Xcode app distribution fails after update of OS and Xcode

Question

I have such an error in the organizer while distributing my app. The app builds and works ok in Debug mode on simulator or iPhone. It also Archived but I cannot distribute it via Development distribution from organizer!

ipatool failed with an exception: #<CmdSpec::NonZeroExitException: $ /Applications/Xcode-beta.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/python3 /Applications/Xcode-beta.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/bitcode-build-tool -v -t /Applications/Xcode-beta.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin --sdk /Applications/Xcode-beta.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS13.4.sdk -o /var/folders/ls/0vdttqm92zq1rtcsjntc4mxw0000gn/T/ipatool20200210-7826-1kq2c5j/thinned-out/arm64/Payload/CRM\ Dev.app/Frameworks/GoogleUtilities.framework/GoogleUtilities --generate-dsym /var/folders/ls/0vdttqm92zq1rtcsjntc4mxw0000gn/T/ipatool20200210-7826-1kq2c5j/thinned-out/arm64/Payload/CRM\ Dev.app/Frameworks/GoogleUtilities.framework/GoogleUtilities.dSYM --strip-swift-symbols /var/folders/ls/0vdttqm92zq1rtcsjntc4mxw0000gn/T/ipatool20200210-7826-1kq2c5j/thinned-in/arm64/Payload/CRM\ Dev.app/Frameworks/GoogleUtilities.framework/GoogleUtilities
Status: pid 8359 exit 2
Stdout:
    SDK path: /Applications/Xcode-beta.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS13.4.sdk
    SDK version: 13.4

UPDATE

If I uncheck Rebuild form bitcode then it distributes. But I think it can cause problem later if I want to distribute app to App Store?

Hello Michał Ziobro, have you found a solution to this problem? If so, would you mind to share that? Thanks — nrudnyk, Nov 23 '20 at 13:11

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 10 '20 at 19:18

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need to check the transporter App Apple launches to upload the apps to app Store https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=10152019a. It's going to help

answered Feb 10 '20 at 19:18

Muhammad Saqlain Bhatti

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 10 '20 at 21:32

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iOS 13.4 is a beta version. The app store doesn't accept builds created with beta versions.

answered Feb 10 '20 at 21:32

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It is not for app store but for firebase distribution of development build – Michał Ziobro Feb 10 '20 at 21:37
The same was with iOS 13.2 I tested this archiving both with newest Xcode beta release and with newest Xcode update from App Store. – Michał Ziobro Feb 10 '20 at 21:38

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 22 '20 at 09:06

We've got similar issue, which is described here. No needs to distribute without bitcode. Long story short, there were LLVM instrumentation included, which prevents AppStore processing. I've written a whole blog about XCode 12 and BigSur issues with XCFramework.

To sum up, here is a few required steps to make sure while creating XCFramework for distribution:

Using archive builds is a MUST, release build isn't enough
BUILD_LIBRARY_FOR_DISTRIBUTION must be set to YES
SKIP_INSTALL must be set to NO
GCC_INSTRUMENT_PROGRAM_FLOW_ARCS = NO to turn off GCC instrumentation and remove them from the binary
CLANG_ENABLE_CODE_COVERAGE = NO to turn off code coverage tools from the binary

Having all of the above helped to solve our preparing and distribution problem and hopefully save you some time if you happened to face same issues as we did.

Xcode app distribution fails after update of OS and Xcode

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