Presenting MFMessageComposeViewController as soon as the user selects a contact from ABPeoplePickerNavigationController - iphone

Question

Im working on an app which allows the user to select a contact from phone's address book and displays that contact in the UITableView. Im using following code to pick up the contact;
-(IBAction)pickPhoneContacts:(id)sender //opens phone's address book
{
ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *picker =
[[ABPeoplePickerNavigationController alloc] init];
picker.peoplePickerDelegate = self;
[self presentViewController:picker animated:YES completion:nil];
}
//called when user presses the cancel button in the Address book view controller
- (void)peoplePickerNavigationControllerDidCancel:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController*)peoplePicker
{
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}
//called when user pics up a contact from the phone's address book
- (BOOL)peoplePickerNavigationController:
(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)peoplePicker
shouldContinueAfterSelectingPerson:(ABRecordRef)person {
[self displayPerson:person]; //calls displayPerson:(ABRecordRef)person to show contact's information in the app
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:NULL];
return NO;
}
//called when the user selects the property of the contact. This method will not be called in the app but included to complete the implementation of the protocol
- (BOOL)peoplePickerNavigationController:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)
peoplePicker shouldContinueAfterSelectingPerson:(ABRecordRef)person
property:(ABPropertyID)property identifier:(ABMultiValueIdentifier)identifier
{
return NO;
}
//Displays the contact name and the contact's primary number in the app's text fields (add contact view controller)
- (void)displayPerson:(ABRecordRef)person
{
NSString* name = (__bridge_transferNSString*)ABRecordCopyValue(person,kABPersonFirstNameProperty); //Extracts the contact's first name from address book & assigns it to a string value
self.contactNameTextFiled.text = name;
NSString* phone = nil;
//Extracts the first phone number among multiple contact numbers from address book & assigns it to a string value
ABMultiValueRef phoneNumbers = ABRecordCopyValue(person,kABPersonPhoneProperty);
if (ABMultiValueGetCount(phoneNumbers) > 0)
{
phone = (__bridge_transfer NSString*)
ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(phoneNumbers, 0);
}
else
{
phone = #"[None]";
}
self.primaryNumberTextField.text = phone;
CFRelease(phoneNumbers);
}
Now the task is, as soon as the user pics up a contact from the address book, the ABPeoplePickerNavigator should dismiss and immediately MFMessageComposeViewController should present with a default message and the picked contact number. So that the user of the app should send a message to the picked contact number. I have used following code for message compose view controller;
-(void)sendSMS
{
MFMessageComposeViewController *controller = [[MFMessageComposeViewController alloc] init];
if([MFMessageComposeViewController canSendText])
{
controller.body = #"Test Message";
controller.recipients = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:#"111222333", nil];
controller.messageComposeDelegate = self;
[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:nil];
}
}
Now please help me where should I call this method so that the MFMessageComposeViewController should present as soon as the ABPeoplePickerNavigationController dismiss.

Answer 1

Use new function dismissViewControllerAnimated: completion: so after completion call send sms as i have edited your code.
- (BOOL)peoplePickerNavigationController:
(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)peoplePicker
shouldContinueAfterSelectingPerson:(ABRecordRef)person {
[self displayPerson:person]; //calls displayPerson:(ABRecordRef)person to show contact's information in the app
// [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:NULL];
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:^{
[self sendSMS];
}];
return NO;
}

Answer 2

Set animation of your adresscontroller to No when you are dismissing it
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:NO completion:nil];

Answer 3

Try in
- (BOOL)peoplePickerNavigationController:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)peoplePicker shouldContinueAfterSelectingPerson:(ABRecordRef)person;
call
-(void)sendSMS
in dismissViewControllerAnimated:completion: completion handler.
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:{[self sendSMS]}];
Hopes this helps.

Answer 4

in .h file
MFMessageComposeViewController *controller ;
ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *picker;
and in .m just do this
in -(void)sendSMS
{
//other code
[picker presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:nil];
}