After watching the WWDC 2016 video optimizing App Startup time, Apple suggested developer can merge several frameworks (dynamic library not static) into one to improve the app c
For dynamic frameworks lipo -create path/yourFramework1 path/yourFramework2 -output path/yourFramework
lipo -create path/yourFramework1 path/yourFramework2 -output path/yourFramework
For .a libraries
lipo -create '/sim/lib.a' '/dev/lib.a' -output 'lib.a'
output contains i386 and armv7