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cocoaprovisioningsubmissionmac-app-store

Submit an OSX App with helper App in its bundle


I'm really going mad with this problem! I have an app that contains a simple Helper app which manages the login item for the Main app.

When I try to submit the app I get errors related to the provisioning profile and the entitlements. I'm sure that the problem is related with the Helper app because before than I added it the submission worked with no problem.

At the moment the helper app is code signed and is sandboxed as the main app.

The errors are :

  • Invalid provisioning profile. The provisioning profile included in the bundle is invalid

  • Invalid Code Signing Entitlements. The entitlements in your app bundle signature do not match the one that are contained in the provisioning profile. The bundle contains a key that is not included in the provisioning profile 'com.apple.application-identifier' in 'myapp.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/helper.app'

  • Invalid Code Signing Entitlements. The entitlements in your app bundle signature do not match the one that are contained in the provisioning profile. The bundle contains a key that is not included in the provisioning profile 'com.apple.application-identifier' in 'myapp.app/Contents/MacOS/myapp'


Solution

  • For anyone else coming across this problem, you don't have to codesign the helper app a second time, just remove the "embedded.provisionprofile" from the helper app in the xarchive and you can submit no problem.