ipatool failed with an exception in xcode 9

Question

I'm trying to export the ipa file for Ad-hoc Distribution. Here I'm getting the following issue

ipatool failed with an exception

I tried many times it getting same error only. Finally, I just clicked fast next before below red error comes. I get the ipa file, but this ipa is not working.

I installed this ipa from Xcode it showing

App installation failed An unknown error has occurred

I checked with my distribution certificate & Provisioning Profile too. I created new Provisioning profile but it not working

Answer 1

For whole day I too struck by this issue I did many solutions but not working..... I did very small mistake one of the solution is

restart the Xcode & try. I tried this by wrongly that is close all projects finally close the Xcode (it works ), but I quit Xcode shortly

Final solution is close Xcode clearly (by closing every projects) and archive it...

I thing it’s helps you

Answer 2

Got same error, uncheck option Rebuild from Bitcode resolves the problem. Able to generate archive successfully

Make sure you have stripped simulator architecture's( x86_64, i386) while generating archive. You can add script to remove unwanted architecture's in Post Action section under Archive tab in Edit schema.