How to fix Cannot create an IOS archive 'APPNAME'. Process cannot be executed on XMA server. arch exited with code 1 actool exited with code 1

Question

Hello, this is my first post, so I apologize if I am missing any information necessary to replicate or help fix this issue. If I am please leave me a comment and I will be sure to add whatever is necessary. So, I have a .NET MAUI iOS and Android app that I was trying to publish in which I followed the steps of this guide below:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/ios/deployment/publish-app-store?view=net-maui-8.0

There are many issues reported on the web that are similar to the one that I am having but none of them are exactly the issue that I have so they have not been able to help me. I've followed the guide smoothly up until it came time to archive/publish the app where it gives me the error:

Cannot create an IOS archive 'APPNAME'. Process cannot be executed on XMA server.

arch exited with code 1

actool exited with code 1

What I find strange is that I was able to successfully upload to the Google Play Store, so I do not believe there's an issue with the actual code. Moreover, I have paired with a Mac perfectly fine and have used the Mac to run iOS simulators. Additionally, I have all the certificates and provisioning profiles that are required for setup as well. I am lost as what to do in order to fix this. If anyone can help me solve this issue, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Answer 1

this is generally a VS bug. try deploy from command line

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/ios/deployment/publish-cli?view=net-maui-8.0