package error while uploading windows phone 8.1 xap file

Question

I have a windows phone 8.0 app in the store. I want to upgrade my app to windows phone 8.1. I downloaded VS 2013 and followed the steps to retarget my app to windows phone 8.1

However, when I try to submit an update, I get following error while uploading the .xap file

Invalid package identity name: 4c69df28-f6a1-463b-9b30-abde72d6001f (expected: )

                                    

Invalid package family name: 4c69df28-f6a1-463b-9b30-abde72d6001f_mhw94rhw71gr6 (expected: )

                                    

Invalid package publisher name: CN=Prajwala (expected: )

PS: I see that the app name is reserved as "AudioRecorder" (I didn't do anything about - I think it was done as part of migrating my account to new dev center). Under App Identity section of dev center I don't see any Publish/Package ID details though

Please help!

Answer 1

Hi Prajwala,

have you found any solution on how to fix it?

Regards, Olli

Answer 2

Please provide the App Id ... we will investigate it ASAP.

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Answer 3

I am getting the same error when I am trying to update my windows phone 8 app with 8.1 app

Invalid package identity name: 47d65cc7-489c-43c6-a67a-36be3c13fb28 (expected: )

Invalid package family name: 47d65cc7-489c-43c6-a67a-36be3c13fb28_jx0hs2ex627j2 (expected: )

app id: 9NBLGGH0C17S

please fix this asap

Answer 4

I am getting the same error to, no problem uploading a windows 8.0 xap but can't load a 8.1 app, same as everyone above.

Invalid package identity name: xxxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxx (expected: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx)

Invalid package family name: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-Xxxxxxxx_Xxxxxxxxx (expected: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx_xxxxxxxxxxxxx)

Invalid package publisher name: CN=chris (expected: CN=xxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxx)

This problem has been happening for a couple of days I can't resolve it, any chance of a fix, I am using Visual Studio 2013 Express and Windows 10.

Thanks

Answer 5

Replace your existing identity name,family name and publisher by the "expected string" in the package.manifest and appmanifest file then rebuild and submit

Answer 6

Hi n4nachiket,

We looked into your app 9NBLGGH0C17S. This app does not have any identity yet - so the package identity name and package family name are expected to be empty. not sure how did you generate your packages with those invalid values.

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Answer 7

Hello ukflyboy,

Make sure you associate your project with correct Store App. We can investigate it if you can provide the App Id.

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Answer 8

I have changed my publisher display name, is that the reason? What do I do now? Windows ACK has shown all the results passed. Waiting for your reply

Answer 9

hi n4nachiket, as you mentioned earlier - "Replace your existing identity name,family name and publisher by the "expected string" in the package.manifest and appmanifest file then rebuild and submit" ... did you try that?

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Answer 10

I'm also having the same issue publishing the windows phone 8.1 version. Im receiving the errors:

Invalid package family name: 64...Name.Appname_22a9x81xv.... (expected: 64...Name.Appname_17vf8ahga....)

Invalid package publisher name: CN=Name (expected: CN=11E67BA8-....-4433-AD26-496EDB00....)

I cannot change package family name in the package manifest.

When i change the package publisher name to the expected, i receive the error:

Package acceptance validation error: The publisher display name, 11E67BA8-....-4433-AD26-496EDB00...., specified in the package doesn’t match the publisher name, Name, that’s associated with the developer account.

Answer 11

I have the same problem when I converted (using the Visual Studio 2015 tool) a Windows Phone 8.0 that is in the store (myBills) into Windows Phone 8.1.

I am getting these errors:

    myBills_Release_AnyCPU.xap4.6 MB

    Invalid package identity name: 131a9dc4-85a8-4b60-9647-962772634493 (expected: )

    Invalid package family name: 131a9dc4-85a8-4b60-9647-962772634493_8hfd6qs3a7mya (expected: )

Eitan

Answer 12

Please provide the App ID ... we will investigate it for sure.

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Answer 13

Hi,

my application name/id is myBills, 131a9dc4-85a8-4b60-9647-962772634493

If this is not the info you are looking for than please let me know where can I get it.

BTW, the application is running in the debugger and passed the certification test on Visual Studio 2015.

Thanks,
Eitan

Answer 14

Please follow this thread to find the App Id - https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsapps/en-US/05407632-5335-4867-9f59-5bdf5e8b4a12/application-id-in-the-new-dashboard?forum=wpsubmit

please let us know if the App Id is 9WZDNCRDM54N or something else.

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Answer 15

Hi,

the Dashboard shows these info:

URL for Windows 10 https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9wzdncrcvlz9
URL for Windows Phone 8.1 and earlier http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=1ecde373-e9fc-47e2-8fbf-90ad3d8cdc2a

Thx
Eitan

Answer 16

Hi,

The manifest file is attached:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/2010/manifest" xmlns:m2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/2013/manifest" xmlns:m3="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/2014/manifest" xmlns:mp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/2014/phone/manifest">
  <Identity Name="9wzdncrcvlz9" Publisher="CN=7372D4FD-EFCB-4195-91AE-97E81AD2ED26" Version="5.0.1.2" />
  <mp:PhoneIdentity PhoneProductId="1ecde373-e9fc-47e2-8fbf-90ad3d8cdc2a" PhonePublisherId="4904fd05-1902-4f0b-ae9f-f66ad77f49bf" />
  <Properties>
    <DisplayName>myBills</DisplayName>
    <PublisherDisplayName>YASIG</PublisherDisplayName>
    <Logo>Assets\StoreLogo.png</Logo>
  </Properties>
  <Prerequisites>
    <OSMinVersion>6.3.1</OSMinVersion>
    <OSMaxVersionTested>6.3.1</OSMaxVersionTested>
  </Prerequisites>
  <Resources>
    <Resource Language="x-generate" />
  </Resources>
  <Applications>
    <Application Id="myBills" Executable="AGHost.exe" EntryPoint="Views/ReadDataPage.xaml">
      <m3:VisualElements DisplayName="myBills" Square150x150Logo="Assets\SquareTile150x150.png" Square44x44Logo="Assets\Logo.png" Description="myBills" ForegroundText="light" BackgroundColor="#464646" ToastCapable="false">
        <m3:DefaultTile Square71x71Logo="Assets\SquareTile71x71.png">
        </m3:DefaultTile>
      </m3:VisualElements>
      <Extensions>
        <Extension Category="windows.backgroundTasks" EntryPoint="AgHost.BackgroundTask">
          <BackgroundTasks>
            <Task Type="systemEvent" />
          </BackgroundTasks>
        </Extension>
      </Extensions>
    </Application>
  </Applications>
  <Extensions>
    <Extension Category="windows.activatableClass.inProcessServer">
      <InProcessServer>
        <Path>AgHostSvcs.dll</Path>
        <ActivatableClass ActivatableClassId="AgHost.BackgroundTask" ThreadingModel="both" />
      </InProcessServer>
    </Extension>
  </Extensions>
</Package>

Answer 17

Make sure to create an Identity (by reserving a name) first (https://dev.windows.com/en-us/dashboard/apps/9WZDNCRCVLZ9/Identity), and then associate your code project with this App in Visual Studio 2015. Visual Studio 2015 will then populate the manifest with right values.

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Answer 18

Hey,

i seem to have a similar issue with my windows phone silverlight-app that i just updated from 8.0 to 8.1 via Visual Studio 2015. When i upload the XAP to the dev center ist says:

Invalid package publisher name: CN=3CA5FD9A-4950-4EF1-8E12-10DF529A7FC7 (expected: )

The app id is 9nblggh0dw3p

Could you please investigate this? I can't find a solution on my own.

Answer 19

Hi,

sorry for posting again, but I still wasn't able to find a solution to the problem i described in my last post.

Could someone help me with this?

Thanks

Answer 20

we have found an issue with the data of your app. we fixed that issue. could you please try now?

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Answer 21

Hey,

thank you very much! The issue seems to be fixed now. I was able to upload the XAP and submit the sumission.

Answer 22

I have problem to public the windows phone 8.1 version of "FilmsInTV" app (already in store as windowphone8.0 app) 

App id is 9wzdncrcv732

FilmsInTV_Release_AnyCPU.xap2.6 MB

Invalid package identity name: 400f0c90-ed17-4f5f-8564-14ab72bff00b (expected: )

Invalid package family name: 400f0c90-ed17-4f5f-8564-14ab72bff00b_h8xtbxqpx5b70 (expected: )

Can you help me ?

TNX !

Answer 23

Hello Frank Adim Costa,

To upload WP81 APPX, you need to create App-Identity first (https://dev.windows.com/en-us/dashboard/apps/9WZDNCRCV732/Identity); and then you need to link your project to that app in Visual Studio (to update the app manifest with right package Identity and family name).

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Answer 24

I need to use FilmsInTV (the name of the windows phone 8 and windows 8.1 apps).

In linked page I cannot use this name.

Why VisualStudio break windows phone 8 manifest converting it to windows phone 8.1, why it don't use the already reserved app name ?

It's really strange. FilmsInTV is an old windows phone 8 app with a reserved name. But with new devboard this name is missing. I don't understand.

EDIT:

SOLVED !
I had to add windows phone 8.1 package to windows 8.1 app not to windows phone 8.0 app.

Answer 25

I'm having the same issue after updating my app "Gefahren Info", ID 9nblggh09b1t, from WP7.1 to WP8.1 Silverlight:

Invalid package identity name: 788c1ca1-0cd5-46eb-84cf-4ec8a039d5aa (expected: )

Invalid package family name: 788c1ca1-0cd5-46eb-84cf-4ec8a039d5aa_3t0epabs2a730 (expected: )

I cannot leave these values empty as I'm getting build errors then.

I was not able to reserve the name on the App Identity page in the dev center.

I copied the required values from the WMAppManifest to the Package.appxmanifest as instructed here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/dn642081(v=vs.105).aspx

How can I fix this?

Answer 26

No one?

Answer 27

Hello Thomas Pentenrieder,

App 9NBLGGH09B1T does not have a package identity yet. You need to create one @ https://dev.windows.com/en-us/dashboard/apps/9NBLGGH09B1T/Identity.

May we know why you are not able to reserve a name? Make sure you are trying to reserve an available name (FYI - the name 'Gefahren Info' is already reserved by your another app 9WZDNCRDT194 - so you cannot create App Identity for 9NBLGGH09B1T using that name. You need to use some other available name. however once you will create App Identity, you can keep using the name 'Gefahren Info' for 9NBLGGH09B1T as well.

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Answer 28

Thanks for the Info. I forgot I already had reserved that name a while ago as a separate app. I have now deleted this one (there was no package uploaded to it, yet) to free up that name, but I don't think that worked.

I also cannot reserve a new / different name as I always get this message:

"We're sorry, an error has occurred. Please try again later."

Answer 29

sorry for that. could you please check again? App 9NBLGGH09B1T should have it's Identity now.

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Answer 30

thank you so much! I was able to submit the update just now.

Answer 31

"You need to use some other available name. however once you will create App Identity, you can keep using the name 'Gefahren Info' for 9NBLGGH09B1T as well."

What is difference between app name(your app tile) and app identity name(what is need reserved) regarding store search and etc?

If different app identities can have the same name what is the motivation for the name reservation?

Answer 32

hello devtommy,

let me try to answer your questions.

Usually every app has one unique App-Identity and a set of unique App Names. Enforcing the uniqueness is one of the main purpose of name reservation.

One App can reserve multiple App names - and uses one (or more) of those names in App Manifest. The names (used in App Manifest) are used in Store - so you can search in Store using those names. One App can have only one App-Identity. App-Identity is used by APPX-runtime - you cannot use App-Identity to search in Store.

Now there is an exception to the "unique App Names" rule. We didn't have the name-reservation concept back in days while developers developed WP7/WP8 XAP based application. We have many old WP7/WP8 applications. These Apps (and only these apps) can keep on using the old names even though the names are reserved by some other apps. these names are known as grandfathered names.

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Answer 33

True ! I have an app (FilmsInTV) with 2 APPID. One for windows phone 8 and one for windows 8.1/windows phone 8.1.

Can I join the apps ? The old have a great visibility in store. The new is "lost in space".
TNX

Answer 34

sorry, currently we do not have support yet to merge/join two apps.

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Answer 35

So how should I get over this problem?

cannot change package family name, the textbox is disabled and the value is wrong, have no idea where it comes from, but its wrong.

Answer 36

Hello "ISO_",

could you please provide more details along with the App Id? we will try our best to provide help and resolve the issue.

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Answer 37

Answer 38

"App Identity" page shows the App Id (URL for Windows 10: "https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nblgggzl0rz"). 9nblgggzl0rz is your App Id.

You have mentioned "... but in Visual Studio it automatically goes wrong ...". What is the value Visual Studio is showing? Could you please be more descriptive? Make sure you are linking with right App.

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Answer 39

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Answer 40

Right, WEDREX.Callinnimi_2mb7pv2z9q48a should be the right value for Package Family Name.

Could you please make sure to log into Visual Studio with right credentials, and then try to (re)link (Store -> Associate App with the Store ...) your project with right Store App?

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Answer 41

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Answer 42

Right, WEDREX.Callinnimi_2mb7pv2z9q48a should be the right value for Package Family Name.

Could you please make sure to log into Visual Studio with right credentials, and then try to (re)link (Store -> Associate App with the Store ...) your project with right Store App?

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Hi, Palash!

I have a published WP 7.5 Silverlight App which I lost the source code in my backups. I've rebuilt it from scratch as a WP 8.1 Silverlight app and I want to publish it as an update, but I'm getting the following errors when doing so:

Invalid package family name: 58415DE9DD5E3.MedicineClock_wfy4xfw7swcf0 (expected: 58415DE9DD5E3.MedicineClock_hv3da80d0654m)
Invalid package publisher name: CN=Luca (expected: CN=15991499-BC8A-4ABF-B46A-9AA656127DB2)


I was also getting the 'invalid package identity' error, but I've created an Identity for my app and fixed it on Package.appxmanifest file after reading this thread. However, I'm having the following problems when trying to fix the remaining issues:

1. The family name field is grayed out (disabled)
2. I can't find where to change the 'package publisher name' (I see only a 'publisher display name', which doesnt fix the issue).

I'm using Visual Studio 2015 and my app's Identity is 9NBLGGH0D7JJ.

Thanks in advance!
Luca

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Just a random noob.

Answer 43

Right, WEDREX.Callinnimi_2mb7pv2z9q48a should be the right value for Package Family Name.

Could you please make sure to log into Visual Studio with right credentials, and then try to (re)link (Store -> Associate App with the Store ...) your project with right Store App?

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thanks, palash biswas [MSFT]

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Hi, Palash!

I have a published WP 7.5 Silverlight App which I lost the source code in my backups. I've rebuilt it from scratch as a WP 8.1 Silverlight app and I want to publish it as an update, but I'm getting the following errors when doing so:

Invalid package family name: 58415DE9DD5E3.MedicineClock_wfy4xfw7swcf0 (expected: 58415DE9DD5E3.MedicineClock_hv3da80d0654m)
Invalid package publisher name: CN=Luca (expected: CN=15991499-BC8A-4ABF-B46A-9AA656127DB2)


I was also getting the 'invalid package identity' error, but I've created an Identity for my app and fixed it on Package.appxmanifest file after reading this thread. However, I'm having the following problems when trying to fix the remaining issues:

The family name field is grayed out (disabled)
I can't find where to change the 'package publisher name' (I see only a 'publisher display name', which doesnt fix the issue).
I'm using Visual Studio 2015 and my app's Identity is 9NBLGGH0D7JJ.

Thanks in advance!
Luca

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Just a random noob.

Answer 44

Hi, Palash!

I have a published WP 7.5 Silverlight App which I lost the source code in my backups. I've rebuilt it from scratch as a WP 8.1 Silverlight app and I want to publish it as an update, but I'm getting the following errors when doing so:

Invalid package family name: 58415DE9DD5E3 . MedicineClock_wfy4xfw7swcf0 (expected: 58415DE9DD5E3 . MedicineClock_hv3da80d0654m)  [I've added spaces around the dots so maybe the forum will allow me to post)
Invalid package publisher name: CN=Luca (expected: CN=15991499-BC8A-4ABF-B46A-9AA656127DB2)


I was also getting the 'invalid package identity' error, but I've created an Identity for my app and fixed it on Package . appxmanifest file after reading this thread. However, I'm having the following problems when trying to fix the remaining issues:

The family name field is grayed out (disabled)
I can't find where to change the 'package publisher name' (I see only a 'publisher display name', which doesnt fix the issue).
I'm using Visual Studio 2015 and my app's Identity is 9NBLGGH0D7JJ.

Thanks in advance!
Luca

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Just a random noob.

Answer 45

hello Kolger, sorry for taking long time to reply here.

Could you please re-associate your project with the right Store App in VS? VS should populate these fields (Package Identity Name, Package Family Name, Publisher Name, Publisher Id etc) correctly if you associate with right Store app.

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Answer 46

I have a similar issue after converting the project to WP 8.1 Silverlight using VS 2015. I get the same error. Certification passes but package upload throws error 

Package acceptance validation error: The publisher display name, Daniel, specified in the package doesn’t match the publisher name, Company Inc., that’s associated with the developer account.

Anyone has any fix to this? 

I do not see any option to associate the app in Visual Studio under this project type.

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Binoj Daniel
www.CodeRewind.com BiblePronto - Free Win8/RT Offline Bible App

Answer 47

I'm having the same problem with my UWP app. I kind of guess the problem is in the local signing part as it says that the publisher name differs. It expects "sibbl" but it's "sebas" - which is my local Windows user name.

I'm using VS2015 with all updates on the latest W10 insider build 14291. My app's ID is 9NBLGGH4RBFN.

Best Regards
Sebastian

Answer 48

Hello All,

If you need any further assistance with uploading your app packages please contact Dev Center support and open a support request.

-Eric

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