Xcode 4.6 - "Valid signing identity not found" for Distribution provisioning profile

Question

I'm examining the process of submitting an app to the App Store and I'm having some kind of trouble here. I've been following this tutorial.

I've created a Distribution Provisioning Profile, which I downloaded and added to Window - Organizer - Devices dragged in 'Provisioning Profiles' under the Library heading in the sidebar. What I see there is this:

I've tried revoking all my certificates and adding them once again to my Keychain Access, but it didn't help. Even after refreshing the provisioning profiles in Xcode.

Also, I've read that this happens often if I change the machine I'm working on, but this is not my case. I've developed the app on the same Mac, I'm on right now.

I'm willing to provide more information to help reach to a solution to this problem if needed. Thanks for your help in advance.

Answer 1

Things to check:

1. Make sure in Keychain Access that the certificate you are needing to use has the private key stored with it.

2. Make sure the bundle identifier matches EXACTLY with what you have for the AppID (unless you are using the Wildcard identifier)

3. Make sure the provisioning profile you selected uses the certificate created.

4. Make sure that you download that provisioning profile and are using that to sign the distribution settings of the target.

If all this is done, it should work fine.

Also, I gave a talk about certificates and provisioning for iOS. Here is a link to the keynote PDF which explains the process of how I do things.