Question

I’m trying to upload an iPhone app binary to iTunesConnect and keep getting the following error message “The binary you upload was invalid. the file was not a valid zip file”. I had an app upload ok recently but this app is having problems. So after a while I carefully went through the following steps trying to make sure everything was ok. Any help is appreciated.

The steps:

1. renamed the project
   (Project->Rename… enter name into
   Rename project to:) to release name
   making sure the name has no spaces.

2. Cleaned project

3. Make sure
   references in build setting reflect
   new app name
4. Create new app ID
   matching project name in iPhone
   Provisioning Portal
5. Destroyed old
   developer and distributer
   provisioning profiles in
   Provisioning Portal, in XCode and on
   iPhone.
6. Create new development
   provisioning profile using new app
   name.
7. Install development
   provisioning profile into XCode 8)
   Build (Release) for iPhone OS 3.1.3
   (highest my phone will upgrade to,
   I’m assuming current released
   version)

8. Builds, Installs and Runs on actual
   iPhone: To me this implys App and
   developer ID’s are OK.

9. Create a distributor provisioning profile
   using existing Distributer ID.

10. Install distributer ID into XCode
11. Clean
12. Checked that “Code
    Signing Identity” and “Any iPhone OS
    Device” lines in Build settings are
    set to Distributor ID
13. Build for
    release for OS 3.1.3
14. Check Build
    results to make sure code is signed
    with Distributor Profile
15. Reveal
    .app file and compress (alt click >
    Compress “appName.app”)

16. Upload
    to iTunes connect

    Gives “The binary you uploaded was invalid. The file was not a
    valid zip file”

Answer 1

Here’s some additional steps I try: Quit Xcode after clean (or clean all) then delete the Build folder. I don’t “Build and Go”, just “Build”. The AppName.app is generally in the “App Store” folder (or whatever you name your build configuration for App Store release. I right click only that AppName.app file and choose “Compress” in the Finder.

You could also try uploading it with Safari.

It seems like your problem isn’t with the provisioning profiles, but with the way the file is being zipped (or maybe uploaded). Try repeating that part, changing details.