Icon specified in info.plist not found under the top level app wrapper

Question

I\'m trying to upload my binary to iTunes Connect using Applicaton Loader. When I select the file and hit send, it sends for about a second and then this error pops up,

Answer 1

I am thinking that the answer to this question will vary in time because Apple constantly changes the application validation rules. These validation rules will surface only when you are submitting your app to the AppStore.

In this particular situation, the validation error happened to me while uploading the app on 08/03/2012.

The solution was fairly straight forward. I had to move to icon files which I had located in a folder nested within the project directory all to way up to the TOP LEVEL project directory - one that has the project file in it. Once I did that and readded the files back to the Resources in my project the validation error went away.

Of course you should check that this issue is not caused by misspelled filenames i.e. differences between your plist file and true names of icon files on your file system.

Answer 2

Error is coming up because the App Store is checking names of icon files based upon yourProject-info.plist. If they don't match, error message.

To resolve this issue: Go to yourProject-info.plist in xcode and check BOTH "icon-files" and "icon-files(IOS5)" arrays. You'll want to make sure that each string corresponds with the icon files you have in the file directory.

Change or delete mismatched string names (I had to delete a blank string). Rebuild. As other posters have noted, names are case-sensitive, so be mindful of that too.

Answer 3

I had the same issue. I just added the image files it complained about to the project in the viewer. Not sure if that was the right thing to do, but it resolved the issue for me.

Answer 4

1. Clean your build
2. Make sure the file is actually on the file system
3. Make sure you can see the file in the project navigator.
4. Most likely step 3 will fail. If so, drag the icon from the finder onto the Project Navigator. When asked, uncheck the "copy ..blabla" option because since the file is already there where you are dragging it to, it would fail. Once the file shows up in the Project Navigator you should be golden.

Answer 5

I rename the file and corresponding change the name of icon file in the info.plist and this solution works for me.

Answer 6

Sometimes Icon.png files needs to be open in some image editing tool (e.g Adob Photoshop) and save as a new image. This works fine. Check attached images some times image properties don't change by renaming image file manually.