App installation failed due to application-identifier entitlement

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I am unable to install a watchOS 2 WatchKit app due to an application-identifier entitlement  This happened after turning on App Groups in the Capabilities tab  Full error   App installation failed This application s application-identifier entitlement does not match that of the installed application  These values must match for an upgrade to be allowed    This is running the app in debug mode on a physical device  Running just the iOS app works fine  I have turned App Groups off again and removed the entitlements files that were added  but same error

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None of the answers above worked for me  My problem  I had installed an App Version from Testflight  so  I just deleted both  the old app and the Testflight version  and is working again

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This is solved easily by removing you previous app from your device  And start to reinstall again  This works fine for me

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I tried a few thing myself like updating making new provisioning profiles  fixing entitlements in Apple Member Center and in project but in my case  I simply had to delete the application and re-run it   o O       This application s application-identifier entitlement does not match   that of the installed application    NOTE  it says     does not match the installed application   I guess it happened for me because we added a new app extension and there must have been some target related migration issues  Not sure but anyways

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My problem was the App ID in combination with the certificate used to create the provisioning profiles   None of my provisioning profiles were working because none of them were  Elgible   created with a certificate that matched the App ID   I had moved development to a new machine  so perhaps this was the deeper reason   At any rate I had to create a new certificate  then new provisioning profiles with that certificate being careful to choose the right App ID when creating them   Good luck

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In most of the responses to this issue  there s one critical aspect being overlooked that was brought up by the original asker  The app needs to be installed without deleting the existing install  In my case  the app uses an SQLite database that stores quite a bit of data for the user  Obviously  if you delete the app  then you delete the data  A solution that allowed me to test it in the same way a user will update it was a must    In my case  the issue was Xcode using a provisioning profile automatically generated by Xcode  This probably happened because I got a new computer and didn t transfer the distribution provisioning profile over  Not to mention  I had not updated the app in almost 2 years  So my original provisioning profile  which contains the Entitlements application-identifier  was long gone  Solution  in Xcode preferences-  Accounts-  Select the appropriate Apple ID-  View Details-  Under Provisioning Profiles  right-click on the Xcode-generated profile for that app  it s prefixed with XC iOS   and select Move to Trash     On the developer website  create a new distribution profile with your App s ID  Download the new profile  double click and Xcode should automatically install it  Conversely  you could return to the profiles listed in Xcode and tap the Download button next to your newly created profile  Build the app and try running again  By the way  my Xcode is set to automatically manage code signing  which other than this issue works great

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You will get this error when your AppID prefix does not match the prefix of the previously installed app   If your app is already in the App Store  you will not be able to submit updates without restoring the original AppID prefix or contacting Apple   Apple s instructions for handling this problem  https   developer apple com library content technotes tn2319  index html   apple ref doc uid DTS40013778-CH1-ERRORMESSAGES-UPGRADE S APPLICATION IDENTIFIER DOES NOT MATCH THE INSTALLED APP  If you did not intend to change the AppID prefix then Xcode is signing your app with the wrong provisioning profile     If you do intend to change the AppID prefix  because the app was transferred to a new developer  or you are migrating from an old pre-2011 AppID  you must contact Apple to migrate an existing AppID to a new prefix     You must also add the previous-application-identifiers entitlement to your app  listing all previous AppIDs  with old prefixes    And you must ask Apple to generate a provisioning profile for you that includes the previous-application-identifiers entitlement

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This happened when I tried installing over top of an adhoc build

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Even though I followed some few logical steps  uninstall app  rebuild project  the only solution that worked for me was  restart XCode   XCode 8 1

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Uninstall the main iPhone app  Watch app and build them again solves the problem

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I faced the same problem and was stuck for several minutes and after a search  the simplest solution that i found is just remove the previously installed app from your device manually and try to run the app from Xcode again   Hope it helps you    All the Best

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With MacOS Catalina  your iPhone will be displayed in the  Locations  sidebar of Finder windows  as long as you ve got the Finder preferences set up to show external devices  - you can then access the files via the  Files  option which is available from the bar near the top of the window  just below the title  in my case I had to click the     at the right

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I had the same error and I solved it by changing Bundle Identifier to something new  After that it build project with no problem   My steps    Open Xcode Go to General tab Find Identity Change Bundle Identifier to something new

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This can be caused by App ID prefix  when you switching different developer accounts  See https   developer apple com library content technotes tn2311  index html for Apple s support

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I solved this without deleting the app  With the project open in xcode  Project -  Build Settings -  Code Signing -  Provisioning Profiles  drop down  It is probably set to automatic and is choosing the wrong profile   Open the drop down and choose the correct one  then re-run the app

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I encountered this issue because I built to the phone with my code signing turned off from another machine  so you need to uninstall the app from the phone before installing building to the phone with code signing on

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I found that I had accidentally changed the provisioning profile to have a wildcard in it    Ie   it went from com companyname appnickname to com companyname    I made a new provisioning profile with the full name correctly named  downloaded it  set the Target- build settings- provisioning profile to that new profile  restarted xcode  got a bizarre error from xcode  it seemed to confuse my various app developer logins   restarted xcode again  and it worked   I didn t want to delete the existing app  because I was trying to test what happens when a user upgraded their app to a newer version  so I had installed the app store version and then run my xcode with the newer version  which acts like  upgrading  the app without removing any user data

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TLDR - delete the app from the device and run again   In my case    1  I compiled and run the app on the iPhone device   2  I open in the setting the Capabilities and turn on the iCloud  3  Then I try to run the app again  boom  error    App installation failed This application s application-identifier entitlement does not match that of the installed application  These values must match for an upgrade to be allowed   4 Then I deleted to app from the iPhone  after I read the answers here  5 Everything works O K

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Steps   With your device connected  and Xcode open  select Window- Devices Now select the app and download the container using setting icon Delete the app Install app again using Xcode Stop from Xcode Go to Window- Device and select the app and replace the container that is backup from previous app

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I had the same issue  The bundle identifier and the name of the project has to be the same  At least that was my issue

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The accepted answer didn t work for me  To make it work I had to reset the Apple Watch to the last available backup

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In my case it was because of the certificate   because my own certificate to sign the app wasn t part of the developper team  new employee   upgrading the app from the App Store to a new version wasn t allow    So in case it happen to you and you can t manage to obtain a  good  certificate  just clone the git appStore version  open two Xcode projects  compile the old version  update the settings as you wish  the compile the new one and you re done    a little bit dirty and tricky but I hope it could help someone

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I had this problem and was not able to resolve it without deleting and reinstalling the app  messing with provisioning profiles  as some here suggested  did not help    However  I did not lose my existing test data  Here s how to do that  for anyone having this problem in the future    Before removing the app  open the Xcode  Devices  window  that s cmd-shift-2   Select your device and find your app in the  Installed Apps  list  Click on the gear icon and select  Download Container      This will copy all of the app s data to your Mac  Save that somewhere for now  Delete the app and reinstall it from Xcode  Kill the app from Xcode  click the stop button   so it s not running  Back in the  Devices  window  click the gear icon and select  Replace Container      Select the data that you downloaded to your Mac in step 3    Xcode will then restore your previously saved app data  You now have your old test data back  and the app should run

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For the people who might be part of more than one team  this can be your problem    If the app s bundle id is hard coded in your Info plist then Xcode can get confused and throw this tantrum     To fix    Make sure that the bundle id is set as     PRODUCT BUNDLE IDENTIFIER

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Delete any previous versions of App from your iPhone and then Clean- Build and Run again  Your app should run smoothly on your Device   Also  please make sure you have not selected Distribution Certificate in your Project Settings while trying to run your project directly on your device

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I had the same error until I restored the watch to factory defaults as per https   forums developer apple com thread 17948   Apparently if you have and existing WatchOS 1 app and try to update it to WatchOS 2 the bundle identifier changes and causes this error  If you update your watch you will need to do reset it if you had installed  WatchOS1 app before updating that app to WatchOS2

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I had this problem with an iPhone app  and fixed it using the following steps     With your device connected  and Xcode open  select Window- Devices In the left tab of the window that pops up  select your problem device In the detail panel on the right  remove the offending app from the  Installed Apps  list    After I did that  my app rebuilt and launched just fine  Since your app is a watchOS app  I m not sure that you ll have the same result  but it s  worth a try

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For me  this occurred after updating to XCode 11  like the others have said  it is a signing issue  What fixed it for me was to go to Developer portal   Certificates  amp  Identifiers Edit the provisioning profile you are using  List of certificates Screenshot  You ll see that there s certificate for XCode 11  as seen on screenshot  Just tick that box  re download the profile  and update your projects signing with the new profile

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I faced the same issue today and resolving it by just changing the Display Name and Bundle Identifier from the previous App that also installed on my iPhone  Steps   Xcode - gt  General tab - gt  Find Identity - gt  Change Bundle Identifier   So  now I have two same Apps with same functionality but with two different names and identity

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Here s what finally fixed it for me  Xcode 11   Ran into this issue running Apple s sample project  CoreDataCloudKitDemo   WWDC 2019 session 202    I unchecked the  Mac  deployment option in the project s  General  settings  and kept  Automatically manage signing   Now that it was an iPhone iPad app  the error went away and I could build   I then re-checked the  Mac  option  and Xcode asked it it should do it s magic to manage entitlements  etc   I agreed  and Xcode resolved all the issues  and I was able to build the Mac version

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Explanation For me  this issue happened because I have signed in with a different account than the account I have installed the app on the iPhone with  Solution Just delete the app from the iPhone and run it again from Xcode

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I received this error after I moved from a 5s to a 6s  I recovered the new 6s from a backup of the old iPhone  Because of this on the new iPhone the old app was installed   The old app did not show up in the 6s  Installed Apps  list  I manually deleted this old app from the 6s and everything was fine

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Accepting the pending agreements from the developer website and iTunes Connect website and reopening the project in X-Code solved the situation for me

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