[Question]: Xcode export fail with no meaningful error message

[lucaszhang99]

Task name

Xcode@5

Task version

5.238.1

Environment type (Please select at least one enviroment where you face this issue)

• Self-Hosted
• Microsoft Hosted
• VMSS Pool
• Container

Azure DevOps Server type

dev.azure.com (formerly visualstudio.com)

Azure DevOps Server Version (if applicable)

No response

Operation system

Macos 14

Question

I'm using signingOption: 'auto' in this task and plist is generated automatically, since I'm only starting using azure to build ios apps, Would be great if someone can explain more about the following error

/usr/bin/xcodebuild -exportArchive -archivePath /Users/runner/work/1/s/DemoProject.xcarchive -exportPath /Users/runner/work/1/s/output/iphoneos/Debug -exportOptionsPlist _XcodeTaskExportOptions.plist | /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.0.0/bin/xcpretty --no-color
2024-07-03 02:55:08.105 xcodebuild[10628:48302] [MT] IDEDistribution: -[IDEDistributionLogging _createLoggingBundleAtPath:]: Created bundle at path "/var/folders/cb/pxjkr9gs3xqgtqtlqx_n3j580000gn/T/DemoProject_2024-07-03_02-55-08.103.xcdistributionlogs".
2024-07-03 02:55:08.526 xcodebuild[10628:48302] [MT] IDEDistribution: Command line name "development" is deprecated. Use "debugging" instead.
##[error]Error: /usr/bin/xcodebuild failed with return code: null

[ivanduplenskikh]

@lucaszhang99, could you please share pipeline logs in debug mode to take a look since there is not exit code number there? You can retrieve them by following docs.
To set up debug (verbose) mode - you can use options described here.

Also, I found an issue that seems similar #3136

[lucaszhang99]

logs_117.zip
Please find the debug log, thanks

Any updates on this? I have the same issue.

[ivanduplenskikh]

@lucaszhang99, @FeuerSoftwareMoritz, apologies for the delayed reply.
I've been diligently testing and investigating this issue, but unfortunately, the return code null doesn't offer any clues that could help pinpoint the underlying problem or reproduce it somehow.
Additionally, I haven't come across any similar issues with a matching signature.

Could you clarify if this issue occurs sporadically or is it a constant problem affecting your pipelines?
I ask because I couldn't find anything specific in the attached log that might shed light on this.

[lucaszhang99]

hi @ivanduplenskikh, this was constantly occurring, I think this could have something to do with apple certificates not matching each other, but unsure if it is the root cause.

so, I have moved on to build using an actual mac.

[ivanduplenskikh]

@lucaszhang99, just to clarify, does this issue no longer affect you?

[RocketeerFly]

I encountered the same issue with no details provided. After trying many solutions, this one worked for me (disable code signing for pods)

post_install do |installer|
    # https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/main/packages/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods.rb#L197-L202
    react_native_post_install(
      installer,
      config[:reactNativePath],
      :mac_catalyst_enabled => false
    )
    installer.pods_project.targets.each do |target|
      target.build_configurations.each do |config|

          # disable code signing for pods
          config.build_settings['EXPANDED_CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY'] = ""
          config.build_settings['CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED'] = "NO"
          config.build_settings['CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED'] = "NO"
      end
    end
  end

I adjusted my pipeline to: hey24sheep/azure-flutter-tasks#127 (comment)