Did anyone manage to upload the app to the App Store? After making my shared.xcframework static I g...

# compose-ios

[Stefan Oltmann]

Did anyone manage to upload the app to the App Store?

After making my shared.xcframework static I get this error if I try to upload to TestFlight.

NSLocalizedDescription = "Asset validation failed";

NSLocalizedFailureReason = "Invalid bundle structure. The \U201cAshampoo <http://Photos.app/Frameworks/shared.framework/shared\U201d|Photos.app/Frameworks/shared.framework/shared\U201d> binary file is not permitted. Your app cannot contain standalone executables or libraries, other than a valid CFBundleExecutable of supported bundles. For details, visit: <https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/placing_content_in_a_bundle> (ID: f5184756-fbce-47be-8fd2-79b8b8ddd3c6)";

[Dima Avdeev]

Where do you get this error?
Is it in Xcode build logs?

[Stefan Oltmann]

No, the IPA builds fine.

It happens if I try to upload to TestFlight via GitHub Action.

xcrun altool --upload-app --type ios \
  --file ashampoo-photos.ipa \
  --username "${{ secrets.APP_STORE_CONNECT_USERNAME }}" \
  --password "${{ secrets.APP_STORE_CONNECT_PASSWORD }}" --verbose

[Stefan Oltmann]

I now wonder if you tried to publish a sample Compose for iOS App to TestFlight and if Apple even allows static XCFrameworks to be used.

[Stefan Oltmann]

Maybe I get the message Your app cannot contain standalone executables or libraries wrong. Is a static library considered a "standalone library"?

[Stefan Oltmann]

I should add for completeness: Since I use SQLDelight in my shared.xcframework I also needed to add -lsqlite3 to "other linker flags" in Xcode. Without that it doesn't compile so I'm unable to say what the exact reason for the failure is.

[Dima Avdeev]

Ok, thanks for this info!

[Chris Mulder]

Could it be that your are embedding the shared.xcframework? AFAIK there is no need for that since it is already statically linked into your app binary

[Stefan Oltmann]

Thanks for the hint, I will check that.

[Chris Mulder]

Otherwise check this issue: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-53339/KMM-Static-Framework

[Stylianos Gakis]

What did you end up doing for this after all Stefan? I asked this here https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C3PQML5NU/p1707819730482879?thread_ts=1658418868.118959&cid=C3PQML5NU too as I am trying to figure out how to solve this issue for ourselves too.

[Stefan Oltmann]

SKIKO cannot be included dynamic. So Compose for iOS will need static imports.

[Stefan Oltmann]

Maybe in the mean time it can, but that was my conclusion back then and it works with static

[Stylianos Gakis]

Right, so you kept that it's static, but how did you end up app store happy with it? Was it

tasks.named("embedAndSignAppleFrameworkForXcode").configure {
    enabled = false
}

? As the discussion in the issue implies?

[Stefan Oltmann]

No. I sign and embed.

[Stylianos Gakis]

Hmm, so what was the solution after all? I am in a bit of unknown waters for me with all this, so I am having a bit of a hard time following you, sorry about that

[Stefan Oltmann]

I kept everything else as it was. Just made the framework static and added -lsqlite3

[Stefan Oltmann]

Ok, looked it up. I do not embed actually.

[Stefan Oltmann]

But I also don't use that gradle task

[Stylianos Gakis]

Oh, and that one just worked for you? I am in the situation where we are not even using SQLDelight, so -lsqlite3 doesn't really apply to us at all, yet we still experience this issue
ITMS-90171: Invalid bundle structure - The "App.app/Frameworks/lib.framework/lib" binary file is not permitted. Your app cannot contain standalone executables or libraries, other than a valid CFBundleExecutable of supported bundles. For details, visit: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/placing_content_in_a_bundle

[Stylianos Gakis]

Aha! 👀 Lemme try that too then

[Stylianos Gakis]

Which Gradle task are you using?

[Stefan Oltmann]

Just the regular assembleXCFramework

[Stefan Oltmann]

There are a lot of configurations that don't work for some reasons and I finally figured out something custom that works and hopefully will not break anytime soon. 😅

[Stylianos Gakis]

Haha I totally relate. We are in the scenario where something broke and I am looking to fix it and I can't get it all to click together yet. Trying to use KMMBridge to get most of the work already done for us, but hit this roadblock for now. Will hack away with it a bit more until I figure out what I gotta do, thanks for the help so far, I appreciate it 😊