In my app i am getting contacts like this..
ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate();
CFArrayRef allPeople = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople(addressBook);
CFIndex nPeople = ABAddressBookGetPersonCount(addressBook);
for( int i=0;i< nPeople;i++)
{
ABRecordRef ref = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(allPeople, i);
CFStringRef firstName = ABRecordCopyValue(ref, kABPersonFirstNameProperty);
.....
and so on
}
can anyone suggest me how to get the group for nPeople.
Check the following documentation
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/UserExperience/Reference/AddressBook/Classes/ABPerson_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/instm/ABPerson/parentGroups
There is a method parentGroups which returns the array of groups to which the person belongs...........
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I'd like to get my iPhone's contacts list without using the iOS Navigation Picker.
Here's the code I wrote...but it's not working, do you know why?
ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL, NULL);
CFArrayRef allPeopleRef = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeopleInSourceWithSortOrdering(addressBook, nil, kABPersonSortByFirstName);
CFIndex nPeople = ABAddressBookGetPersonCount(addressBook);
for(int i=0; i<nPeople; i++){
ABRecordRef ref = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(allPeopleRef, i );
CFStringRef tmpStringRef = ABRecordCopyValue(ref, kABPersonFirstNameProperty);
NSLog(#"FirstName: %#", (__bridge NSString *)tmpStringRef);
CFRelease(tmpStringRef);
}
CFRelease(allPeopleRef);
CFRelease(addressBook);
Is it possible to know the number of entries stored inside the iOS address book programmatically?
Use ABAddressBookGetPersonCount to count total contacts, Like :-
ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate( );
CFArrayRef allPeople = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople( addressBook );
CFIndex nPeople = ABAddressBookGetPersonCount( addressBook );
for ( int i = 0; i < nPeople; i++ )
{
ABRecordRef ref = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex( allPeople, i );
...
}
ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate();
CFArrayRef people = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople(addressBook);
CFIndex peopleCount = CFArrayGetCount(people);
CFArrayRef groups = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllGroups(addressBook);
CFIndex groupsCount = CFArrayGetCount(groups);
For more information please see the Address Book Programming Guide for iOS.
I Want to get the contacts on the device without using ABPeoplePickerNavigationController, it is possible in objective-c?
Yes, it's possible. Below there's a simple snippet of code that do the work:
ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate();
CFArrayRef allPeopleRef = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeopleInSourceWithSortOrdering(addressBook, nil, kABPersonSortByFirstName);
CFIndex nPeople = ABAddressBookGetPersonCount(addressBook);
for( int i = 0 ; i < nPeople ; i++ ) {
ABRecordRef ref = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(allPeopleRef, i );
CFStringRef tmpStringRef = ABRecordCopyValue(ref, kABPersonFirstNameProperty);
NSLog(#"FirstName: %#", (NSString *)tmpStringRef);
CFRelease(tmpStringRef);
}
//clean up memory
CFRelease(allPeopleRef);
CFRelease(addressBook);
For more details, please refer to the Apple Developer Documentation here.
It is. Please refer to the AddresBook programming guide. Direct interaction section.
Would you please have a look at me code:
(void)loadContactsFromAddressBook {
ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate();
CFArrayRef allPeople = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople(addressBook);
CFIndex count = ABAddressBookGetPersonCount(addressBook);
ABRecordRef person;
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
person = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(allPeople, i);
CFStringRef cfStr = ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonFirstNameProperty);
NSString* firstName = (NSString*) cfStr;
[contacts addObject:firstName];
CFRelease(cfStr);
}
CFRelease(addressBook);
CFRelease(allPeople);
}
I tried to CFRelease(person) after the for block but the application crashes with “EXC_BAD_ACCESS”. If I remove CFRelease(person), the application works.
You didn't create the person, you only referenced it. Insert child support joke here.
I need to get the user emails those are configured in iPhone using cocoa touch. How can i do that .
Thank you for answers .
This code will fetch all contacts in the address book and output the email addresses associated with them:
// get a list of all contacts in the address book db
ABAddressBookRef ab = ABAddressBookCreate();
CFArrayRef contacts = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople(ab);
CFIndex nPeople = ABAddressBookGetPersonCount(ab);
for( int i = 0; i < nPeople; ++i ) {
ABRecordRef ref = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(contacts,i);
// output the contact's name
CFStringRef firstName = ABRecordCopyValue(ref, kABPersonFirstNameProperty);
CFStringRef lastName = ABRecordCopyValue(ref, kABPersonLastNameProperty);
NSString *contactFirstLast = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#,%#:",
firstName, lastName];
NSLog(#"%#", contactFirstLast);
// output all email addresses stored for the contact
ABMultiValueRef emailRef = ABRecordCopyValue(ref, kABPersonEmailProperty);
CFIndex nEmails = ABMultiValueGetCount(emailRef);
CFArrayRef emails = ABMultiValueCopyArrayOfAllValues(emailRef);
for( int j = 0; j < nEmails; ++j ) {
CFStringRef email = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(emails, j);
NSLog(#"\t%#", email);
};
// clean up
CFRelease(emailRef);
CFRelease(firstName);
CFRelease(lastName);
}
CFRelease(contacts);