App Group access after app transfer

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Created Jan ’17

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I want to ask a question about App Transfer. We have succesfully transferred our iOS app to new developer account. App ID and bundle is transferred but there is no app group id and push notification certificate in new developer account.

Our database is stored in the app group container and have to create same app group id in new developer account. I want to ask you if there is any risk to delete old app group id from old account and re-create the same app group id in new developer account. Will any App Store users affect data lose or etc ?

Or, is there any other way to transfer App Group ID to new developer account ?

Thanks

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Answer 1

H.ndrik OP

Feb ’17

Hello mesut.dag,

I unfortunately ran into the same problem: After the transfer from another account, the app groups don't seem to work anymore.

This is the error message I get:

An Application Group with Identifier 'my.app.identifier.group' is not available. Please enter a different string.

Were you able to resolve the issue already?

With best regards

Hendrik

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Answer 2

leolobato OP

May ’17

Hello,

I'm going through the same issue.

Were you able to solve this somehow?

Would deleting the group on the previous account and re-creating it on the new one keep users data intact when pushing an update with the new account?

Thanks!

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Answer 3

tadas_dogo OP

May ’19

Did you figure this out?

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Answer 4

tizzle OP

Jun ’19

Any updates to this thread?

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nadooo OP

Aug ’19

Any updates to this topic ?

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Answer 6

itznupur OP

Oct ’19

You can delete the app identifiers from the original account and then add to your new account. Its will work

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Answer 7

cjg552 OP

Jun ’20

To Fix this issue:

Enter in the old developer account a remove the group id you want to use in the new account
Then create the a new group ID with the same string in the new account
Now you can use this group ID in your transferred app

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Answer 8

iJustCrazy OP

Sep ’24

Have the same issue. I removed everything from the previous account, but still can't create App Group with an old identifier. Waiting for support to help me out.

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Answer 9

cvasselli OP

3w

For anyone who finds themself in this situation and is confused about how to remove the group identifier from the old account, the trick is to switch to App Groups from the filter on the right on the "Identifiers" page of "Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles". By default, it only shows App IDs.

This link should go their directly: https://developer.apple.com/account/resources/identifiers/list/applicationGroup

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