Xcode trying to match frameworks bundle ID when uploading iOS app to App Store

Question

After 4 months developing my first iOS app, it's time to submit it to the App Store. I created the app in iTunes Connect, filled in all the details, set up the correct Bundle ID in both Connect and Xcode. However, I've struggled the last 3 days trying to solve this weird problem. It seems like xcode is trying to upload Cocoapods frameworks, not my main app.

After archiving, I went to Window > Organizer > Validate.... I see the following screen:

The error:

(For googlers: No suitable application records were found. Verify your bundle identifier 'org.cocoapods.Alamofire' is correct).

The error message indicates that it's trying to match a Bundle ID according to a framework's name, not my own bundle (e.g com.organization.AppName). I can't find answers anywhere. I tried doing the following in my Podfile (which has use_frameworks!), as well as my different conf combinations but had no success.

post_install do |installer|   installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|     target.build_configurations.each do |config|        config.build_settings['EXPANDED_CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY'] = ""       config.build_settings['CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED'] = "NO"       config.build_settings['CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED'] = "NO"     end   end end 

Questions:

• Are the steps I'm making correct?
• Why is Xcode trying to match a framework's bundle id instead of just my main application?
• How can I get past this problem to finally submit my app?

EDIT 1: I was able to get past this problem, but that caused another problem later, so I still don't have a solution. Basically, Alamofire Pod (from Cocoapods) has a bundle id com.xxx.Alamofire. I changed it to com.xxx.myAppName. With that, I was able to send it to the App Store, however I can't install the app in my iPhone from TestFlight due to the following error:

4/22/16, 12:50:29 AM itunesstored[124]: [ApplicationWorkspace]: Failed to install application: com.xxx.myAppName; /var/mobile/Media/Downloads/5927832272594571027/-6969961974973998640; Error Domain=LaunchServicesError Code=0 "(null)" UserInfo={Error=DuplicateIdentifier, ErrorDescription=The parent bundle has the same identifier (com.xxx.myAppName) as sub-bundle at /private/var/installd/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installd.staging/temp.IVHCuO/extracted/Payload/MyApp.app/Frameworks/Alamofire.framework} 

Answer 1

I was receiving this exact error when trying to submit the app to iTunes Connect: "No suitable application records were found. Verify your bundle identifier 'org.cocoapods.Alamofire' is correct".

I finally fixed it by changing the Bundle OS Type code to APPL.

Answer 2

It works perfectly for me. I just located Info.plist right-click open as "source code" and I changed <key>CFBundlePackageType</key> to string APPL

<key>CFBundlePackageType</key> <string>APPL</string>