This repo describes swift's automatic linkage of modules if you import them and use symbols from them (see import Dynamic in AppDelegate.swift).
This repo was created to support this stackoverflow question.
In this project, we have a main target (LinkerTests) and a dependent dynamic framework (Dynamic).
If you run the project, you will see the following dyld library load:
dyld: loaded: {DerivedDataPath}/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/Dynamic.framework/Dynamic
This dyld library load happens due to import Dynamic in AppDelegate.swift despite of the following:
Link Binary With Librariesbuild phase is emptyCLANG_MODULES_AUTOLINKis set to false
Update:
To achieve the desired result you should use -disable-autolink-framework swift compiler flag:
OTHER_SWIFT_FLAGS = "-Xfrontend" "-disable-autolink-framework" "-Xfrontend" "Dynamic"