"object file format unrecognized, invalid, or unsuitable" Xcode error

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I don't see any reasons why this message should come at the end of the log:

/Users/Val/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/Mathematics-dzakmzlewrmgvibasvuixiwmkwwp/Build/Products/Debug-iphoneos/Mathematics.app: object file format unrecognized, invalid, or unsuitable
Command /usr/bin/codesign failed with exit code 1

How can I fix this error?
I am desperate, all my certificates and profiles are valid, the app itself has no bugs at all.

Try to look up these answers, they helped me back then... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4842717/iphone-codesign-object-file-format-invalid-or-unsuitable — user387184, Sep 07 '11 at 20:10

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 13 '15 at 17:13

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I ran into the same issue with Xcode 7.0.1 and cocoapods. I ended up doing the following:

Closed Xcode
Removed everything under my DerivedData folder

rm -fr /Users/{user}/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/*
Restarted Xcode and rebuilt the project

answered Oct 13 '15 at 17:13

Ray Hunter

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score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 13 '11 at 20:25

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For me, this turned out to be the Build Settings/Build Option/Compiler for C/C++/Objective C had become mismatched between Project and Target ... set to default in each case and problem resolved.

answered Sep 13 '11 at 20:25

Ken Pletzer

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score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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Make sure the 'Executable Name' (CFBundleExecutable) entry in your target's info.plist matches the 'Product Name' specified in your target settings.

iPhone Codesign object file format invalid or unsuitable

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answered Sep 08 '11 at 05:13

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 13 '11 at 01:00

After battling this error for about 2 weeks and trying every suggested solution, in my case the problem was the following:

* Under Project --> Build Settings --> Build Options, the "Build Variants" was set to something different than Targets --> Build Settings --> Build Options --> Build Variants

Make sure these are set to the same setting, which should be "normal".

That change finally got rid of the usr/bin/codesign failed with exit code 1.

Thank you, it's useful for me. – vcLwei Nov 26 '11 at 11:14 — vcLwei, Nov 26 '11 at 11:14

score 2 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 18 '16 at 22:34

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For me, the solution was:

Navigate to YOURPROJECTNAME.xcodeproj
Right Click and Show the content of package
Enter to xcuserdata and remove all users folders
Right Click on project.xcworkspace and Show the content of package
Enter to xcuserdata and remove all users folders

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answered Apr 18 '16 at 22:00

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"object file format unrecognized, invalid, or unsuitable" Xcode error

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