Error Code-90161 Invalid provisioning profile

Question

ERROR ITMS-90161:"Invalid Provisioning Profile

I have created IPA using Xamarin IOS in ad-hoc mode and selected a adhoc provisioning profile. but while uploading, following error annoying me :(

when I uploaded using application loader:

ERROR ITMS-90161:"Invalid Provisioning Profile.The provisioning profile included in the bundle x.x.x.x[Payload/x.x.x.app] is invalid.[Missing code-signing certificate.] For more information,visit the iOS developer Portal."

Answer 1

My issue was related to having Xcode Automatically manage signing. What finally fixed the issue for me was going into the developer portal, selecting Certificates, and revoking the Distribution Managed certificate. I then rebuilt my project in Xcode, keeping the checkmark enabled to Automatically manage signing, and a new Distribution Managed certificate was automatically created in the developer portal under certificates. Distributing the archive to the App Store no longer produced any errors.

This issue also came up in other projects where I manually manage the Provisioning Profile. What worked for me was doing the following on the developer.apple.com portal:

1. Revoke the existing Distribution Certificate linked to the app's provisioning profile.
2. Issue a new Apple Distribution Certificate.
3. Link the new certificate to the app's provisioning profile.
4. Make sure to select the correct provisioning profile for your app's target in Xcode.

Answer 2

While de3z1e's solution seems to work for most people, it did not work for me. What did work was creating an Apple Distribution cert when using XCode settings. While Xcode is open,

Go to preferences (Command + ,) -> Accounts -> Choose your team -> Manage certificates -> + (bottom left) -> Apple Distribution -> Re-archive + upload

I am not sure why the other solution did not work for me, but this did. I also have Xcode manual signing on and left it on.