App installation failed

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In Xcode 6 Beta 5, when I attempt to run my app after building, I receive an error dialog that says:

App installation failed

Could not inspect the application package.

This happens on iOS 8 Beta 5, but not on iOS 7.1.1! I have not tested anything else.

Any ideas for how I can fix this?

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If you already installed in device than try to deleting the app on device and install it again. - iBhavin
I've already tried that. Didn't help - aleclarson
It's happening to us on Xcode 6 GM when we run our app on iOS 8 GM devices. The weirdest thing is that it happens every second time: work, doesn't, work, doesn't, etc. Wether the code changes or not makes no difference. - Ricardo Sanchez-Saez
I have exactly the same behavion here... still didnts figured out - Andre Cytryn
Try restarting your computer. That sometimes works. - aleclarson

9 Answers

12
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I had this problem. Solution is to uninstall the app. Then clean project and then install app.

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I solved it by uninstalling(removing) the application from device manually and Run xcode application again. It will work.

6
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Try editing the scheme of app. Set Run and Archive to debug not release. I was able to solve by this process.

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I have had this happen to me about 3 times since moving to Beta 5 and Xcode beta 5. I usually navigate to my Organizer and select Projects. Find your project on the left and delete it. Next I close Xcode and restart both my Mac and my Testing Device! Has helped every time!

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Deleting the derived data folder worked for me.

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My solution which worked for me was to remove a symbolic link file referenced from a an directory entry an in my Build Phases->Copy Bundle Resources section. I had inadvertently placed the symbolic link there.

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I got this error when using Xcode 9 beta, the problem was that I was trying to run an app on an iPhone 7 targeting armv7 instead of arm64.

This issue was not easy to track because I was building the app from Unity, so check the architecture configuration whenever you get this message.

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Problem: Few times, if you add app extension where you have file and info plist, extension's file and plist are assigned to target, is wrong causes issue rises. Solution: Extension's all file should be assigned in App Extensions target, and info plist should not be assigned to any target.

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Restarted my iphone it worked for me.