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Missing purpose string in Info.plist

KorvaSFC — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 02:52:12 GMT

I am currently facing an issue delivering my IOS Build in Transporter:

ITMS-90683: Missing purpose string in Info.plist - Your app’s code references one or more APIs that access sensitive user data, or the app has one or more entitlements that permit such access. The Info.plist file for the “RNVApp.app” bundle should contain a NSSiriUsageDescription key with a user-facing purpose string explaining clearly and completely why your app needs the data. If you’re using external libraries or SDKs, they may reference APIs that require a purpose string. While your app might not use these APIs, a purpose string is still required.

I have attempted a numerous amount of fixes such as including that key in the plist file and then resigning the IPA file however I always get numerous errors in which they are identifying the files as invalid and that it has not been signed correctly.

Can this be added to the user strings section when configuring the build as other strings have?

Re: Missing purpose string in Info.plist

ChantalChi — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:33:54 GMT

same issue on my side

Re: Missing purpose string in Info.plist

JohnBallard — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 11:59:56 GMT

I have the same issue: not being able to specify the NSSiriUsageDescription key in the Launch/Open Build Service/IOS Configure/Usage Strings. This is a new error on the Apple side since this is not my first build for my app. Previous builds were successful and added to TestFlight.

Re: Missing purpose string in Info.plist

Tinashe_Mukombe — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:48:58 GMT

Also experiencing this issue, that and also an old iOS SDK version issue warning

Re: Missing purpose string in Info.plist

mihaly-toth-nc — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 17:27:14 GMT

Another report of the same issue here.

Re: Missing purpose string in Info.plist

JohnBallard — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 19:15:15 GMT

@MaiaraEllwanger this problem seems to be critical for a number of Builders, but I see no acknowledgement from any developer that the problem is being reviewed. Are we all posting in the right place?

We are all getting the error from Apple:

Please correct the following issues and upload a new binary to App Store Connect.

Re: Missing purpose string in Info.plist

zeitounian — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:36:54 GMT

(PT-BR) Passei o dia de hoje 18/03 tentando resolver este problema nada resolve, houve alguma mudança no compilador recente que esta gerando esta falha, @Sisn precisamos de auxilio, é urgente por favor.

Re: Missing purpose string in Info.plist

MaiaraEllwanger — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 07:57:39 GMT

Hi
@KorvaSFC @zeitounian @JohnBallard @mihaly-toth-nc @Tinashe_Mukombe

The product team is investigating the issue.

Re: Missing purpose string in Info.plist

appdevmax — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 09:34:59 GMT

Same issue here. please give us a feedback!

Re: Missing purpose string in Info.plist

appdevmax — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 08:35:48 GMT

Is this issue solved?

Re: Missing purpose string in Info.plist

MaiaraEllwanger — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 08:52:36 GMT

Not yet, the development team is working to fix the issue.

Re: Missing purpose string in Info.plist

appdevmax — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 08:56:07 GMT

Thanks, there is an ETA to the issue fix?

Re: Missing purpose string in Info.plist

JohnBallard — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:55:46 GMT

This is an interesting delay. It's been about a week now without any ability to make changes to an iOS app. Fortunately I am not in production with my app at the moment, but what if I was? What if I had published a timeline for an upgrade - now the timeline is out of my control. What if my app was hacked or exposed data - I need to wait a week+ to fix it?

Is there any way for me to bring in-house the BUILD process?

Re: Missing purpose string in Info.plist

Tinashe_Mukombe — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:32:18 GMT

Perhaps situations like this could have a lesser impact by having multiple build runtimes like the old AG composer pro had. I know it's easier said than done and from my understanding, critical security fixes may prevent the use of older runtimes and maybe a lot more that we don't know about. However it would be nice to have such an option again and thought it would be worth mentioning

Re: Missing purpose string in Info.plist

PeterKnol — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 08:30:02 GMT

Another report for the same issue.

Eagerly awaiting a fix!

Re: Missing purpose string in Info.plist

GabrielTerto — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 01:12:09 GMT

same problem here!

Re: Missing purpose string in Info.plist

appdevmax — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 08:03:13 GMT

I really hope that SAP will give us the chance to bring in house the build process and open the platform to new react-native components: this will be a big boost for the entire project!

Re: Missing purpose string in Info.plist

appdevmax — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 08:04:27 GMT

Hi Maiara, the teams was able to address and resolve this issue? it's more than a week that this issue is present and we don't have any news...

Re: Missing purpose string in Info.plist

zeitounian — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 17:12:10 GMT

(PT-BR) Alguma novidade, aqui no escritório esta virando um CAOS, temos uma aplicação IOS para atualizar, estão querendo meu pescoço.

Re: Missing purpose string in Info.plist

ChantalChi — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 09:01:34 GMT

as of 2024/03/25 problem is still present, hope it can be solved asap. The message from Apple is (with on top the SDK version issue)

Please correct the following issues and upload a new binary to App Store Connect.

Though you are not required to fix the following issues, we wanted to make you aware of them:

ITMS-90725: SDK version issue - This app was built with the iOS 16.2 SDK. Starting April 29, 2024, all iOS and iPadOS apps must be built with the iOS 17 SDK or later, included in Xcode 15 or later, in order to be uploaded to App Store Connect or submitted for distribution.