"The binary you uploaded was invalid. the file was not a valid zip file" Error message uploading app
- by Keith Loughnane
Hi,
I'm trying to upload an iPhone app binary to iTunesConnect and keep getting the following error message "The binary you upload was invalid. the file was not a valid zip file". I had an app upload ok recently but this app is having problems. So after a while I carefully went through the following steps trying to make sure everything was ok. Any help is appreciated.
The steps:
renamed the project
(Project-Rename... enter name into
Rename project to:) to release name
making sure the name has no spaces.
Cleaned project
Make sure
references in build setting reflect
new app name
Create new app ID
matching project name in iPhone
Provisioning Portal
Destroyed old
developer and distributer
provisioning profiles in
Provisioning Portal, in XCode and on
iPhone.
Create new development
provisioning profile using new app
name.
Install development
provisioning profile into XCode 8)
Build (Release) for iPhone OS 3.1.3
(highest my phone will upgrade to,
I'm assuming current released
version)
Builds, Installs and Runs on actual
iPhone: To me this implys App and
developer ID's are OK.
Create a distributor provisioning profile
using existing Distributer ID.
Install distributer ID into XCode
Clean
Checked that "Code
Signing Identity" and "Any iPhone OS
Device" lines in Build settings are
set to Distributor ID
Build for
release for OS 3.1.3
Check Build
results to make sure code is signed
with Distributor Profile
Reveal
.app file and compress (alt click
Compress "appName.app")
Upload
to iTunes connect
Gives "The binary you uploaded was invalid. The file was not a
valid zip file"