Is using #import <AppTrackingTransparency/AppTrackingTransparency.h> the same as linking the AppTrackingTransparency.framework?

With the ever-confusing AppTrackingTransparency setup, I have been simply adding

Privacy - Tracking Usage Description - My description

To the .plist file, as well as using

#import <AppTrackingTransparency/AppTrackingTransparency.h>

in my AppDelegate.h file.

As well as calling;

if (@available(iOS 14, *)) {
            [ATTrackingManager requestTrackingAuthorizationWithCompletionHandler:^(ATTrackingManagerAuthorizationStatus status) {
                switch (status) {
                    case ATTrackingManagerAuthorizationStatusAuthorized:
                        NSLog(@"ATTrackingManagerAuthorizationStatusAuthorized");
                        
                        break;
                    case ATTrackingManagerAuthorizationStatusDenied:
                       
                        NSLog(@"ATTrackingManagerAuthorizationStatusDenied");
                        break;
                    case ATTrackingManagerAuthorizationStatusRestricted:
                        
                        NSLog(@"ATTrackingManagerAuthorizationStatusRestricted");
                        break;
                    case ATTrackingManagerAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined:
                        
                        NSLog(@"ATTrackingManagerAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined");
                        break;
                }
            }];
        } else {
           
            // Fallback on earlier versions
        }
    
}

All has been OK with regards to compiling, and even submitting the apps, however I have now realised I have not been importing the AppTrackingTransparency.framework inside the 'Build Phases' section of Xcode.

Should I be adding this framework inside the build phases as well, is it a problem that I have not done it so far?

If you can successfully get your app compiled, you surely already link your app with your AppTrackingTransparency.framework in some way.

Otherwise, you will see error message from Xcode like screenshot below:

Do you use CocoaPods, Carthage or Swift Package Manager? Maybe one of your package link to AppTrackingTransparency.framework.