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Error: Signing Requires a Development Team

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Madeline Watts
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Hello! I'm Madeline, the founder of AppHelion and full time app developer. I have developed and published several apps using a variety of frameworks and I started AppHelion to share what I've learned!
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Last updated: May 2025

The Error 👿​

Terminal Error

Solution​

1. Sign In to App Store Connect and Set Up Your Development Team​

Visit App Store Connect and create an account if you haven't already. Once you've signed in you can create your development team.

2. Open your project in Xcode​

  • Open Xcode

  • Click the "Open Existing Project..." option

  • Navigate to the IOS folder of your project

  • Click on the ProjectName.xcworkspace

tip

Make sure you click on the white .xcworkspace file NOT the blue .xcodeproj

3. Select Development Team​

  • Click on your project's target
Project Target Selected
  • Open the "Signing and Capabilities" tab
Signing and Capabilities Tab
  • Select your development team under Signing
Error in Xcode

Before Selecting Development Team

Resolved

After Selecting Development Team

Re-Run Your App​

This error should now be resolved!