error: exportArchive: No profiles for 'io.ionic.starter' were found

Question

I am trying to build my ionic 3 application and deploy and live reload on my device for that reason I am trying following command:

ionic cordova run ios --device --prod -lcs

But after running that command, I get below error:

error: exportArchive: No profiles for 'io.ionic.starter' were found

and

"No profiles for 'io.ionic.starter' were found" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=No profiles for 'io.ionic.starter' were found, NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Xcode couldn't find any iOS App Development provisioning profiles matching 'io.ionic.starter'. Automatic signing is disabled and unable to generate a profile. To enable automatic signing, pass -allowProvisioningUpdates to xcodebuild.}

It says To enable automatic signing, pass -allowProvisioningUpdates to xcodebuild. but how in cordova?

Some additional error output. As you can see below, first Archive Succeeded but then it failed.

** ARCHIVE SUCCEEDED **

2018-03-21 15:34:28.042 xcodebuild[1673:18415] [MT] IDEDistribution: -[IDEDistributionLogging   _createLoggingBundleAtPath:]: Created bundle at path '/var/folders/rh/w_gp1jjn4zz2mhhhnkq3_xqh0000gn/T/RemoteWorkersEvents_2018-03-21_15-34-28.034.xcdistributionlogs'.
2018-03-21 15:34:31.900 xcodebuild[1673:18415] [MT] IDEDistribution: Step failed: <IDEDistributionSigningAssetsStep: 0x7fa985924610>: Error Domain=IDEDistributionSigningAssetStepErrorDomain Code=0 "Locating signing assets failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Locating signing assets failed.,    IDEDistributionSigningAssetStepUnderlyingErrors=(
    "Error Domain=IDEProfileLocatorErrorDomain Code=1 \"No profiles for 'io.ionic.starter' were found\"     UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=No profiles for 'io.ionic.starter' were found, NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Xcode couldn't find any iOS App Development provisioning profiles matching 'io.ionic.starter'. Automatic signing is disabled and unable to generate a profile. To enable automatic signing, pass -allowProvisioningUpdates to xcodebuild.}"
)}
error: exportArchive: No profiles for 'io.ionic.starter' were found

Error Domain=IDEProfileLocatorErrorDomain Code=1 "No profiles for 'io.ionic.starter' were found"    UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=No profiles for 'io.ionic.starter' were found, NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Xcode couldn't find any iOS App Development provisioning profiles matching 'io.ionic.starter'. Automatic signing is disabled and unable to generate a profile. To enable automatic signing, pass -allowProvisioningUpdates to xcodebuild.}

** EXPORT FAILED **

(node:1256) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error code 70 for command: xcodebuild with args: -exportArchive,-archivePath,RemoteWorkersEvents.xcarchive,-exportOptionsPlist,/Users/zafar/Documents/Projects/dne/ne-frontend/platforms/ios/exportOptions.plist,-exportPath,/Users/zafar/Documents/Projects/dne/ne-frontend/platforms/ios/build/device
(node:1256) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). (rejection id: 1)
(node:1256) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.

Here is more output

Signing Identity:     "iPhone Developer: [email protected] (7V8DET9FFF)"
*****------>>>>>    Provisioning Profile: "iOS Team Provisioning Profile: io.ionic.dne" // <--- Here it says different profile which is correct because I set it up in xcode for this project.
                      (c37524bf-b317-4957-85a4-01877cfac047)

    /usr/bin/codesign --force --sign 0180A41A2E305542B7292E256F380F50BADCD73B --entitlements /Users/zafar/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/RemoteWorkersEvents-dxaeeftqppxbkmehuratdfbvdnom/Build/Intermediates.noindex/ArchiveIntermediates/RemoteWorkersEvents/IntermediateBuildFilesPath/RemoteWorkersEvents.build/Debug-iphoneos/RemoteWorkersEvents.build/RemoteWorkersEvents.app.xcent --timestamp=none /Users/zafar/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/RemoteWorkersEvents-dxaeeftqppxbkmehuratdfbvdnom/Build/Intermediates.noindex/ArchiveIntermediates/RemoteWorkersEvents/InstallationBuildProductsLocation/Applications/RemoteWorkersEvents.app

Validate /Users/zafar/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/RemoteWorkersEvents-dxaeeftqppxbkmehuratdfbvdnom/Build/Intermediates.noindex/ArchiveIntermediates/RemoteWorkersEvents/InstallationBuildProductsLocation/Applications/RemoteWorkersEvents.app
    cd /Users/zafar/Documents/Projects/dne/ne-frontend/platforms/ios
    export PATH="/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin:/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin:/Users/zafar/Documents/Projects/dne/ne-frontend/node_modules/.bin:/Users/zafar/.nvm/versions/node/v9.6.1/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
    export PRODUCT_TYPE=com.apple.product-type.application
    builtin-validationUtility /Users/zafar/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/RemoteWorkersEvents-dxaeeftqppxbkmehuratdfbvdnom/Build/Intermediates.noindex/ArchiveIntermediates/RemoteWorkersEvents/InstallationBuildProductsLocation/Applications/RemoteWorkersEvents.app

Touch build/device/RemoteWorkersEvents.app.dSYM
    cd /Users/zafar/Documents/Projects/dne/ne-frontend/platforms/ios
    export PATH="/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin:/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin:/Users/zafar/Documents/Projects/dne/ne-frontend/node_modules/.bin:/Users/zafar/.nvm/versions/node/v9.6.1/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
    /usr/bin/touch -c /Users/zafar/Documents/Projects/dne/ne-frontend/platforms/ios/build/device/RemoteWorkersEvents.app.dSYM

** ARCHIVE SUCCEEDED **

2018-03-24 13:47:59.274 xcodebuild[3032:92302] [MT] IDEDistribution: -[IDEDistributionLogging _createLoggingBundleAtPath:]: Created bundle at path '/var/folders/rh/w_gp1jjn4zz2mhhhnkq3_xqh0000gn/T/RemoteWorkersEvents_2018-03-24_13-47-59.269.xcdistributionlogs'.
2018-03-24 13:48:02.328 xcodebuild[3032:92302] [MT] IDEDistribution: Step failed: <IDEDistributionSigningAssetsStep: 0x7fb937015e10>: Error Domain=IDEDistributionSigningAssetStepErrorDomain Code=0 "Locating signing assets failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Locating signing assets failed., IDEDistributionSigningAssetStepUnderlyingErrors=(
    "Error Domain=IDEProfileLocatorErrorDomain Code=1 \"No profiles for 'io.ionic.starter' were found\" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=No profiles for 'io.ionic.starter' were found, NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Xcode couldn't find any iOS App Development provisioning profiles matching 'io.ionic.starter'. Automatic signing is disabled and unable to generate a profile. To enable automatic signing, pass -allowProvisioningUpdates to xcodebuild.}"
)}
*****------>>>>>    error: exportArchive: No profiles for 'io.ionic.starter' were found // <--- Here it says different profile which is default but I changed it the one above

Error Domain=IDEProfileLocatorErrorDomain Code=1 "No profiles for 'io.ionic.starter' were found" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=No profiles for 'io.ionic.starter' were found, NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Xcode couldn't find any iOS App Development provisioning profiles matching 'io.ionic.starter'. Automatic signing is disabled and unable to generate a profile. To enable automatic signing, pass -allowProvisioningUpdates to xcodebuild.}

** EXPORT FAILED **

(node:2553) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error code 70 for command: xcodebuild with args: -exportArchive,-archivePath,RemoteWorkersEvents.xcarchive,-exportOptionsPlist,/Users/zafar/Documents/Projects/dne/ne-frontend/platforms/ios/exportOptions.plist,-exportPath,/Users/zafar/Documents/Projects/dne/ne-frontend/platforms/ios/build/device
(node:2553) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). (rejection id: 1)
(node:2553) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.

Please check the line begins with *****------>>>>> Those are the two lines I am concerned with and I think something weird is happening there. Any idea what is happening here and how can I fix this?

Answer 1

To deploy and test an app on an iOS device you need to create a developer certificate and a provisioning profile.

iOS developers need to generate a provisioning profile to code sign their apps for testing. The good news is that, as of iOS 9, you can develop and test your apps on your iOS device without a paid Apple Developer account. This is particularly great for developers who want to try out mobile development with Ionic since it saves the cost but still provides a lot of the features of having a full Apple Developer account. For a full breakdown of the features included, check out Apple’s docs.

Basic Requirements to run your iOS app:

• MacOS (10.10 or higher)
• Xcode 7 or higher
• iOS 9
• A free Apple ID or paid Apple Developer account

Need to Generate Certificate & Profile:

Open your Xcode > Go to Preferences > Account > Add account

Add Your Apple account credential:

Now Come back to the ionic project and follow below steps:

• Run a build (production or debug) of your app with below command

  $ionic cordova build ios --prod

• Open the .xcworkspace file from path platforms/ios/ in Xcode.

For Profile Selection from XCode follow below steps:

Now Go to your App Setting (By clicking on App name in Left Menu panel)

Check "Automatically manage signin" (by checking this Xcode will create a profile automatically)

After setting all this now your app is ready to test on the device there are 2 ways to run your app on the device.

1. Directly run your app from XCode by hitting on the play button on the top left corner.

2. run $ionic cordova run ios --device through your ionic project terminal.

Hope above steps will help to run your app on the iOS device.

Useful links :

1. How to deploy app on device (android & iOS)
2. Apple Certificate Sign in flow