iOS builds / ipa creation no longer works from the command line

Overview

Our command line builds (to build and create the .ipa) are no longer working.

iTunesConnect has started rejecting builds that use the

CODE_SIGN_RESOURCE_RULES_PATH

build setting.

If we build WITHOUT that setting the PackageApplication tool (which we use to create the signed .ipa) fails.

It seems that PackageApplication calls /usr/bin/codesign with resource-rules arguments even if the

CODE_SIGN_RESOURCE_RULES_PATH

build setting is excluded

I suspect the PackageApplication needs to be updated so that it does not call /usr/bin/codesign with resource-rules arguments when the

CODE_SIGN_RESOURCE_RULES_PATH

build setting is excluded.

Has anyone found a solution for this?

Details

We build our app on the command line like this:

xcodebuild -workspace myApp.xcworkspace -scheme myApp -sdk iphoneos -configuration AppStoreDistribution OBJROOT=$PWD/build SYMROOT=$PWD/build ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH=NO 'CODE_SIGN_RESOURCE_RULES_PATH=$(SDKROOT)/ResourceRules.plist'

We create the signed .ipa on the command line like this:

xcrun -log -sdk iphoneos PackageApplication "/Users/mpv/dev/myApp/build/AppStoreDistribution-iphoneos/myApp.app" -o "/Users/mpv/dev/myApp/build/AppStoreDistribution-iphoneos/myApp.ipa" -sign "iPhone Distribution: MyTeam (XXXXXXXXXX)" -embed /Users/mpv/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning\ Profiles/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx.mobileprovision

iTunesConnect is now rejecting our builds with the following error:

"This bundle is invalid. The Info.plist contains an invalid key 'CFBundleResourceSpecification' in bundle myApp [myApp.app]"

If we remove the

'CODE_SIGN_RESOURCE_RULES_PATH=$(SDKROOT)/ResourceRules.plist'

bit from the build command then the app is built without the

CFBundleResourceSpecification

plist key (which I presume is what we want). The new build command looks like this:

xcodebuild -workspace myApp.xcworkspace -scheme myApp -sdk iphoneos -configuration AppStoreDistribution OBJROOT=$PWD/build SYMROOT=$PWD/build ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH=NO

The problem now is that the command to build the .ipa fails with the following error:

error: /usr/bin/codesign --force --preserve-metadata=identifier,entitlements,resource-rules --sign iPhone Distribution: MyTeam (XXXXXXXXXX) --resource-rules=/var/folders/2b/7hylk7nn13dgrl9yyh2wp0lm0000gn/T/zDRRJMkKtQ/Payload/myApp.app/ResourceRules.plist --entitlements /var/folders/2b/7hylk7nn13dgrl9yyh2wp0lm0000gn/T/zDRRJMkKtQ/entitlements_plistIUdGWLYe /var/folders/2b/7hylk7nn13dgrl9yyh2wp0lm0000gn/T/zDRRJMkKtQ/Payload/myApp.app failed with error 1. Output: Warning: usage of --preserve-metadata with option "resource-rules" (deprecated in Mac OS X >= 10.10)!

Warning: --resource-rules has been deprecated in Mac OS X >= 10.10! /var/folders/2b/7hylk7nn13dgrl9yyh2wp0lm0000gn/T/zDRRJMkKtQ/Payload/myApp.app/ResourceRules.plist: cannot read resources

It seems that PackageApplication calls /usr/bin/codesign with resource-rules arguments even if the

CODE_SIGN_RESOURCE_RULES_PATH

argument / build setting is excluded.

I think PackageApplication needs to be updated so that it does not call /usr/bin/codesign with resource-rules arguments when the

CODE_SIGN_RESOURCE_RULES_PATH

argument / build setting is excluded.