IPA export fails - No provisioning profile found for App Store distribution

Hi,

I'm trying to build an App Store IPA for my Flutter app on Mac M4 without a physical iPhone connected.

STEP 1 - I tried Automatic Signing in Xcode but got:

"Communication with Apple failed. Your team has no devices from which to generate a provisioning profile."

"Xcode couldn't find any iOS App Development provisioning profiles matching my bundle ID."

STEP 2 - I switched to Manual Signing in Xcode. No warnings or errors shown in Xcode UI. Everything looks fine in Signing & Capabilities.

But when I run this command in terminal: flutter build ipa

I get this error:

Building App Store IPA... Encountered error while creating the IPA: error: exportArchive "Runner.app" requires a provisioning profile.

My Setup:

  • Mac M4
  • Flutter (flutter build ipa)
  • Paid Apple Developer account
  • No physical iPhone connected
  • Building for App Store distribution

Question: How do I successfully export an IPA for App Store distribution without a physical device on Mac M4?

Any help appreciated. Thank you.

IPA export fails - No provisioning profile found for App Store distribution
 
 
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