Upgrade testing for iOS - application-identifier entitlement does not match

Question

Previously with Xcode 7.3.1 I was able to build directly over my app store app on my iPad and test the upgrade scenario, which worked perfectly fine. This week I upgraded to

Answer 1

I had the same issue while trying to upgrade application. And here what I've found:

I checked application-identifier entitlements of old app and new app. You can do that by running codesign -d --entitlements :- path/to/AppName.app/AppName or open file "archived-expanded-entitlements.xcent" at path "AppName.app/AppName".

Application-identifier of old app was "1234XXX5X6.com.mycompany.myapp" but in new app it was "1234XXX5X6.com.mycompany.myapp.develop".

Usually I set "Bundle Identifier" directly in Info.plist.

But I didn't know that there is also a "Product Bundle Identifier" property in project Build Settings.

The previous version of app was built with Xcode 7.3.1 and it had following settings:

• Info.plist: com.mycompany.myapp
• Build Settings: com.mycompany.myapp.develop
• application-identifier: 1234XXX5X6.com.mycompany.myapp

The new version was built with Xcode 8.2.1 and it had following settings:

• Info.plist: com.mycompany.myapp
• Build Settings: com.mycompany.myapp.develop
• application-identifier: 1234XXX5X6.com.mycompany.myapp.develop

Seems like new Xcode have different source for application-identifier. So I just corrected "Product Bundle Identifier" and my problem was solved.