How can you make a UITabBarController go directly to your address book? - iphone

Question

I saw an implementation, but I need help as to where it exactly goes. So I've got the TabBarController open and I saw code such as this to put in
picker = [[ABPeoplePickerNavigationController alloc] init];
// place the delegate of the picker to the control
picker.peoplePickerDelegate = self;
picker.view.frame = self.view.bounds;
[self.view addSubview:picker.view];
This was the original question
"I would like to display a UIAddressBook inside my UITabBarController (which is also embedded in a UINavigationController) instead of displaying it modally every single time. In other words, I would like to access an address-book inside an already-existing tab bar controller and navigation controller. When I display it modally, the two disappear since it's an entirely new view. However, I could not find the documentation to embed it. Does anyone have any pointers?"
So to clarify where I stand, I've got a new TabBar project setup and I want the 2nd tab bar to open up contacts automatically. How do I go about doing that? Sorry for my ignorance, I'm very new to iOS.

Answer 1

Here is Simple example of that use for you/beginners.
Following code help you for get most of data of people from contact list.
First Add all Delegate and Datasource method in your class .h file
<ABPeoplePickerNavigationControllerDelegate,ABPersonViewControllerDelegate,ABNewPersonViewControllerDelegate,ABUnknownPersonViewControllerDelegate>
Create ABPeoplePickerNavigationController
ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *picker = [[ABPeoplePickerNavigationController alloc] init];
[[picker navigationBar] setBarStyle:UIBarStyleBlack];
picker.peoplePickerDelegate = self;
// Display only a person's phone, email, and birthdate
NSArray *displayedItems = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:[NSNumber numberWithInt:kABPersonPhoneProperty],nil];
picker.displayedProperties = displayedItems;
// Show the picker
[self presentModalViewController:picker animated:YES];
[picker release];
Add Following Delegate and DataSource method of ABPeopelPickerNavigationController
#pragma mark - ABPeopelPickerNavigationController Delegate and DataSource Methods
- (void)peoplePickerNavigationControllerDidCancel:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)peoplePicker
{
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
- (void)unknownPersonViewController:(ABUnknownPersonViewController *)unknownCardViewController didResolveToPerson:(ABRecordRef)person
{
}
- (void)newPersonViewController:(ABNewPersonViewController *)newPersonView didCompleteWithNewPerson:(ABRecordRef)person
{
}
- (BOOL)personViewController:(ABPersonViewController *)personViewController shouldPerformDefaultActionForPerson:(ABRecordRef)person property:(ABPropertyID)property identifier:(ABMultiValueIdentifier)identifier
{
return YES;
}
- (BOOL)peoplePickerNavigationController:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)peoplePicker shouldContinueAfterSelectingPerson:(ABRecordRef)person property:(ABPropertyID)property identifier:(ABMultiValueIdentifier)identifier;
{
return YES;
}
Below code for get all the information of people from phonebook
- (BOOL)peoplePickerNavigationController:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)peoplePicker shouldContinueAfterSelectingPerson:(ABRecordRef)person
{
ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate();
int i;
NSString *strName = #"";
NSString* company = #"";
NSString *address = #"";
NSString *suburb = #"";
NSString *postalcode = #"";
NSString *state = #"";
NSString *country = #"";
NSString *mobile = #"";
NSString *phone = #"";
NSString *emailid = #"";
strName = (NSString *)ABRecordCopyCompositeName((ABRecordRef) person);
CFStringRef name = ABRecordCopyCompositeName((ABRecordRef) person);
company = (NSString *)ABRecordCopyValue((ABRecordRef) person, kABPersonOrganizationProperty);
NSArray* allPeople = (NSArray *)ABAddressBookCopyPeopleWithName(addressBook,name);
CFRelease(name);
for (i = 0; i < [allPeople count]; i++)
{
ABRecordRef record = [allPeople objectAtIndex:i];
ABMutableMultiValueRef multiValue = ABRecordCopyValue(record, kABPersonAddressProperty);
for(CFIndex i=0; i<ABMultiValueGetCount(multiValue); i++)
{
NSString* HomeLabel = (NSString*)ABMultiValueCopyLabelAtIndex(multiValue, i);
if([HomeLabel isEqualToString:#"_$!<Home>!$_"])
{
CFDictionaryRef dict = ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(multiValue, i);
address = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#", CFDictionaryGetValue(dict, kABPersonAddressStreetKey)];
suburb = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#", CFDictionaryGetValue(dict, kABPersonAddressCityKey)];
postalcode = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#", CFDictionaryGetValue(dict, kABPersonAddressZIPKey)];
state = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#", CFDictionaryGetValue(dict, kABPersonAddressStateKey)];
country = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#", CFDictionaryGetValue(dict, kABPersonAddressCountryKey)];
CFRelease(dict);
}
CFRelease(HomeLabel);
}
CFRelease(multiValue);
}
CFRelease(allPeople);
ABMultiValueRef phones =(NSString*)ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonPhoneProperty);
NSString* mobileLabel = nil;
for(CFIndex i = 0; i < ABMultiValueGetCount(phones); i++)
{
mobileLabel = (NSString*)ABMultiValueCopyLabelAtIndex(phones, i);
if([mobileLabel isEqualToString:(NSString *)kABPersonPhoneMobileLabel])
{
mobile = (NSString*)ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(phones, i);
NSLog(#"phone %#",mobile);
}
else if ([mobileLabel isEqualToString:(NSString*)kABPersonPhoneIPhoneLabel])
{
phone = (NSString*)ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(phones, i);
NSLog(#"phone %#",phone);
CFRelease(mobileLabel);
break ;
}
CFRelease(mobileLabel);
}
CFStringRef value, label;
ABMutableMultiValueRef multi = ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonEmailProperty);
CFIndex count = ABMultiValueGetCount(multi);
if (count == 1)
{
value = ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(multi, 0);
emailid = (NSString*) value;
NSLog(#"self.emailID %#",emailid);
CFRelease(value);
}
else
{
for (CFIndex i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
label = ABMultiValueCopyLabelAtIndex(multi, i);
value = ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(multi, i);
// check for Work e-mail label
if (CFStringCompare(label, kABWorkLabel, 0) == 0)
{
emailid = (NSString*) value;
NSLog(#"self.emailID %#",emailid);
}
else if(CFStringCompare(label, kABHomeLabel, 0) == 0)
{
emailid = (NSString*) value;
NSLog(#"self.emailID %#",emailid);
}
CFRelease(label);
CFRelease(value);
}
}
CFRelease(multi);
}
CFRelease(phones);
CFRelease(addressBook);
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
return NO;
}
For more information read this and this tutorial.
Thanks :)