Error uploading to iOS App Store: ERROR ITMS-9000 "This bundle is invalid"

Question

When we try to upload a new version of our app to Apple's App Store we get the following error in Application Loader:

ERROR ITMS-9000: "This bundle is invalid. New apps and app updates submitted to the App Store
must be built with public (GM) versions of Xcode 5 and iOS 7 SDK. Do not submit apps built with
beta software." at SoftwareAssets/SoftwareAsset (MZItmspSoftwareAssetPackage)

We are already building with the latest available version of Xcode, 5.1.1 (downloaded from the Mac App Store) and v7.1 of the iOS SDK (which came with Xcode 5.1.1).

Our app is built with Marmalade 7.2.1. We've tried rebuilding all of the EDK extensions and static libraries that our app uses.

What could be going wrong? Is there anything more anyone else can tell us about the error to help us track it down?

Answer 1

When Xcode creates an .ipa package, it adds a number of elements to your project's Info.plist.

As our package is created with Marmalade's deployment tool, these elements need to be manually included in an Info.plist that is copied directly (with a much smaller amount of pre-processing) into the final .ipa.

Marmalade includes a standard Info.plist file within its installation for this purpose. However, you can override this, and we had done so by making a copy of their file, and updating it with changes we needed to make.

A later version of Marmalade made some changes to this file, and we hadn't copied these over into our file, and the difference is apparently what was causing the App Store to think that the App was built with an earlier version of Xcode than the version actually used.

The values which differed were DTSDKName, DTSDKBuild, DTXCode, DTXcodeBuild, DTPlatformBuild, and DTCompiler.

Answer 2

Starting May 15, 2014, new apps and app updates submitted to the App Store must be built with Xcode 5.1.1

You have to update your xcode.

Answer 3

Just clean all the things.

Check the developer/distribution certificate and mobile provision profile properly created, if not then revoke them from developer account and create all new one.

Remove all profiles from /Users/yourSystemName/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles

Now, Export all certificates and keys from your keychain and Save them as backup for using them again.

Now install your developer/Distribution certificate first and install provisioning profile. And upload your application. This is tested way and should resolve your issue. Thanks.