'Xamarin iOS code signing key not found in keychain
I'm trying to debug my Xamarin.Forms application on a physical iPhone, from my windows machine.
- I have a Mac connected, and an iPhone connected to that Mac
- I have an Apple developer certificate
- I have the device linked to my developer account
- I set up automatic provisioning using Visual Studio (17.0.5)
- I downloaded the generated certificate, and installed it:
- On the Mac in the System keychain and Login keychain
- On my windows machine running Visual Studio
When I try to deploy my application in Debug|iPhone, I get the following error:
iOS code signing key 'Apple Development: John Doe (5L4565FZ2L)' not found in keychain.
More details from the build output in Visual Studio:
2>Using "DetectSigningIdentity" task from assembly "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Xamarin\iOS\..\iOS\Xamarin.iOS.Tasks.dll".
2>Task "DetectSigningIdentity"
2> DetectSigningIdentity: 2022-02-06T17:49:30.9039262+01:00 - Started
2> DetectSigningIdentity: 2022-02-06T17:49:30.9039262+01:00 - Initializing
2> [xma]: Trying to get a Build Connection for Session '6b535ab5f3c9b550fa521b36f236660807d516f929527c4e1cb2a3ecca9ec40d': Xamarin.Messaging.Build.Client.BuildConnection.6b535ab5f3c9b550fa521b36f236660807d516f929527c4e1cb2a3ecca9ec40d, Lifetime: AppDomain
2> DetectSigningIdentity: 2022-02-06T17:49:30.9039262+01:00 - Initialized
2> DetectSigningIdentity: 2022-02-06T17:49:30.9039262+01:00 - There's no available inputs to copy to the Mac
2> DetectSigningIdentity: 2022-02-06T17:49:30.9039262+01:00 - Serializing intputs
2> DetectSigningIdentity: 2022-02-06T17:49:30.9079268+01:00 - Executing
2> [xma]: Starting remote task execution for 'Writeful.Mobile.iOS': Xamarin.iOS.Tasks.DetectSigningIdentity
2> [xma]: Sending Request Xamarin.Messaging.Build.Contracts.ExecuteTaskMessage to topic xvs/build/execute-task/Writeful.Mobile.iOS/6b535ab002fDetectSigningIdentity
2> [xma]: Received Response of Xamarin.Messaging.Build.Contracts.ExecuteTaskMessage to topic build6b535ab5f3c9b550fa521b36f236660807d516f929527c4e1cb2a3ecca9ec40d47080johndoe/+/xvs/build/execute-task/Writeful.Mobile.iOS/6b535ab002fDetectSigningIdentity
2> DetectSigningIdentity: 2022-02-06T17:49:30.9499278+01:00 - Logging messages
2>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Xamarin\iOS\Xamarin.Shared.targets(1566,3): error : iOS code signing key 'Apple Development: John Doe (5L4565FZ2L)' not found in keychain.
2>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Xamarin\iOS\Xamarin.Shared.targets(1566,3): error :
2> DetectSigningIdentity: 2022-02-06T17:49:30.9499278+01:00 - Finished
2>Done executing task "DetectSigningIdentity" -- FAILED.
2>Done building target "_DetectSigningIdentity" in project "Writeful.Mobile.iOS.csproj" -- FAILED.
2>
2>Build FAILED.
2>
2>"C:\Users\johndoe\source\repos\johndoe\writeful-app\Writeful.Mobile.iOS\Writeful.Mobile.iOS.csproj" (Build;BuiltProjectOutputGroup;BuiltProjectOutputGroupDependencies;DebugSymbolsProjectOutputGroup;DebugSymbolsProjectOutputGroupDependencies;DocumentationProjectOutputGroup;DocumentationProjectOutputGroupDependencies;SatelliteDllsProjectOutputGroup;SatelliteDllsProjectOutputGroupDependencies;SGenFilesOutputGroup;SGenFilesOutputGroupDependencies target) (1) ->
2>(_DetectSigningIdentity target) ->
2> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Xamarin\iOS\Xamarin.Shared.targets(1566,3): error : iOS code signing key 'Apple Development: John Doe (5L4565FZ2L)' not found in keychain.
2>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Xamarin\iOS\Xamarin.Shared.targets(1566,3): error :
2>
2> 0 Warning(s)
2> 1 Error(s)
2>
2>Time Elapsed 00:00:01.23
========== Build: 1 succeeded, 1 failed, 21 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
========== Deploy: 0 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped ==========
I'm not sure which device is missing the signing key, but I assume it is the iPhone, since I installed the certificate on the Mac.
If this is the issue, how can I transfer the certificate to the iPhone? I already tried by deploying an empty app from Xcode on the Mac to the iPhone, but that didn't work.
Solution 1:[1]
You can workaround the issue by removing the flag from the debug builds in the .csproj file. Try to follow this link : Check
Solution 2:[2]
it might be VS issue. Please refer this official Link where issue is fixed. Please make sure you're using latest version. Check Here
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| Solution | Source |
|---|---|
| Solution 1 | Amjad S. |
| Solution 2 | Krunal Bagadia |