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iOS App Extensions - Release build error

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Description

Environment

  • CLI: ├── nativescript@7.2.1
  • Cross-platform modules: @nativescript/core@7.3.0
  • Android Runtime: -
  • iOS Runtime: ├── @nativescript/ios@6.5.4 (JSC)
  • XCode Version: Xcode 12.4 (12D4e)
  • Plugin(s):
    ├── @nativescript/angular@11.2.0
    ├── @nativescript/webpack@4.1.0

Describe the bug
We set up a Share extension following the instructions here, it is working as intended and the development build is working fine as well.

{N}7 documentation: iOS App Extensions
(The GitHub version of the documentation page can be found here.)


But the release build fails with the error/warning message:

error: Provisioning profile "myApp" has app ID "com.myapp.mobile", which does not match the bundle ID "com.myapp.mobile.share". (in target 'share' from project 'myappcommobile')
warning: Provisioning profile "myApp" for "myappcommobile" contains entitlements that aren't in the entitlements file: com.apple.developer.associated-appclip-app-identifiers. To use these entitlements, add them to your entitlements file. Otherwise, remove unused entitlements from your provisioning profile. (in target 'myappcommobile' from project 'myappcommobile')

The relevant release build steps are:

(1) Prepare the provisioning profile of the main app (myApp):

mac-003:mobile user$ rm "/Users/user/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles/"*
mac-003:mobile user$ uuid=`grep UUID -A1 -a myApp.mobileprovision | grep -io "[-A-F0-9]\{36\}"`
mac-003:mobile user$ cp myApp.mobileprovision "/Users/user/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles/$uuid.mobileprovision"
mac-003:mobile user$ ns prepare ios --provision $uuid


Preparing project...

[...]

Project successfully prepared (ios)

(2) Prepare the provisioning profile of the share extension (myApp_Share):

mac-003:mobile user$ uuid2=`grep UUID -A1 -a myApp_Share.mobileprovision | grep -io "[-A-F0-9]\{36\}"`
mac-003:mobile user$ cp myApp_Share.mobileprovision "/Users/user/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles/$uuid2.mobileprovision"
mac-003:mobile user$ ns prepare ios --provision $uuid2

Preparing project...

[...]

Project successfully prepared (ios)

(3) Run the release build

mac-003:mobile user$ ns build ios --clean --for-device --env.report --env.hiddenSourceMap --certificate keychain.p12 --certificatePassword myPassword --release --provision $uuid

Preparing project...

[...]

Building project...
Xcode build...
note: Using new build system
note: Building targets in parallel
note: Planning build
note: Constructing build description
error: Provisioning profile "myApp" has app ID "com.myapp.mobile", which does not match the bundle ID "com.myapp.mobile.share". (in target 'share' from project 'myappcommobile')

[... removed unrelated warnings for readability ...]

** ARCHIVE FAILED **

Command xcodebuild failed with exit code 65

To Reproduce

  • Set up a Share extension as explained here.
  • Run a release build

Expected behavior
The release build succeeds the same the development build does.

Additional context
It seems the CLI does not recognize all profiles as eligible:

mac-003:mobile user$ ns prepare ios --provision
Searching for devices...
┌──────────────────────────────────────────┬────────────┬──────────────┬─────────┐
│ Provision Name / Provision UUID / App Id │ Team       │ Type / Due   │ Devices │
│                                          │            │              │         │
│ 'myApp'                                  │ myTeam     │ Distribution │         │
│ <uuid>                                   │ (<teamid>) │ 5 Mar 2022   │         │
│ <teamid>.com.myapp.mobile                │            │              │         │
└──────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┴──────────────┴─────────┘

There are also 1 non-eligable provisioning profiles.

Please let me know if there is anything else you need to assist us on this. Thanks!

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start with the iOS App Extensions documentation and reproduce the failure using ns prepare ios --provision followed by ns build ios --clean --for-device --release --provision. Trace how the CLI selects provisioning profiles for the main app and the share extension; done means the documented Share extension release build succeeds with the matching profiles.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
ios, javascript, webpack
Domain
build-system, cli, mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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