App installation failed

Question

In Xcode 6 Beta 5, when I attempt to run my app after building, I receive an error dialog that says:

App installation failed

Could not inspect the application package.

This happens on iOS 8 Beta 5, but not on iOS 7.1.1! I have not tested anything else.

Any ideas for how I can fix this?

If you already installed in device than try to deleting the app on device and install it again. — iBhavin, Aug 11 '14 at 05:03
It's happening to us on Xcode 6 GM when we run our app on iOS 8 GM devices. The weirdest thing is that it happens every second time: work, doesn't, work, doesn't, etc. Wether the code changes or not makes no difference. — Ricardo Sanchez-Saez, Sep 10 '14 at 14:22
I have exactly the same behavion here... still didnts figured out — Andre Cytryn, Oct 01 '14 at 19:11

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered May 10 '16 at 14:03

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I had this problem. Solution is to uninstall the app. Then clean project and then install app.

answered May 10 '16 at 14:03

Jayprakash Dubey

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Just clean and then build/install works for me with Xcode 9.2 – progrmr Mar 03 '18 at 19:03

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 02 '15 at 06:52

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I solved it by uninstalling(removing) the application from device manually and Run xcode application again. It will work.

answered Oct 02 '15 at 06:52

Subhash

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score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 05 '17 at 14:04

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Try editing the scheme of app. Set Run and Archive to debug not release. I was able to solve by this process.

answered Mar 05 '17 at 14:04

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 11 '14 at 04:48

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I have had this happen to me about 3 times since moving to Beta 5 and Xcode beta 5. I usually navigate to my Organizer and select Projects. Find your project on the left and delete it. Next I close Xcode and restart both my Mac and my Testing Device! Has helped every time!

answered Aug 11 '14 at 04:48

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> Find your project on the left and delete it. – James Tang Jun 26 '15 at 05:42

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 04 '17 at 00:13

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Deleting the derived data folder worked for me.

answered Jan 04 '17 at 00:13

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 08 '16 at 05:08

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My solution which worked for me was to remove a symbolic link file referenced from a an directory entry an in my Build Phases->Copy Bundle Resources section. I had inadvertently placed the symbolic link there.

answered Jan 08 '16 at 05:08

art

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 11 '17 at 20:08

I got this error when using Xcode 9 beta, the problem was that I was trying to run an app on an iPhone 7 targeting armv7 instead of arm64.

This issue was not easy to track because I was building the app from Unity, so check the architecture configuration whenever you get this message.

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 28 '17 at 07:21

Problem: Few times, if you add app extension where you have file and info plist, extension's file and plist are assigned to target, is wrong causes issue rises. Solution: Extension's all file should be assigned in App Extensions target, and info plist should not be assigned to any target.

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Dec 17 '18 at 05:46

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Restarted my iphone it worked for me.

answered Dec 17 '18 at 05:46

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