Code Sign error: Provisioning profile can't be found

I have been working the whole day to try to build my app on my device.

I get this error when I try to build on my device.

I have been reading about this problem but do not really understand how to fix it. The following is where I would believe the problem is. I am new on this so I have no experience how to solve this.

When I open the "Dont Code sign" I have "Automatic profile selector (recommended)" with two lines I can select and also "My profile for dev" with one line to select. Do not know if this is where the problem is?

Any help is appreciated.

Here's how I did it.

• Shut down Xcode.
• Back up the project.pbxproj file.
• Edit the project.pbxproj file and remove lines of instances where it mentions the old provisioning profile.
  • eg. Delete line:
  • PROVISIONING_PROFILE = "8D024EDA-DC05-40DF-B3EB-536392615EE2";
• Restart Xcode and perform a full clean of the project.
• It should then build without warnings.

Enjoy!

In my case it was because the xcode 4.0.2 prevented deletion of stale data in the project.pbxpro in the *.xcodepro directory. I ended up hand editing the file after shutting down xcode. In the file I looked for all of the occurrences of "PROVISIONING", something like this:

PRODUCT_NAME = Xyzzy;
PROVISIONING_PROFILE = "CF5F0AEA-92D9-48E1-99DF-301AB36C2BFB";
"PROVISIONING_PROFILE[sdk=*]" = "CF5F0AEA-92D9-48E1-99DF-301AB36C2BFB";
SDKROOT = iphoneos;

and changed it to:

PRODUCT_NAME = Xyzzy;
"PROVISIONING_PROFILE[sdk=*]" = "";
SDKROOT = iphoneos;

I restarted xcode and the build succeeded with out issue. A word of caution make sure that you back up the project directory before make changes to the project files, and only hand edit the files when you have no other options.

I went and changed code signing identity the on project and target to "Don't Code Sign" and then changed back to the correct code signing identity. That fixed it for me.

what exactly is the error message? Did you add your device including the required provisioning profile in the organizer? What do you see in the organizer when selecting your iPhone under devices? It should be there with the correct valid profile...

If you are working with a project created by someone else as a template, you need to change the code signing identity

screenshot: http://i.stack.imgur.com/UIpGS.png (Xcode 4.2)

ps. OSX would not let me edit the .pbxproj file with a text editor