Issue when trying to set "Do not embed" for dynamic library

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MEidinger OP

Created May ’20

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Hi,

I am a framework developer and want to use a Swift package as a dependency in my framework. When adding a Swift package to a project, choosing package product "Foo" of kind "Dynamic Library" then it is added to the desired target. The dynamic library appears in Target as following:

General -> Framework and Libraries

Name: Foo

Embed: Embed + Sign

Build Phases -> Link Binary with Libraries

Name: Foo

Status: Required

Build Phases -> Embed Frameworks

Name: Foo

Code Sign on Copy: ✓

Issue: When I attempt to switch embed status to

Do not Emb

, Xcode again will simply delete the dependency.

Observed in Xcode versions: 11.3.1 and higher

Expected behavior: Xcode shall allow to use

Do not Embed

in my framework's project file and let the main project embed the library

Workaround: Modify the xcodeproj file manually with a text editor and remove the embed phase. This was proposed in https://forums.swift.org/t/is-this-an-xcode-bug-or-somehow-related-to-spm/33987/2

I'd like to know if Xcode behavior is a bug. If it is not a bug then it would be great to explain the rationale behind it. Is it that in theory, the main project could embed one version of the library binary while the framework is linked against another resulting in unexpected behavior.

Thanks,

Marco

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Answer 1

jh_tds OP

Sep ’20

Still having the same issue in Xcode 12. Also like to know if this is a bug or not.

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Answer 2

Brandon.levasseur.publix OP

Dec ’20

This is definitely a bug and is still in Xcode 12 -_-/

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