Unable to do Production Build for iOS on Visual Studio

Question

Whenever we try to build, we get the following error.

The certificate 'Apple Distribution:… does not match … However the certificate exists on both the Windows Build Machine and the Mac Agent. This then results in the following error. C:\Program Files\dotnet\packs\Microsoft.iOS.Sdk.net8.0_18.0\18.0.8319\tools\msbuild\iOS\Xamarin.Shared.targets(1835,3): error : iOS code signing key ‘Apple Distribution:…’ not found in keychain.

The certificates have already been deleted and re-installed with no success.

Answer 1

Hello,

However the certificate exists on both the Windows Build Machine and the Mac Agent.

First, please open Appledeveloper connect, find the provisioning profile you used. And then, view the detail to check which certificate is matched to the provisioning profile. After that, you can compare if the certificate in local is not same as the matched certificate.

Also, if the certificate is matched, please check if it has been revoked or expired.

If so, you could create a new distribution certificate and distribution provisioning profile, refer to Publish a .NET MAUI iOS app for App Store distribution - .NET MAUI | Microsoft Learn

Best Regards,

Wenyan Zhang

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