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Summary

Frameworks are folders each containing a dynamic library and resources for that, library such as images and localization strings. All frameworks have the file extension.framework.

On the iOS there are 2 kinds of frameworks: public frameworks and private frameworks. Public frameworks are those ones endorsed by Apple and are allowed to be used in AppStore apps. Private frameworks are intended to be used only by original apps, and are more unstable against firmware changes, but many of the interesting features are in the private frameworks.

Public Frameworks

All public frameworks can be found inside /System/Library/Frameworks.

• List of iOS Public Frameworks from Apple.
• List of frameworks related to CoreAudio.

Private Frameworks

All private frameworks can be found inside /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks. The descriptions may be incorrect, since most frameworks are not documented after all.

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iOS 5 Private Frameworks

Framework	Description
FaceCoreLight	Face recognition.
Internal Preferences	Internal Settings.bundle relies on this framework.
FTServices	FaceTime / iMessage auth framework.
AXRuntime	Accessibility.
GPUSupport	Used extensively by the user-mode porion(外耳门上缘中点) of the PowerVR drivers.
H4ISPServices	Interface to the camera driver on H4 (Apple A5)
Twitter	Apple's twitter implementation in iOS 5.
OpenCL	Apple's implementation of Khronos' OpenCL.
XPCObjects	An Objective-C wrapper of the XPC interprocess(进程间) communication interface.
AppleSerialMultiplexer	An interface to the multiplexer(多样的) daemon.

Folders

Framework	2.x	3.x	4.x	Prefix	Language	Description
Accelerate	Yes	Yes	Yes	--	--	High-performance vector-accelerated libraries [1]. Pulls in vecLib, which contains libLAPACK, libBLAS and libvDSP.
AccessorySupport	No	Yes	Yes	AS	C	Probably related to the new accessory API
AccountSettings	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	ObjC	(Mail) accounts managing.
AccountSettingsUI	No	Yes	Yes	-	ObjC	UI for managing accounts.
ActorKit	No	Yes	Yes	AK	ObjC	Actor model
AdminLite	No	Yes	Yes	-	C	Unknown. Provides only 2 functions: AdminLiteNVRAMSet and nvram_set.
AggregateDictionary	No	Yes	Yes	AD	?
AOSNotification	Yes	Yes	Yes	AOS	C	MobileMe Sync.
AppSupport	Yes	Yes	Yes	CP	C, ObjC	Distributed messaging, Phone number formatting, Geographical info, SQLite, etc.
Apple80211	Yes	No	No	-	C	WiFi. On 3.0 the same functionality is provided by the MobileWiFi framework.
AppleJPEG	Yes	Yes	No	-	C	Create CGImage from JPEG.
ApplePushService	No	Yes	Yes	APS	ObjC	Apple push service. Manages connection to Apple's servers for push notifications.
AppleVXD375Framework	No	Yes	No	-	C	MPEG-4 hardware related (???)
AppleWirelessDiagnostics	No	No	Yes	-	?	Related to the iOS Diagnostics app?
ApplicationScripting	No	Yes	Yes	-	ObjC	Simulator-only framework to allow users to use scripts (e.g. Javascript) to control the applications.
ArtworkCache	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	C	Process .artwork files
AssetLibraryServices	No	No	Yes	-	?
AXRuntime	No	Yes	No	AX	C	Supports accessibility (VoiceOver, etc.)
BluetoothManager	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	ObjC	Higher-level bluetooth manager using MobileBluetooth.
Bom	Yes	Yes	Yes	BOM	C	Filesystem and PKZip related (???)
Calculate	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	C	Compute results of mathematical equations (as a C string). See [2] for usage.
Calendar	Yes	Yes	No	Cal	C, ObjC	Manages the calendar (and events).
CalendarUI	Yes	Yes	No	-	ObjC	UI toolkits for the calendar.
Camera	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	C	Take and preview photos from camera.
CaptiveNetwork	?	Yes	Yes	-	?
Celestial	Yes	Yes	Yes	AV, Fig	C, ObjC	(AV) Audio & video control; (Fig) Recoding, photo, video capturing and post-processing.
CertUI	No	No	Yes	-	?
ChatKit	No	Yes	Yes	CK	ObjC	UI toolkit for SMS and MMS messages.
Conference	No	No	Yes		?	FaceTime?
ContentIndex	No	Yes	Yes	CX	C	Document processing (???)
CoreDAV	No	No	Yes	-	?
CoreMedia	Yes	Yes	No	CM, Fig	C	?
CoreSurface	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	C	Direct read/write of screen buffer.
CoreTelephony	Yes	Yes	No	CT, VM, Mms	C, C++ (for Mms)	Telephone services, Voice mailbox, MMS.
CoreTelephonyBypass	?	?	Yes	?	?
CoreText	No	Yes	No	CT	C	Advanced font management. Public as of 3.2.
CoreVideo	Yes	Yes	No	CV	C	Frame-by-frame video processing [3]
CrashReporterSupport	Yes	Yes	Yes	CR	C	Crash reporter support.
DataAccess	Yes	Yes	Yes	AS, CalDAV, DA	ObjC	Push mail/calendar support.
DataAccessExpress	Yes	Yes	Yes	DA	ObjC	Query/search push mails (???).
DataAccessUI	?	?	Yes
DataDetectorsCore	No	Yes	Yes	DD	C	Match form fields to auto-fill fields (e.g. name, zip-code, etc.) or linkable texts (e.g. URL, phone number, etc.)
DataDetectorsUI	No	Yes	Yes	DD	ObjC	?
DataMigration	Yes	Yes	Yes	DM	C	Migrate data on restoring to updated firmware.
DAVKit	No	Yes	Yes	AY, DAV, DK	ObjC	WebDAV support.
DeviceToDeviceManager	No	Yes	Yes	D2D	C	Device-to-device manager.
EAP8021X	Yes	Yes	Yes	EAP	C	Extensible(可延长的) Authentication Protocol for wireless network [4]
GameKitServices	No	No	Yes			For Game Center.
GeoServices	No	No	Yes
GMM	Yes	Yes	Yes	GMM	ObjC, C++	Google Mobile Maps.
GraphicsServices	Yes	Yes	Yes	GS	C	Event handling, capability check, colors and fonts, etc.
H2ISPServices	No	Yes	Yes	-	C++	Camera related.
H3ISPServices	?	?	Yes	-
IAP	Yes	Yes	Yes	IAP	C	Manages accessory connections.
iCalendar	No	Yes	Yes	ICS	ObjC, C++	iCalendar support.
Image Capture	No	No	Yes
ImageIO	Yes	Yes	Yes	CG	C	Read/write images for common image formats. [5]
IMAVCore	No	No	Yes
IMCore	No	No	Yes
IOMobileFramebuffer	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	C	Framebuffer access.
IOSurface	No	Yes	Yes	-	C	Lower level interface of CoreSurface.
ITSync	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	ObjC	iTunes Sync.
iTunesStore	Yes	Yes	Yes	IS	C, ObjC	iTunes Music Store support.
iTunesStoreUI	Yes	Yes	Yes	SU	ObjC	UI toolkit for iTunes Music Store.
iWorkImport	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	C	Convert iWork documents to HTML.
JavaScriptCore	Yes	Yes	Yes	JS, WTF	C, C++	WebKit's Javascript interpreter. Source code available in [6].
JSON	No	No	Yes
LDAP	No	Yes	Yes	ber, ldap	C	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
ManagedConfiguration	Yes	Yes	Yes	MC	ObjC	Manager for .MobileConfig profiles.
MapKit	Yes	No	No	MK	ObjC	Objective-C Wrapper and UI toolkit for maps. It becomes a public framework in 3.0.
MapSupport	?	?	Yes
MBX2D	Yes	Yes	Yes	mbx	C	2D (and a little 3D) image operations (blending, affine(仿射的) transform, etc.) on the GPU.
MBXConnect	Yes	No	No	mbx	C	Send commands to GPU. This framework is merged into MBX2D in 3.0.
MediaToolbox	Yes	Yes	Yes	Fig	C	Manages media file formats.
Message	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	ObjC	Manages emails.
MessageUI	Yes	No	No	-	ObjC	UI toolkit for composing emails. It becomes a public framework in 3.0.
MessageUtilities	Yes	No	No	-	ObjC	String utilities for email parsing. It is merged with the new framework "MIME" in 3.0.
MIME	No	Yes	Yes	-	ObjC	MIME encoder/decoder. This was split from the Message framwork(框架) from 2.x.
MobileBluetooth	Yes	Yes	Yes	BT	C	Manages bluetooth connections.
MobileDeviceLink	Yes	Yes	Yes	DL	C	Send and receive file on device, with encryption support.
MobileIcons	?	?	Yes
MobileInstallation	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	C	Install apps.
MobileKeyBag	?	?	Yes	-
MobileMusicPlayer	Yes	Yes	No	PC, _MPlayer	C	Read and set properties about the global music player (current song, is Genius enabled, etc.).
MobileQuickLook	No	Yes	No	QL	C	View attachments.
MobileSoftwareUpdate	?	?	Yes	-
MobileSync	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	C	Sync calendars, bookmarks, mail accounts, notes and contacts with computer.
MobileWiFi	No	Yes	Yes	-	C	Obtain WiFi info, e.g. WEP/WPA, SSID, power output etc.
MobileWirelessSync	≥2.1	Yes	Yes	MWS	C	Sync calendars, bookmarks, notes and contacts with Mobile Me.
MultitouchSupport	Yes	Yes	Yes	MT	C	Multitouch support, e.g. pressure, proximity and path detection.
MusicLibrary	Yes	Yes	Yes	ML	ObjC	Access music library and photo album.
MusicLibraryDDB	No	Yes	No	-	ObjC, C++	Looks similar to MusicLibrary, yet they are independent frameworks...
Notes	No	Yes	Yes	-	C	Read/write notes. It is split off from the Notes.app in 3.0 to support Spotlight.
OfficeImport	Yes	Yes	Yes	OI	C	Convert Microsoft Office documents into HTML.
PersistentConnection	Yes	Yes	Yes	PC	C	Maintain a persistent connection with another server. It also deals with power managements for this purpose.
PhotoLibrary	Yes	Yes	Yes	PL	ObjC	UI toolkit for the photo album, video list, the camera view and media publishing.
PhotoLibraryServices	?	?	Yes
PortableStorage	?	?	Yes
Preferences	Yes	Yes	Yes	PS	ObjC	Supports custom preference bundles.
PrintKit	No	No	≥4.2	PK	ObjC	The basis for the AirPrint feature.
ProofReader	?	?	Yes			Spellcheck and AutoCorrect
ProtocolBuffer	No	Yes	Yes	PB	ObjC	Provides support for Protocol Buffers. [7]
ScreenReaderCore	No	Yes	?	SCRC	ObjC	Screen reader (read text at finger position).
Search	No	Yes	?	SP	ObjC	Spotlight support.
SMSCTServer	No	Yes	?	SMS	ObjC	Server to receive and interpret SMS.
SportsTrainer	No	Yes	?	ST	ObjC	UI toolkit for Nike+iPod workouts.
SpringBoardServices	Yes	Yes	?	SB, SBS	C	Provides Mach port and convenient functions for apps to communicate with the SpringBoard. Content includes get/set app properties, get/set watchdog assertions(断言), get accelerometer(加速计) events and UI orientation, get/set status bar appearance, and send/receive push notifications.
SpringBoardUI	≥2.1	Yes	?	-	ObjC	Supports SBAwayView plugins (lock screen widgets).
Symbolication	Yes	Yes	?	VMU	ObjC	Analyze Mach-O executables, task sampling, memory view.
TelephonyUI	Yes	Yes	?	TP	ObjC	UI toolkit for telephone system.
TextInput	No	Yes	Yes	UI, KB	ObjC, C++	Keyboard input managers. This framework is split from UIKit from 2.x.
UIAccessibility	No	Yes	Yes	-	ObjC	Accessibility server.
URLify	Yes	No	No	CP	ObjC	Match URL in a string. Replaced by data detectors in 3.0.
VideoToolbox	Yes	Yes	?	VT	C	Video compression/decompression(解压), encoding/decoding for H.264 and MP4 Video.
VisualVoicemail	Yes	Yes	?	VV	ObjC	Supports visual voicemail.
VoiceMemos	No	Yes	?	RC	ObjC	UI toolkit for recording voice memos.
VoiceServices	No	Yes	Yes	VS	ObjC	Voice recognition and text to speech.
WebCore	Yes	Yes	Yes	DOM, WAK, WK	ObjC, C++	WebKit's Rendering engine. Source code available in [8].
WebKit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Web	ObjC	WebKit. UI toolkit to show a web page.
WebUI	No	Yes	Yes	-	ObjC	Addition UI for Web views, e.g. Authentication view, certificate view, etc.
XMPP	Yes	Yes	No	-	C	Extensible(可延长的) Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP / Jabber).
YouTube	Yes	Yes	Yes	YT	ObjC	YouTube support.

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