I totally fail to get altool to validate my .ipa. This is the command and error:
xcrun altool --validate-app -f ios/Afuera.ipa -type ios -u MY_ACCOUNT -p @keychain:APP-PWD
2024-01-06 16:42:02.156 *** Error: Validation failed for 'ios/Afuera.ipa'.
2024-01-06 16:42:02.157 *** Error: Could not find the main bundle or the Info.plist is missing a CFBundleIdentifier in ‘ios/Afuera.ipa’. Unable to validate your application. (-21017)
{
NSLocalizedDescription = "Could not find the main bundle or the Info.plist is missing a CFBundleIdentifier in \U2018ios/Afuera.ipa\U2019.";
NSLocalizedFailureReason = "Unable to validate your application.";
}
The structure of the .ipa:
unzip -l ios/Afuera.ipa
Archive: ios/Afuera.ipa
Length Date Time Name
--------- ---------- ----- ----
0 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/
0 01-06-2024 12:36 Payload/_CodeSignature/
5926 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/_CodeSignature/CodeResources
2181216 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/mitt-spel
266 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/entitlements.xml
12060 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/embedded.mobileprovision
0 01-06-2024 12:36 Payload/assets/
41762 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/assets/laser.wav
1936 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/assets/ship.png
770 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/assets/enemy-medium.png
818 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/assets/button_background.png
809 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/assets/README.md
1168 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/assets/enemy-big.png
2056 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/assets/window_background.png
8832 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/assets/atari_games.ttf
1503968 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/assets/8bit-spaceshooter.ogg
5884 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/assets/laser-bolts.png
68650 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/assets/explosion.wav
12009 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/assets/enemy-small.png
676 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/assets/explosion.png
830 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/assets/button_clicked_background.png
990 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/Info.plist
17007 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/AppIcon.png
1265 01-06-2024 15:49 Payload/AppIcon-120x120.png
--------- -------
3868898 24 files
The contents of the Info.plist file:
unzip -p ios/Afuera.ipa Payload/Info.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>mitt-spel</string>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>news.afuera</string>
<key>CFBundleName</key>
<string>Afuera</string>
<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
<string>1</string>
<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
<string>1.0</string>
<key>CFBundleIconName</key>
<string>AppIcon-120x120.png</string>
<key>CFBundleIcons</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundlePrimaryIcon</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIconFiles</key>
<array>
<string>AppIcon-120x120</string>
</array>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>UILaunchStoryboardName</key>
<string>LaunchScreen</string>
<key>UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance</key>
<false />
<key>UIStatusBarHidden</key>
<true />
</dict>
</plist>
The same bundle (Afuera.app) is cleanly and successfully installed on my iPhone with ios-deploy. (With a dev provisioning profile in that case, of course).
At some point I had things “working” in the sense that the altool reported on errors that were real. Like not finding matching bundle id on my developer account, and me using the wrong provisioning profile. Then I recreated the bundle from scratch, with the exact same structure and content, and altool stopped caring about such things and only about this non-sensical thing about not finding the bundle id in the IPA.
Things I have tried:
- Using another user account on my Mac to validate (same error)
- Restarting my computer (yes, I'm desperate) (same error)
Now I am totally out of ideas. Anyone else that can see what I am doing wrong, or have ideas what I can try? Thanks in advance! 🙏♥️