Unable to build a valid certificate chain for the signer

Iain757

I am using AnimateCC 2021 on MacOS X and attempting to publish my .app using AIR 32 with the aim of it becoming a non-Mac-Store-App after signing and notarising with Apple.

If I use AnimateCC self-signing certificate during publishing the .app is published without errors.

If I use my Apple Developer ID certificate (.p12) during publishing I get the error ‘'Could not sign the AIR file. Unable to build a valid certificate chain for the signer'. I’ve spent many hours reading forums and trying various suggestions but to no avail.

I have just read this forum, very informative I must say, thus joined up.

Is is permissible to publish my .app with the AnimateCC self-signing certificate (because it the works) THEN sign my AnimateCC self-signed published .app with my Apple Developer ID certificate and then notarise it.
Would this get it past ‘Gatekeeper’ during installation and then run successfully or would the Adobe self-signed certificate cause problems with my .app running on a Mac?

I’m not an experienced programmer and I’m having difficulty understanding the current issues. Any help, suggestions, pointers very much appreciated.

Regards,
Alex.

joshtynjala

Iain757 Is is permissible to publish my .app with the AnimateCC self-signing certificate (because it the works) THEN sign my AnimateCC self-signed published .app with my Apple Developer ID certificate and then notarise it.

Yes, this is exactly how I do it for one of my apps. I could never find a way to get the AIR packing process to properly use my Apple Developer ID certificate. However, I found that I could use Apple's /usr/bin/codesign command line tool after packaging.

Iain757

Many thanks Josh, I’ve been trying various Apple Certificates and combination of Apple Developer ID certificates ‘exported’ to .p12 to see if they can be used by the AnimateCC ‘Publish’ operation but to no avail.

Regards,
Alex.