iTunes Connect: Processing stopped for build an app.

rob · September 13, 2016, 2:03pm

NOTE: Apple can reject your app for many different reasons. This thread is to discuss an email Apple sends rejecting your submission because it cant “thin your app” because of “bitcode”. If you get a rejection had your email does not mention “app thinning” or “bitcode”, please create a new topic. If your rejection is about “app thinning” or “bitcode”. Please post here on this thread and don’t create a new one.

Thank you. Everyone will appreciate your efforts to keep these discussions focused.

Rob

dimd · September 13, 2016, 2:09pm

Hey Rob,

Misunderstanding between us i believe : i can not submit apps, because of the app thining/bitcode issue (that is what this thread is about, right?).

During the process to understand why, i read through the TN2432, and one of the Known App Thinning Issues is that the CFBundleSupportedPlatforms key in the Info.plist file is missing or specifies an invalid platform. I opened the package content of my ipa, looked through the info.plist and i am wondering if the key “iPhoneSimulator” is considered a valid value. It may and then all good, the problem is somewhere else. If it is not, then maybe it is a path to understanding why we can’t submit builds.
d.

tntwickey · September 13, 2016, 2:13pm

Can you remove that key and try again? @dimd

dimd · September 13, 2016, 2:22pm

EDIT : I recreated the build and checked, the CFBundleSupportedPlatforms is correct this time. So this is clearly not the reason. Wrong direction unfortunately.

d.

tntwickey · September 13, 2016, 2:34pm

I am using Enterprise and I can confirm I do not have the simulator in the plist.

 \<key\>CFBundleSupportedPlatforms\</key\> \<array\> \<string\>iPhoneOS\</string\> \</array\>

okechukwu0127 · September 13, 2016, 3:00pm

Hey guyz i my APP has been finally accepted by Apple Store, after so many trial and error upload.

I use Phonegap/Cordova for my App.
The secrete was to delete my plugin folder and allow Phonegap Build populate the plugins for the APp on its own.

tntwickey · September 13, 2016, 3:02pm

Um… Rob Miracle? Any ideas

okechukwu0127 · September 13, 2016, 3:05pm

The issue from my experience is plugin compatibility.
This is because i had to clear all plugins on my APP and use just the basic once i need

BELOW are the only plugins i called for my cordova App which worked for me

lobsterapps · September 13, 2016, 3:12pm

The initial message is this:

Dear LobsterApps,

While processing your iOS app, errors occurred in the app thinning process, and your app couldn’t be thinned. If your app contains bitcode, bitcode processing may have failed. Because of these errors, this build of your app will not be able to be submitted for review or placed on the App Store. For information that may help resolve this issue, see Tech Note 2432.

Regards,

The App Store team

The rejection email from Apple includes a link. The link makes reference to many possible causes, one of which is the CFBundleExecutable key.

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/technotes/tn2432/_index.html

kinradiology · September 13, 2016, 3:33pm

omg… i have to submit my app today. the message is same above…

I really hope this problem will be fine as soon as possible…

troylyndon · September 13, 2016, 4:58pm

Rob, do you have a timeline on when Corona Labs will release the SDK for Xcode 8?

vlads · September 13, 2016, 5:21pm

With Corona Simulator 2016.2945 you can build using Xcode 8, but this is unrelated to the issue in question. You’ll still get app thinning processing error.

Also, you’ll have to add plist entries, something like

NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription = ‘To select user profile picture’,
NSCameraUsageDescription = ‘To take a user profile picture’,

lobsterapps · September 13, 2016, 5:26pm

This issue started after 9/5/2016 and without ANY changes to my plugins or build settings.

thatssopanda · September 13, 2016, 5:49pm

The App Store has now released Xcode 8 as an update on the Mac App Store. Should we upgrade or should we wait to upgrade Xcode 8? I’m guessing as long as we are using 2016.2945 we should be fine, but I want to double check.

JonPM · September 13, 2016, 5:55pm

I am also getting the thinning error:

Build 2940

Plugins: Admob, GPGS, google IAP, Amazon IAP, notifications, toast, flurry

tntwickey · September 13, 2016, 5:56pm

So I discovered I had two system updates between the last successful build Aug31 and the first failure on Sep 7th.

OSX X El Capitan Update v 10.11.6 on Sep 3 and Security update 2016-001 on Sep 4th. Possibly related?

andavidosp · September 13, 2016, 6:19pm

Any solution for this?

andrej.trajkovski · September 13, 2016, 6:41pm

Got the same problem with the Google Plus framework.

JBean1 · September 13, 2016, 6:51pm

I also got the thinning error a few times - is Corona planning on fixing this, or are you trying to contact Apple to get them to fix it server-side? I doubt Apple will be fixing this anytime soon even with people contacting them … hope there is a fix for this soon as we have a lot of updates to push.

rob · September 13, 2016, 6:58pm

@JBean, we are working on trying to find something that works. Apple did this back in May and they fixed it a couple of days later. I don’t know why they are taking so long acknowledging the problem this time. But our engineering team is working hard to get this solved.

Rob