been through that uncountable times though, to no avail.

doug

I still haven't been able to get my upgraded app's binary uploaded. I'm worried now that I won't ever be able to upgrade any of my apps again. I can't think of a place to turn to anymore for information.

I have complete details, including screenshots, that I sent to Apple (still no reply). if there are any interested and/or kind-hearted souls out there I would be happy to share the details I sent Apple. I'm open to any suggestions at all!

Thanks,

doug
doug@lerner.net

I can't believe it, but after multiple-days of Code-Signing h*ll I fixed it! The app is now uploaded and 'in review".

For those interested in my solution, here is what I did.

I opened up the .xcodeproj package for a previous app we have in the app store (let's call it OtherApp) and then opened up project.pbxproj in BBEdit and looked at the sections for "Distribution" and they looked like this:

 8418EBF90E90792200A3FDDA /* Distribution */ = {
 isa = XCBuildConfiguration;
 buildSettings = {
 ARCHS = "$(ARCHSSTANDARD_32BIT)";
 GCCC_LANGUAGESTANDARD = c99;
 GCCWARN_ABOUT_RETURNTYPE = YES;
 GCCWARN_UNUSEDVARIABLE = YES;
 PREBINDING = NO;
 SDKROOT = iphoneos2.0;
 };
 name = Distribution;
 };
 8418EBFA0E90792200A3FDDA /* Distribution */ = {
 isa = XCBuildConfiguration;
 buildSettings = {
 ALWAYSSEARCH_USERPATHS = NO;
 CODESIGNIDENTITY = "iPhone Distribution: My Company Name, Ltd.";
 COPYPHASESTRIP = YES;
 GCCPRECOMPILE_PREFIXHEADER = YES;
 GCCPREFIXHEADER = OtherApp_Prefix.pch;
 INFOPLIST_FILE = Info.plist;
 PRODUCT_NAME = OtherApp;
 PROVISIONING_PROFILE = "E6A3BCFE-372D-4623-AB15-44158ADA0E1B";
 };
 name = Distribution;
 };

But in the project.pbxproj file for the app I was trying to upgrade (let's call it ThisApp) those sections looked like this:

 84D2ED8E0E5B857A00CAA465 /* Distribution */ = {
 isa = XCBuildConfiguration;
 buildSettings = {
 ALWAYSSEARCH_USERPATHS = NO;
 ARCHS = "$(ARCHSSTANDARD_32BIT)";
 GCCC_LANGUAGESTANDARD = c99;
 GCCWARN_ABOUT_RETURNTYPE = YES;
 GCCWARN_UNUSEDVARIABLE = YES;
 PREBINDING = NO;
 SDKROOT = iphoneos2.0;
 };
 name = Distribution;
 };
 84D2ED8F0E5B857A00CAA465 /* Distribution */ = {
 isa = XCBuildConfiguration;
 buildSettings = {
 CODESIGNIDENTITY = "iPhone Distribution: My Company Name Ltd.";
 COPYPHASESTRIP = YES;
 GCCPRECOMPILE_PREFIXHEADER = YES;
 GCCPREFIXHEADER = ThisApp_Prefix.pch;
 INFOPLIST_FILE = Info.plist;
 PRODUCT_NAME = ThisApp;
 PROVISIONING_PROFILE = "00D072E0-3459-4AFF-911E-B31D325E7375";
 "PROVISIONING_PROFILE[sdk=iphoneos*]" = "B260C653-9A45-372C-A472-31F1531EEA44";
 };
 name = Distribution;
 };

So (after backing up the current version) I:

(1) deleted the 2nd "PROVISIONING_PROFILE" line (which is the developer provisioning profile - so I don't know what will happen now if I try to load it on my iPhone);

(2) cleaned targets;

(3) built again and the new compressed version uploaded!

Side-note not directly related to the above problem, but of technical interest:

I got another error at the next itunesconnect page saying that the "bundle identifier needed to be the same as the previous version". That was easy to fix though. I went back into Xcode and changed the bundle identifier from com.myactualcompanyname.${PRODUCT_NAME:identifier} back to com.yourcompany.${PRODUCT_NAME:identifier} (the original default value) which was the way we accidentally left it when we first built it in September. (It was our first app, so that snuck by us.) So apparently you can never adjust that once you upload an original app and have forgotten to change "yourcompany" for your actual company name. That's not so important though, and wasn't what was blocking being able to upload the app.

Anyway, it now uploaded successfully and is "in review"!

Clearly "something happened" to the project.pbxproj file between the time the app was first created in September and when the SDK was updated after that.

But it's in review now!

doug@sigh of relief

I figured it out myself and posted a solution to the thread.