“Do Not Embed”, “Embed & Sign”, “Embed Without Signing”. What are they?. What they do?

Question

We have 3 new options in \"Frameworks, Libraries, and Embedded Content\" section of Xcode11 Beta for adding libraries.

Xcode Libraries section screenshot

Answer 1

Basically in XCode 10 in project settings (upon clicking on .xcodeproj file, with the blue icon) you had two framework-oriented sections visible - Embedded Binaries and Linked Frameworks and Libraries. Now they are merged into one.

Do Not Embed option is basically Linking given .framework into project.

Embed & Sign and Embed Without Signing is old Embedding option.

I am not entirely sure what is the functional difference between the last two, apart from the fact that framework will or will not be signed during assembly. If you want to know the difference between Linking and Embedding then here you can find SO answer on this.

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