No identities are available for signing Xcode 5

Question

I have an error "No identities are available for signing" when try to validate my app in Xcode 5. I tried all: Recreate certificates and provisioning profiles, all methods which have been described on this site and another resources; I'm confused, because when I try to distribute my app as Ad-hoc, it successfully create and install on test device an IPA file. But when I try validate my app or submit to AppStore, all the time I have an error. Maybe someone can help me with this issue.

Solution 1

All you need to do is:

1. go to Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles in the Developer Center

2. create a new provisioning profile in "Provisioning Profiles" / "Distribution"

3. download the profile and open it

4. restart Xcode

Solution 2

The validation process does not work with Ad-hoc profiles. Need to create a Distribution provisioning profile. It is not specified in the instructions for beta testing. I agonized all day until realized.

Solution 3

Use the Application Loader (Xcode -> Open Developer Tool -> Application Loader).

Also - this answer/question may also be helpful for you: https://stackoverflow.com/a/18914073/730172

Solution 4

Restarting Xcode solved the problem for me! Restart and/or clean solves 99% of all issues...

Solution 5

@CainaSouza 's comment above worked for me. I didn't even have to create any new provisioning profiles.

I just had to go to Xcode > Preferences > Accounts > (Apple ID) > View Details and hit the refresh button. After a minute or two it was done and had loaded my provisioning profiles. I didn't even have to select it in my project options, it had already selected my most recently generated one.

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Comments

[Dejell]

How can I validate the version there?

[thepauljones]

Thanks Mavis, don't know why your answer isn't more upvoted, it worked for me after extensive panicky, frustration and googling :) Opening the file was the key, and I never knew... Thanks again.

[CainaSouza]

There's no need of steps 3 and 4. They are replaced by: -> Go to Xcode > Preferences > Accounts > Apple ID used > View Details. Press the refresh button so that it downloads the provisioning profile. After it downloads it, click Done. Now you can validate and submit it!

[Pier-Luc Gendreau]

+1000 Instead of letting you know, XCode unapologetically crashes when you try to validate with an ad-hoc profile.

[Dejell]

are you sure? I created a distribution profile but for ad hoc and still get it. What do you mean by a distribution profile?

[Cristobal Viedma]

Make sure you use the same app ID when you create the provision profile and the one in XCode, otherwise it wont work.. ;)

[david van brink]

@Dejel exactly -- there's two kinds of "Distribution Profile". I'd been happily iterating with my testers, with a profile I named, "Distribution Profile". Created another one "App Store Distribution Profile" and chose "app store" in one of the choices, and all is well. It's such a nomenclature collision! The sudden use of "Identity" instead of profile or signing... ehhhh.

[raeldor]

Even on xcode 5.1.1 I still had to restart xcode to get this to work. A little lame.

[RJStanford]

I spent an hour because the official docs never mentioned step 4.

[Seb OH]

+2 if I could. Thanks so much!

[Placeable]

I didn't have to restart Xcode, I am using 5.1. I had the box open though with the message saying: No identities are available for signing. But when I clicked on the profile after download it automatically proceeded in that Xcode window.

[Xaver Kapeller]

Your answer does not provide any information which is not provided by one of the many other answers to this question.

[nacross]

I tried several combinations of many things suggested here, but nothing worked until. Refreshed. Killed the XCode derived data directory (/Users/YourLoginName/Library/Developer/DerivedData) and restarted XCode

[Dave Owens]

One warning: I use Chrome as my browser and at the very end of step #2 (creating the profile) the activity indicator spins and spins forever saying "loading...". If I switch to Safari then do it... it works fine.

[CesareoAguirre]

stackoverflow.com/questions/18923095/… To remove the profiles.

[Mavis]

hi Dave, lots of areas in developers.apple.com only work well in Safari. cheers!

[Lasse]

Thanks a bunch, restarting x-code was enough for me. But the error message you give, does not give you a clue to try that at all...

[Hlung]

Turns out I was using Ad Hoc Distribution Profile. Changed to App Store Distribution Profile fixed my problem. (facepalm)

[Davit Siradeghyan]

Worked fine for me, @Mavis thanks a lot for the answer.

[Caleb]

Restart was necessary :-\