Delphi XE4 and iOS Application Loader complaining “This bundle is invalid”

Question

I can not pick a correct CFBundleIdentifier value it seems.

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in KeyChain I have this certificate:

iPhone Distribution: ExampleCompany (DistCertificateID)

In my developer.apple.com account I have defined app:

Name: LongReadableName 
Prefix: DistCertificateID 
ID: com.example.*

Name: Xcode iOS Wildcard App ID
Prefix: DistCertificateID 
ID: *

In iTunesConnect I have name SkuID + BundleID appname

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I have then tried to enter and deploy with following values with different error messages:

• appname

This bundle is invalid. The application-identifier entitlement is not formatted correctly; it should contain your 10-character App ID Seed, followed by a dot, followed by your bundle identifier: 0000000000.appname

• DistCertificateID.appname

The Bundle ID DistCertificateID.appname defined in your Xcode Project does not match the Bundle ID that you entered for this app in iTunes Connect appname .

• DistCertificateID.com.example

The Bundle ID DistCertificateID.com.example defined in your Xcode Project does not match the Bundle ID that you entered for this app in iTunes Connect appname .

• DistCertificateID.com.example.*

The Bundle ID DistCertificateID.com.example.* defined in your Xcode Project does not match the Bundle ID that you entered for this app in iTunes Connect appname .

• DistCertificateID.com.example.appname

The Bundle ID DistCertificateID.com.example.appname defined in your Xcode Project does not match the Bundle ID that you entered for this app in iTunes Connect appname .

• com.example.appname

The Bundle ID com.example.appname defined in your Xcode Project does not match the Bundle ID that you entered for this app in iTunes Connect appname .

I think I have tried everything I could think of...

I speculate if the issue could be resolved by a different iTunesConnect configuration/upload although I have now idea at present how to create one that would solve the problems listed here. But just in case, I have create a specific SO for BundleID/iTunesConnect: iOS app Bundle ID errors and iTunesConnect

Newest update #1

I decided to drop using wildcard app IDs since I can see that has caused other people problems. Hence I chose the other option in iTunesConnect resulting it in showing me BundleID as being com.example.appname . I then made sure 1) my provisioning for distribution used DistCertificateID.com.example.* 2) to set CFBunldeIdentifier (in Delphi) as same shown in iTunesConnect. I then built and deployed followed by submitting it to Application Loader. That resulted in error message:

The Bundle ID com.example.appname defined in your Xcode Project does not match the Bundle ID that you entered for this app in iTunes Connect com.example.appname .

As you can see, the bundle ID is now the same, but still it complains. I do not understand why :(

Newest update #2

I actually made a small typo error last night when I tried above. Guess I was too tired. Above solution works! (I will make it an answer.)

Answer 1

Ditching the wildcard app ID worked for me. Hence I chose the other option in iTunesConnect resulting it in showing me BundleID as being com.example.appname. I then made sure 1) my provisioning for distribution used DistCertificateID.com.example.* 2) to set CFBunldeIdentifier (in Delphi) as same shown in iTunesConnect. I then built and deployed followed by submitting it to Application Loader.

Answer 2

I was struggling with the same problem, I found this link http://embarcadero.newsgroups.archived.at/public.delphi.deployment/201308/1308131098.html

I just hadn't set the CFBundleIdentifier in Debug although I was deploying for Release. I hope this will help you to solve your issue.