iPhone submission - The binary you uploaded was invalid

Question

Hi there,

Having gone through all the steps of submitting my app to the iStore by the book (and other manuals around), I get a 'not so funny' response after uploading my binary:

'The binary you uploaded was invalid. Fat binaries require a MinimumOSVersion of at least 3.0'

Now, I set the device deplyment to be 2.2.1 and the Base SDK the same. My build SDK is 3.0 and I'm pretty sure I do not use anything which is in 3.0 but not in the 2.2.1 API (I built and ran on both and tested).

It might be nothing, or not - I do use XML parsing and some XML files in my application, again, I'm not even sure that it is connected ot the problem.

If you have any experience with that or have a clue it's be great,

Answer 1

Check the Info.plist of the binary that is produced. The file should have the following setting somewhere in it:

MinimumOSVersion XYZ

...where XYZ is the Deployment Target OS version you are trying to build for.

I have noticed in my own binaries that this line does not exist for binaries built for the iPhone Simulator. Given that, my suspicion is that you are trying to upload a binary built for the simulator instead of the device. Try changing the Active SDK to "iPhone Device 2.2.1" and submitting that binary to the App Store.

Answer 2

I had a similar issue and it was due to me zipping the file up (or trying to upload it) from a PC. I used 'compress' on the mac and uploaded using firefox for mac os and it worked fine.