Cannot add distribution provisioning profile to Xc

Question

I'm trying to distribute my Phonegap app on the iTunes. I have done this before successfully before but I have since changed to a new Mac. I'm using Xcode 5.0.2.

I have created development and distribution certificates. I then created an App ID, entering the Bundle ID under "Explicit App ID".

I then created a development provisioning profile for the app, choosing the correct App I.D., the iOS Development certificate, my device, giving the profile a name and clicking "generate". I download it and double click to add to xcode. The xcode organiser opens and I see it added under my device provisioning profiles. I can then successfully run the app on my physical device.

Now I want to distribute it. I created a new provisioning profle, selecting "App Store" under Distribution, selecting the correct App I.D., the iOS Distribution certificate, and clicking "generate". When I double click the downloaded file, the organiser in xcode opens, but the distribution provisioning profile doesn't under the device provisioning profiles. When I click the + button to add the profile, I cannot select the Distribution provisioning profile, but I can select the Development provisioning profile:

I have no idea why this is. I tried closing down and opening xcode, to no avail. I tried waiting a few hours. Again, it didnt work.

I then try to distribute my app by creating an archive. First I go to build settings > code signing and choose iPhone Distribution:

I then select my physical device and choose Product > Archive. I get the error:

No matching provisioning profiles found
None of the valid provisioning profiles include the device Belgian Iphone  (identifier: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx).  
Xcode can resolve this issue by downloading a new provisioning profile from the Member Center.

I click "Fix Issue" and end up with the error:

There was an error generating the team provisioning profile for AppID 'FT49U8Q9JE'.

The AppID given here is different to the prefix in App ID's in the developer portal. I don't know if it should be the same. Any suggestion? I have spent 3 days on this problem and as stated above, I had no issues on my previous mac (which I no longer have)!

Answer 1

Something that got me recently was having to actually set the provisioning profile in the build settings