The executable was signed with invalid entitlements

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I am having a problem with ad-hoc distribution on my iPhone. I have developed an application with SDK 3.0. I have a developer's license. I have added certificates and provisioning profiles in my project. So, no problem with that.

But, when I try to install the app on my iPhone, it compiles the project and then displays the error: "The executable was signed with invalid entitlements" in the Organizer window. Am I missing something? I have upgraded my iPhone from 2.2.1 and have downloaded latest SDK from Apple.

Please help me with this issue.

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19 Answers

There are pretty good instructions in the 'Portal Program'. If you log into

http://developer.apple.com/iphone

Then click Distribution on the left, and click the

Creating and Downloading a Distribution Provisioning Profile for Ad Hoc Distribution

link at the bottom.

Here's the key bit:

For Ad Hoc Distribution, complete the following:

  • In the File Menu, select New File -> iPhone OS -> Code Signing -> Entitlements. Name the file “Entitlements.plist" and click ‘Finish’. This creates a copy of the default entitlements file within the project.
  • Select the new Entitlments.plist file and uncheck the “get-task-allow” property. Save the Entitlements.plist file. (in Xcode 4, get-task-allow is called "Can be debugged" )
  • Select the Target and open the Build settings inspector. In the ‘Code Signing Entitlements’ build setting, type in the filename of the new Entitlements.plist file including the extension. There is no need to specify a path unless you have put the Entitlements.plist file somewhere other than the top level of the project.
  • Click ‘Build’. (Note: Your binary must contain a flattened, square-image icon that is 57x57 pixels. This icon is displayed on the iPhone or iPod touch home screen.)
user_634880

I have found that "get-task-allow" needs to be checked for Development builds but unchecked for Distribution builds. The easiest way to accomplish this (AFAIK) is to have two entitlements files in your project: Entitlements.plist and EntitlementsDebug.plist - and to reference the proper one in the build project settings for the various configurations in your project.

user_1528920

I have just had an exciting three hours battling with this. I have just upgraded a project to 4.2 and for some reason it just wouldn't work.

I eventually removed the Entitlements.plist file and then created a new one.

File > New File > Code Signing > Entitlement

Name the file Entitlements.plist

Make sure it's in the Resources group in xCode.

It didn't put in the get-task-allow BOOL type in the Entitlements.plist file. I added it, checked it, saved it, unchecked it, saved it. This made me feel better.

I then removed the Adhoc and Release profiles I had created. Re-downloaded them from the Provisioning Portal and droped them back into the xCode organizer.

I then went into Build Settings and made sure the correct profiles were assigned to the Debug and Release profiles.

I then changed the to Release / Device. Hit the build button and it worked.

I have no idea why.

user_5414170
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