Xcode 7 GM created generic archive instead of iOS app archive

Question

I recently started using Xcode 7 GM. When I archive my project, I get a generic Xcode archive instead of an iOS archive.

I'ved tried pretty much all the following:

• xcode is creating generic xcode archive instead of iOS App Archive
• Cannot generate iOS App archive in xcode

I compared the contents of a previous successful archive and a different folder structure for some components:

• Swift libraries are inside a sub folder
• The app extension is outside of the .app package
• The info.plist is missing keys

Has anyone else encountering this problem? If so, did you solve and how?

Edit

We are using Cocoapods 0.38.2

Answer 1

I add the same problem : an old Xcode project, Xcode 7 (not the GM, the App Store version) and Cocoapods. I have been tinkering a lot, tried Cocoapds 0.39 b3 and b4 without success, changed params in Build Settings, but finally - for me - the problem was shown by mrezk in https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/issues/4021 :

Missing ApplicationProperties in Info.plist

As I'm not used to tinker with Info.plist and these keys, I've found in the Apple Dev forums a very useful answer : https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/17063

In summary, for info.plist newbies like me ;) :

1. Archive your project
2. Organizer will show a Generic Xcode Archive
3. Right Click, Show in finder
4. Right Click, Show Package Contents
5. Open the Info.plist file in a XML editor
6. As mochs indicates, add these lines in the section :

<key>ApplicationProperties</key>  
<dict>  
  <key>ApplicationPath</key>  
  <string>Applications/<<APP_NAME>>.app</string>  
  <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>  
  <string><<BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER>></string>  
  <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>  
  <string><<YOUR_MARKETING_NUMBER>></string>  
  <key>CFBundleVersion</key>  
  <string><<YOUR_BUILD_NUMBER>></string>  
  <key>SigningIdentity</key>  
  <string>iPhone Distribution: <<CERTIFICATE_NAME>> (<<CERTIFICATE_ID>>)</string>  
</dict>

and replace the tags with your own values.

Save, close Xcode, double click the archive : it should open in the Organizer as a iOS Type Archive.

Thanks to mrezk and mochs for the solution.