EAS build: The application's Info.plist does not contain a valid CFBundleShortVersionString

volkish · February 22, 2023, 10:42am

Unable to run the application which is built for iOS Simulator.
I got this error:

Installing your app on the simulator...
    Error: Some other error occurred while running xcrun command.
      xcrun exited with non-zero code: 22
    An error was encountered processing the command (domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain, code=22):
    Failed to install the requested application
    The application's Info.plist does not contain a valid CFBundleShortVersionString.
    Ensure your bundle contains a valid CFBundleShortVersionString.

Tried eas prebuild, didn’t help.

My eas.json

{
  "cli": {
    "version": ">= 3.1.1"
  },
  "build": {
    "development-simulator": {
      "developmentClient": true,
      "distribution": "internal",
      "ios": {
        "simulator": true,
        "resourceClass": "m1-medium"
      }
    },
    "development": {
      "developmentClient": true,
      "distribution": "internal",
      "ios": {
        "resourceClass": "m1-medium"
      }
    },
    "preview": {
      "distribution": "internal",
      "ios": {
        "resourceClass": "m1-medium"
      }
    },
    "production": {
      "ios": {
        "resourceClass": "m1-medium"
      }
    }
  },
  "submit": {
    "production": {}
  }
}

app.json (truncated)

{
  "expo": {
    "jsEngine": "hermes",
    "owner": "volkish",
    "name": "###############",
    "slug": "###############",
    "privacy": "public",
    "platforms": [
      "iOS",
      "android"
    ],
    "scheme": "###############",
    "primaryColor": "#FF786E",
    "version": "1.9",
    "orientation": "portrait",
    "icon": "./assets/icon.png",
    "splash": {
      "image": "./assets/splash.png",
      "resizeMode": "contain",
      "backgroundColor": "#ffffff"
    },
    "updates": {
      "fallbackToCacheTimeout": 0,
      "url": "https://u.expo.dev/344eef40-e5f4-11e9-8502-f3e28748921d"
    },
    "assetBundlePatterns": [
      "assets/animations/**/*",
      "assets/pregnancyAssets/**/*",
      "assets/*"
    ],
    "userInterfaceStyle": "light",
    "ios": {
      "appStoreUrl": "###############",
      "buildNumber": "1.9.2",
      "usesAppleSignIn": true,
      "bundleIdentifier": "##############",
      "supportsTablet": false,
      "infoPlist": {
        "CFBundleAllowMixedLocalizations": true,
        "UIUserInterfaceStyle": "Light",
        "NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription": "Allow the application to access the photo library to upload your avatar and create messages with photos.",
        "NSUserTrackingUsageDescription": "This identifier will be used to deliver personalized ads to you."
      }
    },
    "plugins": [
      [
        "expo-build-properties",
        {
          "ios": {
            "useFrameworks": "static"
          }
        }
      ],
      [
        "expo-media-library",
        {
          "photosPermission": "Allow the application to access the photo library to upload your avatar and create messages with photos.",
          "isAccessMediaLocationEnabled": true
        }
      ],
      [
        "expo-tracking-transparency",
        {
          "userTrackingPermission": "This identifier will be used to deliver personalized ads to you."
        }
      ],
      "@react-native-firebase/app",
      "expo-notifications",
      "sentry-expo",
      "expo-tracking-transparency"
    ],
    "runtimeVersion": {
      "policy": "appVersion"
    }
  }
}

wkozyra · February 22, 2023, 10:56am

Error states that value in Info.plist is incorrect, so show the content of that file. You have a bare project, so most of the app.json values do not do anything.

volkish · February 22, 2023, 11:02am

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>CFBundleAllowMixedLocalizations</key>
    <true/>
    <key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
    <string>$(DEVELOPMENT_LANGUAGE)</string>
    <key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
    <string>Momsline</string>
    <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
    <string>$(EXECUTABLE_NAME)</string>
    <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
    <string>$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)</string>
    <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
    <string>6.0</string>
    <key>CFBundleName</key>
    <string>$(PRODUCT_NAME)</string>
    <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
    <string>$(PRODUCT_BUNDLE_PACKAGE_TYPE)</string>
    <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
    <string>1.9</string>
    <key>CFBundleSignature</key>
    <string>????</string>
    <key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
    <array>
      <dict>
        <key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
        <array>
          <string>momsline</string>
          <string>##########</string>
        </array>
      </dict>
      <dict>
        <key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
        <array>
          <string>com.googleusercontent.apps.352739708501-l02sdtg6gmo4loreb8vpc7kppdgplkdq</string>
        </array>
      </dict>
      <dict>
        <key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
        <array>
          <string>exp+##########</string>
        </array>
      </dict>
      <dict>
        <key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
        <array>
          <string>##########</string>
        </array>
      </dict>
    </array>
    <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
    <string>1.9.2</string>
    <key>FacebookAppID</key>
    <string>##########</string>
    <key>FacebookDisplayName</key>
    <string>##########</string>
    <key>LSApplicationQueriesSchemes</key>
    <array>
      <string>fbapi</string>
      <string>fb-messenger-api</string>
      <string>fbauth2</string>
      <string>fbshareextension</string>
    </array>
    <key>LSRequiresIPhoneOS</key>
    <true/>
    <key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
    <dict>
      <key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key>
      <true/>
      <key>NSExceptionDomains</key>
      <dict>
        <key>localhost</key>
        <dict>
          <key>NSExceptionAllowsInsecureHTTPLoads</key>
          <true/>
        </dict>
      </dict>
    </dict>
    <key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
    <string>Allow $(PRODUCT_NAME) to access your camera</string>
    <key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
    <string>Allow $(PRODUCT_NAME) to access your microphone</string>
    <key>NSPhotoLibraryAddUsageDescription</key>
    <string>Allow $(PRODUCT_NAME) to save photos</string>
    <key>NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription</key>
    <string>Allow the application to access the photo library to upload your avatar and create messages with photos.</string>
    <key>NSUserTrackingUsageDescription</key>
    <string>This identifier will be used to deliver personalized ads to you.</string>
    <key>SKAdNetworkItems</key>
    <array>
      <dict>
        <key>SKAdNetworkIdentifier</key>
        <string>v9wttpbfk9.skadnetwork</string>
      </dict>
      <dict>
        <key>SKAdNetworkIdentifier</key>
        <string>n38lu8286q.skadnetwork</string>
      </dict>
    </array>
    <key>UILaunchStoryboardName</key>
    <string>SplashScreen</string>
    <key>UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities</key>
    <array>
      <string>armv7</string>
    </array>
    <key>UIRequiresFullScreen</key>
    <false/>
    <key>UIStatusBarStyle</key>
    <string>UIStatusBarStyleDefault</string>
    <key>UISupportedInterfaceOrientations</key>
    <array>
      <string>UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait</string>
      <string>UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown</string>
    </array>
    <key>UISupportedInterfaceOrientations~ipad</key>
    <array>
      <string>UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait</string>
      <string>UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown</string>
      <string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft</string>
      <string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight</string>
    </array>
    <key>UIUserInterfaceStyle</key>
    <string>Light</string>
    <key>UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance</key>
    <false/>
  </dict>
</plist>

volkish · February 22, 2023, 11:05am

It’s not a bare project. What happened:

I did “npx expo prebuild”
Played with that in Xcode
Run eas build
Reverted to prev state
Now I can’t run what expo serves built

volkish · February 22, 2023, 11:07am

Here is Info.plist generated by eas prebuilt

https://pastebin.com/HUt9xnYx

volkish · February 22, 2023, 11:27am

In other words, I unable to run the app even when ios folder doesn’t exist

wkozyra · February 22, 2023, 11:32am

The required format is three period-separated integers, such as 10.14.1

1.9 is not a valid version

volkish · February 22, 2023, 11:34am

Oh, what a stupid mistake, Thank you ! I will change that and try to build it again

volkish · February 22, 2023, 12:10pm

Set

expo.version = 1.9.0
expo.ios.buildNumber = 1.9.2

Screenshot from https://expo.dev/accounts/volkish/projects/.../builds

Same error

Installing your app on the simulator...
    Error: Some other error occurred while running xcrun command.
      xcrun exited with non-zero code: 22
    An error was encountered processing the command (domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain, code=22):
    Failed to install the requested application
    The application's Info.plist does not contain a valid CFBundleShortVersionString.
    Ensure your bundle contains a valid CFBundleShortVersionString.

wodin · February 22, 2023, 12:29pm

This turns the app into a bare project. So at the time that you built the app, it was a bare project.

It looks like you did not rebuild after this point, so if the changes you made manually in Xcode caused problems then those problems wouldn’t have been fixed by just reverting your project to the previous state. You would have had to rebuild.

volkish · February 22, 2023, 12:34pm

You mean I can’t return to a managed project after npx expo prebuild?

volkish · February 22, 2023, 12:42pm

If I run expo prebuild again (after reverting the project) and then build in Xcode (with zero changes) I get the same error.

I noticed that there is no version on general tab:

volkish · February 22, 2023, 12:44pm

And If I set it manually - it works (in Xcode). Does this mean that I need to set it manually after first expo prebuild?

volkish · February 22, 2023, 3:01pm

Summary,

Once you did expo prebuild and then eas build there is no way to return to a managed flow. You must keep iOS folder and update a version manually.

wodin · February 22, 2023, 3:50pm

If you prebuild, and you keep the ios directory, then you will have to make further changes using Xcode (or else use npx expo prebuild --clean to regenerate ios from scratch.)

No, that’s not right. You can revert to the managed workflow. The main thing is to delete ios and android. But see expo.fyi/prebuild-cleanup for more details.

volkish · February 22, 2023, 8:32pm

No, that’s not right. You can revert to the managed workflow. The main thing is to delete ios and android . But see expo.fyi/prebuild-cleanup for more details.

I did all things mentioned on this page. My project was as clean as before expo prebuild. It could be a cache on expo servers which breaks building process.

wodin · February 23, 2023, 9:14am

What does the “Prebuild” section of the build logs look like?

e.g.:

volkish · February 23, 2023, 9:17am

wodin · February 23, 2023, 9:41am

hmmm… I wonder why it’s running yarn with the --no-immutable option.

Could you post the current ios and plugins sections from your app.json and also the dependencies and devDependencies sections from package.json?

wkozyra · February 23, 2023, 10:26am

yarn is ran with no immutable because prebuild may change version of some packages, so regular installation would fail in that case because CI=1 env is set on the worker

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