Xcode cancels Archive build without reason

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Xcode cancels Archive build without reason

I have a project in Xcode for an iOS application. The build is often cancelled by xcode with no explanation and no hint in the logs as to why.

The logs show as green and it just says Build Stopped - No Issues. Searching the expanded transcripts shows no errors that I can see.

So far I have tried:

Cleaning the project (CMD+SHIFT+K)

Cleaning the build folder of the project (CMD+SHIFT+OPT+K)

Manually deleting the contents of the derived data folder

Restart Xcode

Reboot machine

All of the above has been tried MANY times but it always just cancels. What could cause this?

The only moderately unusual thing about the project is that it's in a workspace and uses cocoapods (but lots of people do this, so I don't think that can be the reason).

Please help!

Xcode 4.6.2-OTHER, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on Jun 1, 2013 6:13 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 24, 2013 10:29 AM in response to molmorg

I am also having this problem. I have a custom target that runs agvtool set as a dependency of my app target. I am now unable to archive for the same reason stated above. Removing my custom target is not an acceptable solution for me.

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Answer 2

Jun 24, 2013 11:05 AM in response to kris.wong

It turns out agvtool modifies the project file (though it seems to do this unnecessarilly, since the relevant version numbers are in your project's info.plist file). This cancels the build automagically. The only workarounds I have found for this issue involve using some other tool to modify the plist file.

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