Code Sign error The identity iPhone Developer doesn t match any valid certificate private key pair in the default keychain

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How do you fix this XCode error       Code Sign error  The identity  iPhone Developer  doesn t match any   valid certificate private key pair in the default keychain

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This happens if you forgot to change your build settings to Simulator   Unless you want to build to a device  in which case you should see the other answers

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I had the same problem  I was very new to iPhone development and it was my first time trying to submit my app to App-store     Check the following    1  Check that your current  Bundle Identifier  is same as your current  Provisioning Profile  name in  Code Signing Identity     2  In  Code Signing identity block  - Check Debug AND Distribution have the same  Code Signing Information   Try to keep the  Code Signing Information  same in all the Blocks   3  Try to Download the  Provisioning Profile  again and double click on the profile  Then use that newly downloaded profile in your  Code Signing Identity    4  Try to Download the  Certificate  again from the  developer apple com  and double click on the certificate   It worked in my case   Then  Clean  the project and click on  Build for Archive   Hope your code will be archived perfectly

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Check if you are building for device instead of simulator  Go to Xcode menu  Project  -   Set Active SDK  change from  Device  to  Simulator   Under Xcode 4 1 Check your build settings for the project and your targets  For each check under  Code Signing  check  Code Signing Identity  and change over to  Don t Code Sign

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if your certificate is not valid  it will have a red  x  and state the reason why  Generally the reason is  This certificate has expired  or  This certificate was signed by an unknown authority   to solve this you need to do the following step     If your certificate has expired  renew it at the iPhone Portal  download it  and double-click it to add it to your Keychain  If it s  signed by an unknown authority   download the  Apple Worldwide Developer Relations  certificate from the Certificates section of the iPhone Developer portal and double-click it to add it to your Keychain  If your certificate was revoked  delete the certificate from your Keychain  then follow the  Obtaining your iPhone Development Certificate  or  Obtaining your iPhone Distribution Certificate  section in the iPhone Developer Program Portal User Guide to generate a new certificate  Make sure you create a backup of your private key  The steps for doing this are described in the iPhone Developer Program Portal User Guide  under  Saving your Private Key and Transferring to other Systems   If you have the iPhone Developer  or iPhone Distribution  certificate and its associated private key  the Apple WWDR Intermediate certificate is installed  and your certificate is valid  confirm that Online Certificate Status Protocol  OCSP  and Certificate Revocation List  CRL  are set to  Off  in Keychain Access   Preferences   Certificates  if you still getting problem then contact support apple community

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When I had this problem  the issue was I did not have the private key necessary for the developer certificate to be valid    The solution was    Have the developer who created the certificate export their private key matching the iOS developer public key  see http   developer apple com ios manage certificates team howto action Open this file  Certificates p12  on your machine  with KeyChain   and enter the password the other developer used when exporting  It is now imported into your KeyChain  Now connect iOS device and rebuild targeting the iOS device

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In my case  I didnt have the Apple Root certificate  It can be found here   http   www apple com certificateauthority

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This usually happens to me when I forget to change the company to match mine    Select the target under Groups  amp  Files Click the Get Info button Choose the Properties tab Under Identifier  make sure it says com YOURREALCOMPANYNAME APPNAME   When you create a new app  it usually says   com yourcompany   Change it to whatever you registered with  in my case com DavidKanarek

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In XCode 4 0 main workspace  at the top left side  amp  just after the  Stop Button   there is scheme selector  click on it and change your scheme to IPhone Simulator  That s it

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I had the same problem  I m very new to iphone development and it was my first time trying to load my program onto my iphone  The message is correct  you need to create a certificate in the keychain  The best walkthrough is here   http   developer apple com ios manage overview index action  You of course need to have a developer account  need to have paid the  100 yearly fee    I hope this helps

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I  tripped  across my solution after 2 days   XCODE 4 0  I ve just upgraded to XCode 4 0 and this code signing issue has been a stunning frustrastion  And I ve been doing this for over a year various versions   so if you are having problems  you are not alone   I have recertified  reprovisioned  drag and dropped  manually edit the project file  deleted PROVISIIONING paths  stopped started XCODE  stopped started keychain  checked spelling  checked bundle ID s  check my birth certificate  the phase of the moon  and taught my dog morse code   none of it worked      --bottom line---   Goto Targets    Build Settings tab Go to the Code Signing identity block   Check Debug AND Distribution have the same code signing information   in my case  IPhone Distribution   dont let DEBUG be blank or not filled in     If the Debug mode was not the same  it failed the Distribution mode as well   go figure  Hope that helps someone     Figure  This shows how to find the relevant settings in XCode 4 5

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I just ran into this problem myself   The fix I come out with was to go to the organizer  click on the  provisioning profiles  tab  and press refresh in the low corner   You ll be asked to give your itunes connect password   just follow the instruction   Hope it helps

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if you are just using the simulator and just upgraded then this solved the issue for me  go to menu- project-edit project setting  find code signing section  you can type  code  in the quick search  in the code signing identity select  any sdk  and set the value to  Don t Code Sign

[iphone] Code Sign error: The identity 'iPhone Developer' doesn't match any valid certificate/private key pair in the default keychain

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