Cannot install distribution build of iOS app via testflight, iTunes (adhoc), or on AppStore reviewers phones

Question

I have an app which works fine when building via debug but I cannot install a distribution build via the following:

1. Cannot install via TestFlight internal testing due to this error (in the testflight app):

unable to download app could not be installed at this time

I have seen solutions to that here but nothing works

2. Cannot install via iTunes (using an AdHoc profile) as the app installation hangs in the 'Installing..' status

3. While in review with the Apple app review team, the app app launches but immediately crashes.

I have made sure that the following are NOT the problem:

a) I have tested the app in IPv6 envireonment.

b) I have time-profiled the app to show that it launches immidiately without any thread blocking/delaying (Watchdog). This would not be the problem anyway because the above issues don't even allow the app to install in some cases.

c) I have made sure that all the developer/distribution certificates and provisioning profiles are in order and that there are no conflicts in my keychain.

d) I have tested to see if the problem occurs on a build that is not built with bitcode . With or without bitcode i have the same problem.

e) I have viewed the contents of the AdHoc provisioning profile to make sure my device UUID was there and it is.

f) I have deleted derived data and cleaned build and folders when necessary.

g) I have tried to install the app on an another device .

I'm not sure what I could be missing here. Any ideas?

Answer 1

To answer my own question:

This ended up being a bug in Xcode (or the Apple developer portal) that seemed to mess up my provisioning profiles for the app id I was using.

I'm not sure exactly what I did to produce the bug in the first place but the final solution was staring a new project with a new app id and moving all the files from the previous project there.