iOS error and Android distribution issue

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iOS error and Android distribution issue

Thomas Pedersen 41

Hello

I have suddenly run into some issues with my application. My iOS is getting build errors with the following error message:

Failed to codesign
codesign exited with code 1

On top of that, all of the sudden I am no longer able to distribute my Android to Google Play, only able to select "Ad Hoc" despite the fact that I have 30+ releases on the google play store with this app.

Last distribution I did was on July 1'st where it went through without issues, only difference since then, is that I tried updating to the latest Visual Studio today, that created some issue, so I reverted back to my previous version, which is Visual Studio 2022 - 17.2 - and this has actually caused a weird issue, when I go to "Xamarin --> Apple Accounts" and view details, everything is now blank, and there is no "Download profiles" option any longer, no idea why that has vanished.

I would imagine that probably relates to the iOS issue, but that doesn't really explain the Android issue.

So far I have tried cleaning the solution, rebuilding, changing "signing identity from manual to automatic, and back to manual", restarting PC and Macbook, ensured the correct Certificates are on the Macbook (this is something that hasn't been touched, so unsurprising these were as they should be).

All my settings seems to have been saved, so I am very confused about why these issues are suddenly happening, any help will be much appreciated, also don't hesitate to ask for more information if needed, I will do my best to provide it.

Wenyan Zhang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 36,436 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-07-05T10:29:36.883+00:00
there is no "Download profiles" option any longer, no idea why that has vanished.

There was a related known bug - Cannot load Apple certificates, and it was fixed. If you still meet this issue when you use the latest version of VS, you have to export the certificate and choose profile manually.
On your Mac : Open KeyChain, select your distribution certificate, right-click it to export a p12 file, and set the password. Then you can move the p12 file to your Windows machine.
On your Windows machine :

Open VS, go to "Xamarin --> Apple Accounts" and view details, click Import Certificate, then you can import the p12 file, please pay attention to entering the correct password.

Go to Apple Developer portal, download your Distribution Provisioning Profile( .mobileprovision file), then you can move it into %HOME%\AppData\Local\Xamarin\iOS\Provisioning\Profiles folder.

After that, you can re-open VS, re-pair to mac, and try to archive again. I'm not sure if your Android distribution issue will be solved as well. If you have any other issues, please feel free to let me know.
Wenyan Zhang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 36,436 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-07-05T10:29:53.237+00:00

Cleaning the bin/obj folder doesn't work, right? May I ask if your Apple developer account is the type of personal team? I got the same error and I found out the reason was that I lost connection to mac during the archive. You can check if the connection is stable.
Thomas Pedersen 41 Reputation points

2022-07-06T08:25:31.593+00:00

Quick update.

Even getting the p12 file manually and adding it, the details windows was still blank, super strange, I am now in the process of removing visual studio and all Xamarin folders and leftovers, then do a completely clean reinstall, there seems to be some kinda bug issue.

One thing I forgot to mention, I did actually for the first time try debugging the iOS project using the build in iPhone simulator, first time I've ever done that, have no idea if that could have caused some issues aswell, because it does line up with the issues happening.

I will update once I have cleaned everything out.

UPDATE:

It sadly didn't fix anything, same issue, Android won't let me choose "Google Play" and iOS still completely blank under "profiles" even if I manually import certificates. I am pretty stumped on what to do here.

I am going to try it on a different PC, just to make sure.
Thomas Pedersen 41 Reputation points

2022-07-06T08:26:24.527+00:00

Hi

Yes, I've tried deleting the obj/bin folders.

The connection seems to be stable, I left a commen on the other suggestion, I will update once I've cleaned out visual studio and xamarin completely and reinstalled it.
Wenyan Zhang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 36,436 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-07-06T09:36:07.303+00:00

If you debug on iPhone simulator, it's under debug mode, and you will use the development provisioning profile if you run the app on your physical device. Your question is about distribution, you need to archive an ipa and publish the APP, right? If so, you have to configure the distribution provisioning profile.

Even getting the p12 file manually and adding it, the details windows was still blank

You could check if it already exists in %HOME%\AppData\Local\Xamarin\iOS\Provisioning\Certificates\ folder. If it exists, you can try to archive again.
Thomas Pedersen 41 Reputation points

2022-07-06T11:50:26.507+00:00

So I had to add the certificates manually to the folder, they would not get in there by using the "add certificate" in visual studio.

But when trying to archive I still get the before mentioned error:

Failed to codesign
codesign exited with code 1

I did just encounter something else that might very likely be playing a part, when I start connection to the Mac I get a version mismatch warning, between Xamarin.iOS, I am updating it right now. The reason I did not notice this is because I have encountered it many times before, but I just ignore it and it has never caused issues before, but maybe it does now (I usually don't update anything unless I absolutely have to), so I am updating it now, will give you a heads up if it fixed anything or not.

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Wenyan Zhang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 36,436 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-07-05T10:29:36.883+00:00

there is no "Download profiles" option any longer, no idea why that has vanished.

There was a related known bug - Cannot load Apple certificates, and it was fixed. If you still meet this issue when you use the latest version of VS, you have to export the certificate and choose profile manually.
On your Mac : Open KeyChain, select your distribution certificate, right-click it to export a p12 file, and set the password. Then you can move the p12 file to your Windows machine.
On your Windows machine :

Open VS, go to "Xamarin --> Apple Accounts" and view details, click Import Certificate, then you can import the p12 file, please pay attention to entering the correct password.

Go to Apple Developer portal, download your Distribution Provisioning Profile( .mobileprovision file), then you can move it into %HOME%\AppData\Local\Xamarin\iOS\Provisioning\Profiles folder.

After that, you can re-open VS, re-pair to mac, and try to archive again. I'm not sure if your Android distribution issue will be solved as well. If you have any other issues, please feel free to let me know.
Wenyan Zhang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 36,436 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-07-05T10:29:53.237+00:00

Cleaning the bin/obj folder doesn't work, right? May I ask if your Apple developer account is the type of personal team? I got the same error and I found out the reason was that I lost connection to mac during the archive. You can check if the connection is stable.
Thomas Pedersen 41 Reputation points

2022-07-06T08:25:31.593+00:00

Quick update.

Even getting the p12 file manually and adding it, the details windows was still blank, super strange, I am now in the process of removing visual studio and all Xamarin folders and leftovers, then do a completely clean reinstall, there seems to be some kinda bug issue.

One thing I forgot to mention, I did actually for the first time try debugging the iOS project using the build in iPhone simulator, first time I've ever done that, have no idea if that could have caused some issues aswell, because it does line up with the issues happening.

I will update once I have cleaned everything out.

UPDATE:

It sadly didn't fix anything, same issue, Android won't let me choose "Google Play" and iOS still completely blank under "profiles" even if I manually import certificates. I am pretty stumped on what to do here.

I am going to try it on a different PC, just to make sure.
Thomas Pedersen 41 Reputation points

2022-07-06T08:26:24.527+00:00

Hi

Yes, I've tried deleting the obj/bin folders.

The connection seems to be stable, I left a commen on the other suggestion, I will update once I've cleaned out visual studio and xamarin completely and reinstalled it.
Wenyan Zhang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 36,436 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-07-06T09:36:07.303+00:00

If you debug on iPhone simulator, it's under debug mode, and you will use the development provisioning profile if you run the app on your physical device. Your question is about distribution, you need to archive an ipa and publish the APP, right? If so, you have to configure the distribution provisioning profile.

Even getting the p12 file manually and adding it, the details windows was still blank

You could check if it already exists in %HOME%\AppData\Local\Xamarin\iOS\Provisioning\Certificates\ folder. If it exists, you can try to archive again.
Thomas Pedersen 41 Reputation points

2022-07-06T11:50:26.507+00:00

So I had to add the certificates manually to the folder, they would not get in there by using the "add certificate" in visual studio.

But when trying to archive I still get the before mentioned error:

Failed to codesign
codesign exited with code 1

I did just encounter something else that might very likely be playing a part, when I start connection to the Mac I get a version mismatch warning, between Xamarin.iOS, I am updating it right now. The reason I did not notice this is because I have encountered it many times before, but I just ignore it and it has never caused issues before, but maybe it does now (I usually don't update anything unless I absolutely have to), so I am updating it now, will give you a heads up if it fixed anything or not.

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Thomas Pedersen 41

Okay

So I ended up reverting back to Visual Studio 2022 v. 17.05

I then removed and recreated my certificates 3 times, and now it works.

Visual studio can now download the profiles (I did still have to add my certificates manually)

And then it works again, as far as the certificates suddenly working again, I have no explanation, I've tried to restep my process, and I cannot see where the issue was or where the solution suddenly came from.

But it works again. Note to self, don't update Visual studio, even if the "Pair to Mac" tells you the Xamarin version on the Mac is not compatible!.

Wenyan Zhang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 36,436 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-08-02T02:08:15.68+00:00

Thanks for your sharing.

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