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Any comment on Cocoa Touch Framework vs Cocoa Touch Static library?
Can you distribute a Framework like a static library without source code?
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Cocoa Touch Static Library. A. A static library is a collection of compiled source files which is then linked directly into an app's binary. That is, it becomes a part of your app's binary.
Both Cocoa and Cocoa Touch include the Objective-C runtime and two core frameworks: Cocoa, which includes the Foundation and AppKit frameworks, is used for developing applications that run on OS X. Cocoa Touch, which includes Foundation and UIKit frameworks, is used for developing applications that run on iOS.
The Cocoa frameworks. The classes in Foundation provide objects and functionality that are the basis, or “foundation,” of Cocoa. The classes in Application Kit furnish the objects and behavior that your users see in the user interface, such as windows and buttons, and handle their mouse clicks and key presses.
Cocoa Touch framework support was added in Xcode 6 primarily to support App Extensions in iOS 8 and Mac OS 10.10. App extensions have to be built as Cocoa Touch frameworks.
Frameworks also require less manual work to set up in a project than static libraries, although CocoaPods largely takes care of these pain points.
Frameworks can be - and are by by default - built without the source code in the build target. Usually only header file(s) are in the target. Therefore, you could create and share a binary only Framework.
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