Archive validation error NSSetM

Question

I'm preparing a new version of an app, working in XCode 5. I've built the app, signed it and archived it without any issues and have prepared a new version in iTunes connect. When I validate the archive in Organizer I however get the following error message:

**-[__NSSetM addObject:] object cannot be nil

I find the error very strange. Why do I get the error when the archive is validated? If there are issues in the code why don't they show up when I build or run the app?

I tried the usual desperate stuff - everything from rebuilding the archive to rebooting the computer.

Any suggestions? Googling didn't give any clues.

Answer 1

If anyone else runs in to the issue, the problem was that there were some empty lines in the info.plist file. The section with the problem looked something like this

<key>CFBundleIconFiles</key>
<array>
    <string>80x80</string>
    <string>58x58</string>
    <string>29x29</string>
    <string>120x120</string>
    <string>114x114</string>
    <string>57x57</string>
    <string></string>
    <string></string>
</array>

When we removed the empty string values the validation error was gone.

Answer 2

This means that you have used Mutatble NSSet. And while adding object to it you are adding nil object. Search where you have used NSSet and adding object to it