"Symbols Tool failed" error while exporting iPhone application with APP Store Profile

Question

After successful Archive, while exporting the Archive to "Save for App Store Deployment", I got the following error: "Symbol Tool Failed".

During the Export sequence, I have observed, "Binary and Entitlements" section, has two entries. 1) The app store targetAppName (5 Entitlements). with valid Provisioning Profiles. 2) One of the build files FTALDeviceDetailsViewController.o (o Entitlement) with Provisioning Profiles (none)

I bet the second entry here is what is causing the error. Here is the error log:

Any one know how to remove the second entry?

I found another interesting information, regarding this issue:

Unser Archive folder ActiveLife\ 11-12-14\,\ 3.56\ AM.xcarchive/Products/Applications/ActiveLife.app/

I found following 3 files those are generated in response to second Entitlement file:

FTALDeviceDetailsViewController.d
FTALDeviceDetailsViewController.dia
FTALDeviceDetailsViewController.o

I have manually deleted these 3 files, and now I am able to generate .ipa file.

Now still mystery to me is; why are these files generated and how to fix the root of the problem?

Answer 1

Unchecking "Upload your app's symbols to receive symbolicated reports from Apple" option fixes the "Symbol tools failed" error when you Archive the app in Organiser window of Xcode.

Answer 2

Could also be that there is a framework unnecessarily added in 'Embed Frameworks' in Xcode Build Phases