Can't submit the app with storyboard launch images to the App Store: Your binary is not optimized for iPhone 5

Question

I am trying to submit my first app to the App Store but when I try I am getting the following error:

ERROR ITMS-9000: "Your binary is not optimized for iPhone 5 - New iPhone apps and app updates submitted must support the 4-inch display on iPhone 5 and must include a launch image referenced in the info.plist under UILaunchImage with a UILaunchImageSize value set to {320, 568}. Launch images must be PNG files and located at the top-level of your bundle, or provided within each .lproj folder if you localize your launch images.

I'm using SDK 8.1. Deployment target is 8.0. Launch images are set by storyboard launch screen file. There is no obsolete launch screen images and I don't plan to add them because target system is iOS 8+.

What is wrong? Xcode version 6.1 (6A1052d).

Answer 1

Does your app support iOS7 or previous? That's the issue. In that case you have to provide the splash screen as PNG files for iOS7.

LaunchScreen.xib or LaunchScreen.storyboard only works with iOS8 onwards.

Further information here: http://oleb.net/blog/2014/08/replacing-launch-images-with-storyboards/

With iOS 8, you can now provide an Interface Builder document and, at runtime, have the OS generate all of the necessary Launch Images for you.

Answer 2

Here is what worked for me after getting mad for 2 days:

1. Set Deployment Target to 7.0
2. Add a new splash image of size 320x568 and name it as Default-568h.png.
3. Add the below code in your Info.plist file.

<key>UILaunchImages</key>
    <array>
        <dict>
            <key>UILaunchImageMinimumOSVersion</key>
            <string>7.0</string>
            <key>UILaunchImageName</key>
            <string>Default-568h</string>
            <key>UILaunchImageOrientation</key>
            <string>Portrait</string>
            <key>UILaunchImageSize</key>
            <string>{320, 568}</string>
        </dict>
    </array>

Points To Ponder

• My App was completely in Landscape Mode but I had to use this Portrait sized image of the size given above.
• I had to use 320x568 size which is (1x) although every other resource on my project was retina based i.e (2x)
• One more thing: I did not used Asset Catalogues for Launch Images. I was using a custom sequence of splash screens via my code but still I had to follow above steps to get through this error.

Screenshot

Answer 3

Rename storyboard launch screen file to 'LaunchScreen.storyboard'.

If you create a new Launch Screen file using File -> New -> File, Xcode will default the name to 'Launch Screen.storyboard'.

However, the default name specified in your Info.plist when creating a new project is 'LaunchScreen.storyboard' without the space.

Answer 4

I had this same error when trying to submit when I was NOT using a launch screen xib file. I had all the right image assets at the right dimensions but still no.

I found this post where a chap had the same issue and ended up using a 568x320 file as indicated in the error. I tried the same but this didn't work for me.

In the end, as my app is for iOS8 only, I used a xib file and the app submitted successfully.

Answer 5

This issue happens because you don't add launch image whose size is 640x1136 (iphone 5) correctly.

After editing Contents.json below, I can upload to iTunesConnect normally

{
  "images" : [
{
  "orientation" : "portrait",
  "idiom" : "iphone",
  "filename" : "splash-480h.png",
  "extent" : "full-screen",
  "scale" : "1x"
},
{
  "orientation" : "portrait",
  "idiom" : "iphone",
  "filename" : "[email protected]",
  "extent" : "full-screen",
  "scale" : "2x"
},
{
  "orientation" : "portrait",
  "idiom" : "iphone",
  "filename" : "[email protected]",
  "extent" : "full-screen",
  "subtype" : "retina4",
  "scale" : "2x"
},
{
  "extent" : "full-screen",
  "idiom" : "iphone",
  "subtype" : "736h",
  "filename" : "[email protected]",
  "minimum-system-version" : "8.0",
  "orientation" : "portrait",
  "scale" : "3x"
},
{
  "extent" : "full-screen",
  "idiom" : "iphone",
  "subtype" : "736h",
  "filename" : "[email protected]",
  "minimum-system-version" : "8.0",
  "orientation" : "landscape",
  "scale" : "3x"
},
{
  "extent" : "full-screen",
  "idiom" : "iphone",
  "subtype" : "667h",
  "filename" : "[email protected]",
  "minimum-system-version" : "8.0",
  "orientation" : "portrait",
  "scale" : "2x"
},
{
  "orientation" : "portrait",
  "idiom" : "iphone",
  "extent" : "full-screen",
  "filename" : "[email protected]",
  "minimum-system-version" : "7.0",
  "scale" : "2x"
},
{
  "extent" : "full-screen",
  "idiom" : "iphone",
  "subtype" : "retina4",
  "filename" : "[email protected]",
  "minimum-system-version" : "7.0",
  "orientation" : "portrait",
  "scale" : "2x"
}
   ],
  "info" : {
"version" : 1,
"author" : "xcode"
  }
}