It’s simple, go to this folder: ~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning\ Profiles/ Open finder on your mac, and click on Go -> Go to Folder … Just paste this into the search bar and hit Open. It will show the list of provisioning profiles present in Xcode. Delete all provisioning profiles.
There are many ways to fix this, like enabling automatic signing etc. But if you want to understand the reason for this error you need to look at the error message. It says that the provisioning profile you have selected in the “General tab”, does not contain the signing certificate you selected in the “Build … Read more
This error tends to appear when you pick an ad-hoc provisioning profile. Make sure that your code signing is for development.
update As of Xcode 8, iOS Team Provision Profile Managed by Xcode are now updated by Xcode automatically and correctly. They are not even listed at the Developer Portal, but generated on-the-flight. However, the solution proposed below will still work. I’ve switched to using the automatic provisioning profiles. tl;dr Remove INVALID iOS Team Provision Profile … Read more
Holy molly, I had to do all this in order for it to work. A picture is worth a thousand words. If you get this error while archiving then continue reading. Go to your app and click on the general tab. Under the signing section, uncheck “Automatically manage signing”. As soon as you do that … Read more
These settings have now moved to Preferences > Accounts:
Sometimes your Xcode project file gets messed up, especially if you have an old project and first created it with an older version of Xcode/iPhone SDK. What you need to do is open up the project file in a text editor, search for the ‘long string’ from your error and manually erase that line. In … Read more