An App ID with Identifier is not available Please enter a different string

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I am trying to add a new APP ID to prepare for App Store submission and got the following error under the bundle ID I provided   An App ID with Identifier  com domainName AppName  is not available  Please enter a different string   What does this mean  I am trying to add a brand new App ID  of course it does not exist  What am I missing  I do not remember experience the problem last time I create an App ID

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If you encountered this error while making an ad hoc deployment, this is now fixed in the XCode 7.3.1 release (May 3th, 2016) : https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id497799835?ls=1&mt=12

Changelog 7.3.1 :

Git updated to version 2.7.4 to improve security

Fixed an issue where turning off a capability in the Xcode editor could leave the entitlement enabled in the app bundle

Fixed an issue that could prevent the export of an ad-hoc build from an archive

Fixed a crash when importing localizations

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This seems to be a bit of a generic message  I m sure many of the answers are correct  For me it was a mismatch between the entitlements and settings for the app in the member portal  My solution was this    Verify your bundle id matches the portal Verify your app in the portal has the same entitlements enabled as your project s entitlements file Verify your provisioning profile is valid and edit regen if not In Xcode properties   Accounts double click on the account and tap the  download all  button Clean Try again

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for me  i had to make sure an app with that bundle id was already created in the itunesconnect portal

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update  As of Xcode 8  iOS Team Provision Profile Managed by Xcode are now updated by Xcode automatically and correctly  They are not even listed at the Developer Portal  but generated on-the-flight    However  the solution proposed below will still work  I ve switched to using the automatic provisioning profiles   tl dr  Remove INVALID iOS Team Provision Profile Managed by Xcode from Developer Portal and manually create iOS Developer Provision Profile  Download it via Xcode and you should be good to go   details  Problem   I started to experience this after Xcode 7 3  7D175    What I did before the issue    renewed Certificates  developer  amp  distribution  via Xcode  b c of their expiration  installed two required certificates  developer  amp  distribution  in my keychain  re-generated Ad Hoc and App Store Provision profiles at Developer portal with new distribution certificate  downloaded locally Ad Hoc and App Store Provision profiles via Xcode  walk the project through the process of Setting up Xcode to automatically manage your provisioning profiles  noticed iOS Team Provision Profile Managed by Xcode was INVALID saw Xcode being not able to Build  amp  Run due to INVALID iOS Team Profile    Tapping  Fix Issue   the only way  I know to make provision profiles managed by Xcode valid   given the error An App ID with Identifier   lt app id gt   is not available   Solution   I have    manually removed INVALID iOS Team Provision Profile Managed by Xcode from Developer Portal manually created iOS Developer Provision profile  Downloaded it via Xcode   Now  I am able to Build  amp  Run app to my devices

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I had a similar issue  I check all settings in Xcode all were proper  When I tried to upload app using Archive it was giving an error    An App ID with Identifier  com myappname yyy  is not available  Please enter a different string     Then after I tried to upload app via  Application Loader  and got success

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I faced the same problem when i upgraded my Xcode to 7 3 and it showed me the same error in every project  The simplest solution that i found was to just the remove the apple account from Xcode and add it again            To remove just go to Xcode   Preferences   Select the account and click on - sign    and to add click on   sign and add the apple ID corresponding to your app   After you add the account your problem would be solved   If in case this still doesn t work   Then perform a next step of regenerating the profile  just click edit and then generate   and then downloading your provisioning profile again and run it  I bet that would work    Hope this helps  All the best

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If you ve updated your profiles  and none of the other good answers are working for you  try selecting  Use local signing assets  when it asks you to  select a Development Team to use for provisioning     I d made sure everything else was in order  but it still wasn t working   Using local signing assets worked perfectly   Edit  It looks like Xcode 7 3 1 fixes this issue   - Fixed an issue that could prevent the export of an ad-hoc build from an archive

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For me  the problem happened because I first created a new AppID and then created a new app with the bundle identifier of the AppID in iTunes Connect  and then tried to connect my development app with the AppID from within Xcode   In this case  Xcode assumed that the AppID has already been registered by someone   To resolve the issue  you first change the bundle identifier in your app  in iTunes Connect s MyApp section  to some temporary values  or if you don t have any  create a dummy AppID such as com yourcompany testapp   delete the AppID in Certificates  Identifiers  amp  Profiles page  and try connecting it from within Xcode  not from within Certificates  Identifiers  amp  Profiles  by pushing the fixing issue button in Xcode

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Purge or Fix all of the invalid and expired provisioning profiles   Even though they appeared to be unrelated   We encountered this when we attempted to recompile an app that was previously working fine   Nothing worked until we cleaned up the provisioning profiles   Then click on  Download All  under the  Provisioning Profiles  area of the Apple Id account for the appropriate team   Possibly related to XCode 7 3

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None of the above answers helped me  but I just found the solution  For those who couldn t benefit from any of the above answers  The issue was that I tried to build project with another Team  I have 2 different teams as you see  I noticed that I did debug before with second team and xCode automatically created an App ID in second team s developer account  I opened https   developer apple com  for second account and removed auto-created APP ID Then worked fine

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Update to Xcode 7 3 1  they have fixed this bug

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I had the exact same issue   My problem stemmed from beginning app development under a free developer account and then switching app development to subscription  paid  developer account   The original free developer account already had registered the bundle identifier that your paid developer account is trying to use     You can verify that this is the problem by going to Xcode -  Preferences -  Accounts -   and then look under Team   If you see both your free  personal  team and your new paid team both listed then your probably having the same issue I had   The two teams are interfering with each other and you need to remove the free  personal  team now that you want to use your paid developer account   Unfortunately  the only solution is to call apple development support at 1-800-633-2152  US  amp  Canada  and have them deactivate the free  personal  account from the app so that your paid developer account can register the bundle identifier

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Downgrade to xcode 7 2 1 - it worked for me

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This may only apply to the latest version of Xcode  7 3 D175   recently release      Press the Try Again Button   After several hours of fiddling with Xcode build settings and starting the Certificate App ID Provisioning Profile dance from scratch  I ended up at the same place  same error message  App ID not available   In frustration  I pressed the Try Again button thinking it was futile  But it worked

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For me  I was trying to create an app ID for an Enterprise app  The app ID had  xxx ios yyy  in it and it did not like the  ios  bit in the middle   As soon as I removed the   ios  part I was able to successfully register it   This happened to me twice with two different app IDs of different length  and in each case  removing the   ios  segment fixed the problem

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For me the solution was to change the bundle identifier by replacing the period separator to dashes  I changed com mycompany appname to com-mycompany-appname

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Same issue happened with me  it might be that Xcode automatically selected another team name  its solved by choosing my correct team name  Good luck

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Version 7 3  7D175   The Application ID Name should be same as application bundle identifier  if you application bundle identifier is com abc xyz than the application ID name for this  bundle ID should be XC com abc xyz     A name in any other format won t be seen by Xcode

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Solution for Xcode 7 3  Go to Member Center - gt  Certificates  Identifiers  amp  Profiles - gt  Provisioning Profiles - gt  All  Member Center  https   developer apple com membercenter Find certificate for your App ID  it should be invalid  Edit  Select your iOS Distribution certificate  Generate  Go to  Xcode - gt  Preferences - gt  Accounts - gt  View Details - gt  Download all

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Nothing wrong with App Id in my case  but fix certificate and provisioning file first  then update to Xcode 7 3 1  clean  archive and submit  it works for me

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This is for those who bump into the odd case I did  you CANNOT use the keyword test in the bundle id    We were needing to test sharing data through the app group feature and the companion app wasn t developed yet so we simply changed the bundle identifier to test APP NAME instead of company APP NAME  We set up everything in iTunes Connect and nothing worked right  We then swapped the name to beta APP NAME and Xcode was able to manage the app id correctly again    Normally to fix this issue  verify your provisioning profiles and App Id s have the correct settings  and if your still having trouble to to Xcode -  Preferences -  Accounts -  View Details -  Download All and you should be good    Hope that helps

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I had the same problem  when I use Xcode7 3 it  I solved the problem  I created a new profile select Ad Hoc  and then downloaded to Xcode That   s OK

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I was having the same issue after the Xcode 7 3 update and nothing worked  The fix is really simple  please follow the answer here  it worked for me  https   stackoverflow com a 34346556

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TL DR Xcode is very particular about the name you give your App ID in the member center   Having the correct bundle identifier is not enough   You must use the specific format shown below for Xcode to  see  your App ID   Update  According to  isaacselement in the comments below  this issue has been resolved in Xcode 7 3 1      romrom s solution of deleting the App ID and having Xcode create a new one was a clue   Unfortunately it was a nonstarter for me since my App ID was used by a Store app and therefore could not be deleted   However  I discovered through some experimentation that I could solve the problem by manually editing the exiting App ID   It turns out that Xcode is really picky about the name of the ID  and not just the bundle ID     For a typical bundle ID such as com mycompany appname  the App ID name must be in this format   XC com mycompany appname   a name in any other format won t be seen by Xcode     How to check if you re affected   How to Fix   Log in to the Member Center  Click on  Certificates  Identifiers  amp  Profiles   One the left-hand navigation bar  click on  App IDs   Locate the App ID with your bundle identifier  If that App ID doesn t have the correct name format  as shown above   click on it then click the Edit button  Change the name and click Done  Enjoy the reduction in stress and anger    P S  There are some related problems if you re using Xcode 7 3 in which it won t automatically create proper distribution profiles for you  even if you fix the name as I mentioned above   The solution is to downgrade to 7 2 1 or 7 3 Beta or use a tool like fastlane sigh

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I had generated the developer profile but not the distribution profile  I did that via the Apple Developer Member Center -  Certificates  Identifiers  amp  Profiles -  Provisioning Profiles   Next I downloaded these in Xcode via the Preferences- Accounts

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I had Distribution Provisioning for my Apple ID for the App Store only and still gave me that error  An App ID with Identifier    is not available  Please enter a different string  I recently updated to Xcode 7 3 and probably that caused the issue  So what I did was creating iOS Development Provisioning by selecting all devices that I want to test in iOS Dev  Center  Member Center   Then Opened Xcode -  Preferences and under my account downloaded the newly created Development Provisioning for that App ID  When did that  the error disappeared

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I just had this problem  This is my configuration   I ve got an iPhone Developer Certificate in a developer account  Apple Store  and an Enterprise account  These 2 certificates have the same name in my keychain  iPhone Developer   firstName lastName  I assume Xcode doesn t know which one to take and pick the wrong one   I fix it by selecting the good one in Xcode   Build Settings   Code Signing  It was previously set to iOS Developer

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You may have no app with that same ID  but someone else may  The IDs must be unique globally  and not only within your own apps

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I had same problem and the quick fix is    Remove bundle id from General tab of Xcode Go to info plist file and put bundle id for the Bundle identifier field    Clean and run  That s it

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I got solution for this kind of problem by selecting this option at the time of build export     Regularly I select second option for build export process but after installing Xcode 7 3 when I try to export build at that time I receive above error  After some sort of forum discussion  I conclude that I need to select last option now to export build    I hope this information become helpful to other members of forum as well

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I had this same issue in Xcode 7 3  To solve it I performed the following    Deleted the provisioning profile on the developer portal website  Created a new development provisioning profile manually on the portal website   Added new profile in Xcode under Preferences -  Accounts -  Apple ID -  View Details  Attempting to just click the download button beside the new profile kept giving me an error  It was only when I clicked  download all  at the bottom that it finally downloaded and fixed everything

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If nothing else works  which was the case for me  try making a new app id that is longer  more unique  and possibly add some numbers   Worked for me

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In my case it wasn t letting me because I set bundle id in xcode project BEFORE creating online  so I changed temporarily in xcode  created online then changed back to normal in xcode

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If not the AppId s business just try to change the Team in TARGETS identity to your company s team

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com domainName AppName  this is the bundle identifier  based on this identifier only once can send push notifications and inapt purchases  so app made this as an unique id for app  So try with a new name as  com domainName YourName

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I had the same problem since XCode 7 3   For my case  there was a   in my AppId name and it didn t work even if the AppID was correct   com mycompany appname    I had to edit the AppId in itunes member center to get this warning    To resolve this bug  I renamed the AppId  generate a new certificate and new provisionning profiles

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When I experienced the  An app with identifier XXX is not available  error in trying to switch on iCloud support in Xcode s Capabilities tab  I found that I had to    Give my app an explicit custom bundle id  Register my app manually at the Member Center  explicitly requesting iCloud support entitlements there    After that  switching on iCloud support in Xcode worked  So  I suggest trying the same thing  Sometimes  things work better when you do them at the Member Center

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I received the same error after a reinstall of the OS on my developer mac and upgrading to xcode 7 3    The Download all -button was my savior

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I had the same issue and solved by following steps below    Go to Xcode Preferences   Accounts   Choose your Apple ID account Tap on View Details Tap on Download all and then Done   However it was working fine earlier but I don t know the reason why it stopped suddenly  I have gone through the steps above and found it working properly

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I had the same issue on submission process and solved by Selecting Appstore provision instead of AdHoc  Simple    Hope this helps  All the best

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In my case  the problem was  that the identifier had too few dots   com example foo wasn t accepted  com example foo bar works

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TARGETS- General- Identity  At first  modify the value of  Bundle Identifier   so that it is different from the previous value Then team chose  None   Xcode6 Xcode7 3 1

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I realize this couldn t have been the cause of the original problem  because Xcode 6 wasn t available then  but I ll leave the answer anyway in case it helps someone   Xcode 6 now registers your bundle ID for you automatically  so you don t have to   It ll be somewhere in the list on a line starting with  Xcode iOS App ID

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I had this problem  too   It turns out that the problem and solution are quite simple   When an Xcode user runs an app on a device using their free personal account  the Bundle ID is registered to the personal account   Then  when the user upgrades to a paid Apple Dev account and tries to create an App ID using that Bundle ID - the backend system thinks that Bundle ID has been taken     Fill out the form here at this website  https   developer apple com contact submit  under the  Certificates  Identifiers  Profilescategory      I did this and the problem was solved in less than 12 hours   This was Apple   s emailed response   When you install an app on a device from Xcode using your Personal Team  the Bundle ID is registered to that account  I have deleted the Bundle ID  com AppVolks Random-Ruby    so it can now be registered on your paid membership      Hope that helps

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With Xcode 7 3 I started seeing that issue   Eugene Dubinin s solution did work  however it was causing issues with the same error if you re using App Groups   It seems Xcode doesn t like at all you create the App IDs manually  I succeeded at fixing the issue by first deleting the manually created App ID on the developer portal  Then I let Xcode  Fix the issue  by itself  The App ID got created successfully and the problem was solved

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Me also got the same issue   In my case i already registerd with my free account  We can t delete that app bundle id from our free account    So i changed bundle id not app name and again i tried it s working

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