Xcode error: Code signing is required for product type 'Application' in SDK 'iOS 10.0'

Question

I have Xcode 8 installed on OS X El Capitan.

I get this error:

Signing for "target" requires a development team. Select a development team in the project editor.

Code signing is required for product type 'Application' in SDK 'iOS 10.0'

This should (surprise) happen to people the have been using "Run" (simulator) successfully, but not when they want to "Archive". Can you confirm the command that triggered this error? — benc, Jan 10 '19 at 18:38

score 414 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 08 '18 at 20:58

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To add developer account to Xcode:

Press Cmd ⌘ + , (comma)
Go to Accounts tab
Follow the screen shot below to enable development team:

edited Jun 08 '18 at 20:58

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answered Sep 16 '16 at 05:32

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you not need developer account for testing. apple id is enough with latest `xcode`. You can test your app in devices by your apple id only! – Ketan Parmar Sep 16 '16 at 10:36
I did tried many times by adding and deleting the accounts in xcode but still not able to get through the above error. Automatic signing is enabled and some other team is selected instead of actual APP ID. – user3625547 Sep 27 '16 at 07:17
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For those who can't find `general` tab. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19407439/general-tab-missing – Michał Pietraszko Oct 17 '16 at 22:11
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What does "You can set it from `general`" mean. Who's the general, where does he live, and what army? Need more context please. – user239558 Dec 29 '16 at 01:11
Image is not available anymore. Please upadte – Daniel Dudas Aug 07 '18 at 21:01
Cheers for using technology from 1987 to present your answer – bobobobo Aug 11 '20 at 04:23

score 234 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 08 '18 at 20:56

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With Xcode-8.1 & iOS-10.1

Add your Apple ID in Xcode Preferences > Accounts > Add Apple ID:

Enable signing to Automatically && Select Team that you have created before:

Change the Bundle Identifier:

Code Signing to iOS Developer:

Provision profile to Automatic:

You can now run your project on a device!

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answered Dec 19 '16 at 07:07

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Where is the enable automatic sigin? That I don't see in xcode 8 – angry kiwi Feb 26 '17 at 02:01
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Select Target and then select General. You can see Automatic signin :) – Shrawan Mar 02 '17 at 05:19
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It is not explained where many of these options are beyond the first step which is why this answer is not useful for me. Also where is Target? Can you please give step-by-steps? – Ian S Dec 21 '17 at 10:06
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Configuring Xcode to just run your project s***s on so many levels. There is absolutely no need to be that complicated. – Anton Andreev Sep 01 '18 at 14:23
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For those confused how to get to the signing page, you double click the top file in your file explorer, that opens the project settings where you can select the bundle name and signing – Meir Snyder Apr 24 '19 at 02:45
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you guys need to know that have people who come here without ANY base, help them (me including) with a step by step please – Acauã Pitta Jun 24 '19 at 17:19
Note: in more recent versions of XCode, that option for automatically manage signing would be in the "Signing & Capabilities" tab. – – Daljeet Dhaliwal Nov 24 '20 at 12:02
Where is Target? – Valentyn Hruzytskyi Dec 18 '20 at 13:03

Alexander Vitanov · Answer 3 · 2018-10-21T13:03:26.583

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In case you are still having this problem, click on the Tests and select a team for them too.

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answered May 13 '17 at 10:17

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and sub-project also! – oOEric Apr 20 '18 at 03:52
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where can I click on "Tests" ? – Kim Mar 05 '19 at 18:48
I already had the team selected long ago, but now that I started making the tests, they have this problem. Neither clicking on the top-level test "folders" or the test code files themselves brings up anyplace where I could select the development team for them. This is Xcode 10.2. – Ilmari Apr 13 '19 at 16:11
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On Xcode 11.3, under the project file there are tabs for General, Signing, etc. To the left of those nav buttons there should be your project's name in a dropdown. That is the target, click the dropdown to select a different target, e.g., the tests and from there you can select the signing. – sbdchd Jan 01 '20 at 19:12

score 28 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 17 '17 at 06:21

To run your app on a real device, you need to have an Apple ID, and have registered your device with that ID. That is why you are getting this error.

Here's how you do it.

Go to the project Navigator. Cmd-1 if you can't find it.
Click the project target dropdown and pick Target.
Click on the Team dropdown and pick add an account.
Sign in with your Apple ID that is linked to your developer account, or just your Apple if you don't have a dev account.
If you haven't registered your device with that account yet, a button will appear, something like 'Register device'. Click that and Apple will register the device and do the certificates and code signing. (Oh my unicorns certificates and signing is so much easier than it used to be)

Pick your physical device and hit run and it should load onto your device without error.

Great job answering this question, and I love the screenshots. Thanks! Cool that you don't have to pay $99 to run any more. — Ethan Parker, Sep 19 '17 at 15:49

score 22 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 26 '18 at 10:39

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Well, after I did all those things I still got the errors so I closed Xcode and opened it up again and then it worked.

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answered Apr 25 '18 at 22:00

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Haha, don't know why, but that solved it for me, too! – Andru Feb 05 '19 at 23:08
same here. So follow the steps up then close Xcode and reopen it again – Faisal Julaidan Feb 19 '19 at 19:29
Same here. Follow the steps on the approved answer then if it doesn't work close xCode then open the workspace again then the job is done. LOL – Jaaayz Apr 08 '19 at 03:18
A disappointingly robust solution to all Xcode code signing problems for the past few years :/ – Yunus Nedim Mehel Jun 26 '19 at 14:05

score 10 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 26 '19 at 14:02

Recently had the issue on Xcode 11 beta 2:

Select your project on the left side panel
Find the "Signing & Capabilities" tab for your target

If your target doesn't have the "Signing & Capabilities" tab (in my case only the test target had it), open the build settings for your project and click "All" instead of "Basic"/"Customised". Find signing under the settings and make sure you've got a Development team set up.

Repeat the same step for your test target if needed

score 6 · Answer 7 · answered May 23 '17 at 07:07

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If you need to disable the team for now, as you don't have a development account, just change the target at the top menu to iPhone instead of generic iOS device or real device.

answered May 23 '17 at 07:07

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score 5 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 30 '17 at 13:57

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For those using Ionic and receiving this error - you need to open your $project_dir/platform/ios/$project_name.xcodeproj - then follow the steps listed in the "answer"

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Which answer? none are marked as correct – jonesy827 Apr 27 '21 at 17:58
@jonesy827 there is, search here for subject `With Xcode-8.1 & iOS-10.1` – Ricky Levi May 13 '21 at 12:54
Yep, someone must have updated it. Definitely was not when I made the comment :) Thanks for the headsup – jonesy827 May 14 '21 at 20:49

ZaMy · Answer 9 · 2020-04-15T16:58:08.233

For those that are going to come here after me, if it's Xcode 11 and ios 13 then your layout might look a little different than what you see in the main answer to this question.

Firstly do this as it was mentioned on the answer, Add your Apple ID in Xcode Preferences > Accounts > Add Apple ID.

Then click on the project name which is located in the left panel then you'll get a window of settings then look for signing & Capabilities and that's where you'll be able to see "Team" and select your name as the option.

score 5 · Answer 10 · answered Jun 21 '20 at 13:25

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Make sure you add the team on both Debug and Release tabs.

answered Jun 21 '20 at 13:25

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Was going to add this answer but saw yours first. Felt dumb after wasting 10 minutes. – Pushparaj Samant Jul 20 '20 at 03:47

score 4 · Answer 11 · answered Oct 09 '18 at 07:57

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Select team in the general settings of the target

answered Oct 09 '18 at 07:57

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This is actually the solution that resolved it for me – Michal Shatz Oct 09 '18 at 12:30
To get to this general settings, select the dropdown at the top and change it to your device – Leslie Dec 21 '18 at 15:29

score 4 · Answer 12 · answered May 04 '20 at 14:59

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Xcode 11.4

Click on: 1. Your project 2. Signing & Capabilities 3. Select your Team.

answered May 04 '20 at 14:59

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score 3 · Answer 13 · answered Apr 11 '18 at 05:08

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select development team in both project and target rest all things set to automatic then it will work

answered Apr 11 '18 at 05:08

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score 2 · Answer 14 · answered Jan 10 '19 at 18:15

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I had this error on my React Native project, weirdly enough I thought I was NOT editing the correct .xcodeproj file! I went into my project directory './appname/ios' and opened the project file and edited my team name into the project and it started working.

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Glad that worked for you. As a relatively new Xcode user, I do feel compelled to mention that this is the type of change best done in Xcode GUI, when possible, AFAIK. – benc Jan 10 '19 at 18:40

score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Jan 13 '19 at 11:33

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Downgrading the iOS development Target from 12.1 to 12 fix the issue for me as I don't have a dev team configured.

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score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Sep 01 '20 at 11:03

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Go to the bar where you have file, edit, view etc Go on view -> Navigators -> Show Project Navigator -> Click on team -> Select yours.

Enjoy

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Xcode error: Code signing is required for product type 'Application' in SDK 'iOS 10.0'

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With Xcode-8.1 & iOS-10.1

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