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Re: What is the difference between linked frameworks and other frameworks in an Xcode project

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Re: What is the difference between linked frameworks and other frameworks in an Xcode project

Subject: Re: What is the difference between linked frameworks and other frameworks in an Xcode project
From: Chris Espinosa <email@hidden>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:48:28 -0800

On Feb 24, 2009, at 11:27 PM, "Michael A. Crawford" <email@hidden > wrote:

I have a project that has two groupings for frameworks: Linked and Other. Under Linked Frameworks I have QuarzCore.framework and Cocoa.framework. Under Other Frameworks I have CoreData.framework, Foundation.framework, and AppKit.framework.

This appears to have been done automatically, or at least, I did not consciously group these frameworks this way. What is the distinction?

This is an historical convention in Xcide project templates. Because many Mac OS X frameworks are "umbrella" frameworks, the ones you link with (like Cocoa) don't directly contain the header files that you may want direct access to. So the convention developed of adding the subframeworks to the project for the purpose of browsing, but not actually linking against them -- hence "Other Frameworks."

Remember that a) Gtoups (yellow folders) are just an organizational convenience, and b) project membership means little; what's important is *target* membership.

Linked Franeworks are target members for linking against; Other Franeworks are not target members, and are in the project for convenient reference.

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