Export Archive with Xcode13: The data couldn’t be read because it isn’t in the correct format

Question

Xcode 13.2.1 Exporting Archive for Development team with "Distribute App" fails

Xcode 13.1 - works on the same MacBook to export IPA for development distribution. No errors!!

Xcode13.2.1 "Validate App" is successful, Error "The data couldn’t be read because it isn’t in the correct format." occurs only with the distribution.

Error: The data couldn’t be read because it isn’t in the correct format.

From the standard log:

2022-02-16 00:42:46 +0000  ruby 2.6.3p62 (2019-04-16 revision 67580) [universal.x86_64-darwin20]
2022-02-16 00:42:46 +0000  /Users/dev.d/.gem/ruby/2.6.3/gems/CFPropertyList-3.0.3/lib/cfpropertylist/rbCFPropertyList.rb:83: warning: assigned but unused variable - temp
2022-02-16 00:42:46 +0000  Ignoring ffi-1.14.2 because its extensions are not built. Try: gem pristine ffi --version 1.14.2
2022-02-16 00:42:46 +0000  Ignoring json-2.5.1 because its extensions are not built. Try: gem pristine json --version 2.5.1
2022-02-16 00:42:46 +0000  Ignoring json-1.8.6 because its extensions are not built. Try: gem pristine json --version 1.8.6
2022-02-16 00:42:46 +0000  Ignoring nokogiri-1.10.3 because its extensions are not built. Try: gem pristine nokogiri --version 1.10.3
2022-02-16 00:42:46 +0000  /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require': cannot load such file -- sqlite3 (LoadError)
    from /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/2.6.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
    from /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool:24:in `<main>'
2022-02-16 00:42:46 +0000  /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/ipatool exited with 1
2022-02-16 00:42:46 +0000  ipatool JSON: (null)

Answer 1

Go to Xcode folder > right click open Get Info > make sure open using Rosetta has been checked

don't forget quit Xcode then open it

Answer 2

I had a similar issue, but for me it was because I forgot to change the bundle identifier when I deployed my app on an Iphone. In my case, it was due to signing.

If thats also the case for you, I think you can try something like this :

• click your project root in the project explorer, then in the editor go to "Signing and capabilities".
• change your bundle identifier to something different, e.g. something like com.test.username.appname

Another thing you can try if things like that happen is :

• if you are using automatically manage signing, untick it and then tick it again, it will process everything again.

I hope this will help you with your issue.