Open source bundle identifier taken!

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ratreya OP

Created Sep ’19

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I have an open source project that uses the following bundle id: com.daivajnanam.inputmethod.LipikaIME.

Since Mac App Store does not support distributing Input Sources, I distribute it using my own pkg installer.

However, since my last distribution, I seem to have deleted the identifier. And I suspect someone forking my project has registered it into their own development team. Now, I am unable to register it myself! How do I get back my own bundle id?

Error Message:

The app identifier "com.daivajnanam.inputmethod.LipikaIME" cannot be registered to your development team. Change your bundle identifier to a unique string to try again.

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Sep ’19

How do I get back my own bundle id?

Most apps distributed outside of the Mac App Store don’t need a provisioning profile, and thus don’t need to register their App ID (of which the bundle ID is a component). If that’s the case with your product, you can just ignore this problem.

If you do need a provisioning profile — for example, you use CloudKit — then you will need a registered App ID, which leaves you with two choices:

You can change your bundle ID, making sure to register the resulting App ID this time.
You can try to track down the person who registered this App ID and have them release it. Alas, that’s not easy, especially if that person isn’t shipping a product using that App ID.

ps I have personal experience with your plight. Through some sequence of events that I don’t fully understand, one of my code samples had its App ID ‘stolen’ by a third-party developer. I eventually just gave up and changed my bundle ID.

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