Creating archive with Xcode 9.1 fails

We are trying to create a IPA file with Xcode 9 commandline tools and are running into issues. If we do the same procedure with Xcode 8.3.3 it works fine so we blieve the problem is tied to Xcode 9.1.

Steps to Reproduce

flutter create -i swift --org com.example.xcode_error .
Open Xcode and set Signing to Automatically manage signing
Set device toGeneric iOS Device
Choose Product -> Archive
After successfully archiving choose app in Organizer
Export... the app as Enterprise deployment

After a couple seconds you will see this error:

ipatool failed with an exception: #<TypeError: no implicit conversion of nil into Array>
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:2769:in `&'
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:2769:in `bestDeviceTraitsForBundle'
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:1210:in `block in makeDeviceTraitsToDeviceTypesMapForDeviceIdentifiers'
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:1195:in `each'
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:1195:in `makeDeviceTraitsToDeviceTypesMapForDeviceIdentifiers'
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:2466:in `block in ProcessIPA'
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:2444:in `each'
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:2444:in `ProcessIPA'
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:2940:in `<main>'

Logs

Xcode ipatool logs:
IDEDistribution.verbose.log

Flutter Doctor

[✓] Flutter (on Mac OS X 10.12.6 16G29, locale en-DE, channel master)
    • Flutter at /Users/oemeravci/Documents/Development/XcodeWorkspace/Grandcentrix/sample_flutter/flutter
    • Framework revision d5d2cdfeef (12 hours ago), 2017-11-16 22:53:22 -0800
    • Engine revision 25912b8482
    • Tools Dart version 1.25.0-dev.11.0

[✗] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices
    ✗ Unable to locate Android SDK.
      Install Android Studio from: https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html
      On first launch it will assist you in installing the Android SDK components.
      (or visit https://flutter.io/setup/#android-setup for detailed instructions).
      If Android SDK has been installed to a custom location, set $ANDROID_HOME to that location.

[✓] iOS toolchain - develop for iOS devices (Xcode 9.1)
    • Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
    • Xcode 9.1, Build version 9B55
    • ios-deploy 1.9.2
    • CocoaPods version 1.2.1

[✓] Android Studio (version 2.2)
    • Android Studio at /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_112-release-b05)

[-] IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition (version 2017.2.4)
    ✗ Flutter plugin not installed; this adds Flutter specific functionality.
    ✗ Dart plugin not installed; this adds Dart specific functionality.
    • For information about installing plugins, see
      https://flutter.io/intellij-setup/#installing-the-plugins

[✓] Connected devices
    • None

@cbracken

/cc @cbracken @xster

Interesting, this looks potentially like a bug in ipatool, which is a Ruby script that's part of Xcode. Out of curiosity, does Xcode 9.2 resolve this issue for you?

I'll give a go at reproducing this today.

I'm not able to export an app as Enterprise deployment. Tested with Xcode 9.2 and flutter on master 77872cc and alpha 8f65fec.

New: Xcode tells me to first build the app in release mode.

========================================================================
ERROR: Flutter archive builds must be run in Release mode.

To correct, run:
flutter build ios --release

then re-run Archive from Xcode.
========================================================================

After doing so I get the same error:

ipatool failed with an exception: #<TypeError: no implicit conversion of nil into Array>
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:2767:in `&'
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:2767:in `bestDeviceTraitsForBundle'
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:1209:in `block in makeDeviceTraitsToDeviceTypesMapForDeviceIdentifiers'
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:1194:in `each'
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:1194:in `makeDeviceTraitsToDeviceTypesMapForDeviceIdentifiers'
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:2464:in `block in ProcessIPA'
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:2442:in `each'
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:2442:in `ProcessIPA'
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:2938:in `<main>'

The "Development" and "Ad Hoc" distributions fail as well with the same error message

[✓] Flutter (on Mac OS X 10.13.2 17C88, locale en-DE, channel master)
    • Flutter at /Users/pascalwelsch/Projects/flutter
    • Framework revision 77872cc560 (28 minutes ago), 2018-01-10 10:27:59 -0800
    • Engine revision 5a72197b73
    • Tools Dart version 1.25.0-dev.11.0
    • Engine Dart version 2.0.0-edge.bd6cbd1ec7e79730ea1fd8ba01139f4e18a02290

[✓] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices (Android SDK 27.0.3)
    • Android SDK at /usr/local/share/android-sdk
    • Android NDK at /usr/local/share/android-sdk/ndk-bundle
    • Platform android-27, build-tools 27.0.3
    • ANDROID_HOME = /usr/local/share/android-sdk
    • Java binary at: /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jre/jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_152-release-915-b08)

[✓] iOS toolchain - develop for iOS devices (Xcode 9.2)
    • Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
    • Xcode 9.2, Build version 9C40b
    • ios-deploy 1.9.2
    • CocoaPods version 1.3.1

[✓] Android Studio
    • Android Studio at /Applications/Android Studio 3.1 Preview.app/Contents
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_152-release-1012-b01)

[✓] Android Studio (version 3.0)
    • Android Studio at /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents
    • Java version OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_152-release-915-b08)

[✓] IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition (version 2017.3.2)
    • Flutter plugin version 20.0.3
    • Dart plugin version 173.4127.31

[✓] Connected devices
    • iPhone X • E8880D2A-08D0-47D8-8E09-AD3A1C8B527A • ios • iOS 11.2 (simulator)

Me too. XCode behavior
I changed:
...
5.
6. Validate...
7. Next
8. then Export

Succeeded.

@pedia

@pedia thank you for pointing out that it works with Validate -> Export. This works for me too (I used my personal Apple Developer Account to test this).

Unfortunately this workaround doesn't work with our Enterprise Developer Account because Validate does validate the app with iTunes Connect and Enterprise Developer Accounts don't have access to iTunes Connect.

Hi guys, I'm facing this similar issue while creating an ipa.
I tried to export after validating but on validating it asks me for app store provisioning profile.

I'm not trying to publish my application on app store. I want to create an ipa in adhoc environment.
Can anyone help me on this?

This error must have something to do with App Thinning, If I click next quickly before the error comes up while it is checking for App Thinning then it goes right on with the export.

I prefer fastlane to finish the work of XCode, like:
adhoc, enterprise, upload to testflight, publish to appstore...

Haven't tried to reproduce this yet but in the meantime, wrt fastlane, here's an example of our Gallery app being built, signed and pushed to iTunes Connect programmatically
https://github.com/flutter/flutter/blob/master/dev/bots/travis_script.sh#L21

Here's the actual Fastfile https://github.com/flutter/flutter/blob/master/examples/flutter_gallery/ios/fastlane/Fastfile though the whole thing could be a lot simpler if building locally instead of an untrusted CI system.

Please change validate build product release Yes to No. For more detail please check the screenshot.

Still happening with the export option in xcode organizer - tho I get this error for Ad-Hoc option (didn't try enterprise). Clicking fast on Next button is a workaround and I was able to successfully distribute generated ipa.
(Changing validate build product release from Yes to No doesn't help)

I was having this issue too with XCode 9.2.
I've update to 9.3 this morning and it's resolved !

Related to #12774

Not's working Xcode 9.2
Please update Xcode 10.1
Then working fine...

Looks like this ipatool bug was resolved with Xcode 9.3, which was released more than a year ago. Closing.

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