Hopper to disassemble the UIKit.framework from Xcode

Question

I use Hopper Disassembler to disassemble the UIKit.framework. I usually select the binary from /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/UIKit.framework/UIKit but since I'm using Xcode 9 and later, I'm unable to find the binary to do the disassembling. The Xcode 8 UIKit.framework has the binary but the Xcode 9 UIKit.framework has only a UIKit.tbd file.

How can I achieve the disassemble in recent Xcodes?

Answer 1

Apple split up UIKit. The framework you are looking for is in ../PrivateFrameworks/UIKitCore.framework

Xcode 10 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/Library/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/UIKitCore.framework/UIKitCore

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Xcode 11, 12 & 13 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Profiles/Runtimes/iOS.simruntime/Contents/Resources/RuntimeRoot/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/UIKitCore.framework/UIKitCore