PrivateFrameworks - iPhone Development Wiki

Private frameworks are frameworks which are decided by Apple being not of public interest and developers should not use them. Using private frameworks to develop AppStore apps will surely be rejected.

Frameworks and Libraries

Public	Foundation • UIKit • CoreFoundation • MapKit • AudioToolbox • QuartzCore • IOKit • CoreText • CoreTelephony • MediaPlayer • ImageIO • AVFoundation • ARKit • AVFAudio • AVKit • Accelerate • Accounts • AdServices • AdSupport • AVRouting • AddressBook • AddressBookUI • AppIntents • AppTrackingTransparency • AssetsLibrary • AudioUnit • AuthenticationServices • AppClip • AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration • BackgroundAssets • BackgroundTasks • BusinessChat • CFNetwork • Callkit • CarKey • CarPlay • CHIP • Charts • ClassKit • ClockKit • CloudKit • ColorSync • Combine • Contacts • ContactsUI • CoreAudio • CoreAudioKit • CoreBluetooth • CoreData • CoreGraphics • CoreHaptics • CoreImage • CoreLocation • CoreLocationUI • CoreMIDI • CoreML • CoreMedia • CoreMotion • CoreNFC • CoreServices • CoreSpotlight • CoreTransferable • CoreVideo • CreateML • CreateMLComponents • CryptoKit • CryptoTokenKit • DataDetection • DeveloperToolsSupport • DeviceActivity • DeviceCheck • DeviceDiscoveryExtension • DriverKit • EventKit • EventKitUI • ExposureNotification • ExtensionFoundation • ExtensionKit • ExternalAccessory • FamilyControls • FileProvider • FileProviderUI • IOSurface

Private	Preferences • AppSupport • Calculate • GraphicsServices • SpringBoardServices • Message • ChatKit • AdminLite • SpringBoardUI • ApplicationScripting • AppleJPEG • MobileIcons • TelephonyUI • MobileWiFi • BackBoardServices • BulletinBoard • MediaRemote • ActorKit.framework/fr • BiometricKit • UserNotificationsUIKit • MPUFoundation • ControlCenterUI • ActorKit • SpringBoardHome • WeatherUI • OnBoardingKit • WorkflowKit • ABMHelper • ACTFramework • AOSKit • APFS • WiFiKit • SpringBoardUIServices • FrontBoardServices • MaterialKit

dylibs	liblockdown • libicucore • libMobileGestalt

Library Subdirectories

/System/Library	PreferenceBundles • Internet Plug-Ins • PrivateFrameworks • PublishingBundles • SearchBundles • SpringBoardPlugins • VoiceServices • Frameworks

/Library	PreferenceLoader • Libactivator • ActionMenu • Libhide • Flipswitch • AppList • RocketBootstrap • LightMessaging • Libobjcipc • IconSupport • Cydia Substrate • Libundirect

~/Library	SBSettings

/usr/lib	LayerSnapshotter