I want to programmatically add contact to iphone contact list without using ABNewPersonViewController. I would simply like to pass parameters and want the ABRecordRef as result. Is this possible?
ABGroupAddMember (group, contact, nil) ;
ABAddressBookSave(inAddressBook, nil) ;
After adding the contact save the address book.
bool ABAddressBookAddRecord (
ABAddressBookRef addressBook,
ABRecordRef record,
CFErrorRef *error
);
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/addressbook
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Is there any framework/library available in iOS SDK to read/parse data in vCard format?
I am receiving data in a vcard format in a NSString and I have to parse it.
Googled a lot, but couldn't find solution yet.
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
N:LastName;FirstName;MiddleName;Prefix;Sufix
ADR;TYPE=HOME: postbox;street2;street1;city;state;zip;country
BDAY:2010-08-19
END:VCARD
I did found some solutions for you...
Have a look at the following links...
1) Want ready made sample code==>Click here
2) Writing to Vcard==>Click here
Code Relevent to you:
ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate(); // create address book record
ABRecordRef person = ABPersonCreate(); // create a person
NSString *phone = #"0123456789"; // the phone number to add
//Phone number is a list of phone number, so create a multivalue
ABMutableMultiValueRef phoneNumberMultiValue = ABMultiValueCreateMutable(kABPersonPhoneProperty);
ABMultiValueAddValueAndLabel(phoneNumberMultiValue ,phone,kABPersonPhoneMobileLabel, NULL);
ABRecordSetValue(person, kABPersonFirstNameProperty, #"FirstName" , nil); // first name of the new person
ABRecordSetValue(person, kABPersonLastNameProperty, #"LastName", nil); // his last name
ABRecordSetValue(person, kABPersonPhoneProperty, phoneNumberMultiValue, &anError); // set the phone number property
ABAddressBookAddRecord(addressBook, person, nil); //add the new person to the record
ABRecordRef group = ABGroupCreate(); //create a group
ABRecordSetValue(group, kABGroupNameProperty,#"My Group", &error); // set group's name
ABGroupAddMember(group, person, &error); // add the person to the group
ABAddressBookAddRecord(addressBook, group, &error); // add the group
ABAddressBookSave(addressBook, nil); //save the record
CFRelease(person); // relase the ABRecordRef variable
3) Importing vCard sample code==>Click here
4) For creating custom parser ==> Click here
OS X v10.11 and iOS 9 introduces CNContactVCardSerialization which makes parsing a VCard a breeze.
Using the ABPersonCreateVCardRepresentationWithPeople method for export, and the ABPersonCreatePeopleInSourceWithVCardRepresentation for import, I have successfully transfered contact data between devices. However, the data in the contact's "notes" field isn't transfered.
Here's my export function:
+(NSData*)exportContactsToVcard:(NSArray*)contacts
{
NSMutableArray *people = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:contacts.count];
ABAddressBookRef ab = ABAddressBookCreate();
for (Contact *contact in contacts)
{
ABRecordRef person = ABAddressBookGetPersonWithRecordID(ab,contact.contactId);
[people addObject:(__bridge id)person];
}
NSData *vCard = (__bridge NSData*)ABPersonCreateVCardRepresentationWithPeople((__bridge CFArrayRef) people);
return vCard;
}
and part of my import function:
+(NSArray*)importContactsFromVcardData:(NSData*)vcardData
{
NSMutableArray *addedContactIds = [NSMutableArray array];
ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate();
ABRecordRef defaultSource = ABAddressBookCopyDefaultSource(addressBook);
NSArray *createdPeople = (__bridge_transfer NSArray*)ABPersonCreatePeopleInSourceWithVCardRepresentation(defaultSource,(__bridge CFDataRef)vcardData);
CFErrorRef error = NULL;
for (id person in createdPeople)
{
error = NULL;
ABRecordRef personRecord = (__bridge ABRecordRef)person;
NSString *notes = (__bridge NSString *)ABRecordCopyValue(personRecord, kABPersonNoteProperty);
In the last line, notes is always nil, even if the contact had notes before it was exported. All the other standard contact fields seem to be in place.
For example, if I replace the last line with:
NSString *firstName = (__bridge NSString *)ABRecordCopyValue(personRecord, kABPersonFirstNameProperty);
the firstName string will hold the contact's first name.
Any idea how I can work around this, and get the contact notes?
Thanks.
For testing purposes, you can export a vCard from Address Book. Then drag it to TextEdit to look at the various fields.
At the bottom you'll find something like this:
NOTE:This is a note!
Also, see this link for info on the vCard format:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VCard
ABPersonCreateVCardRepresentationWithPeople will only transfer the important contact details of a vCard...thats my identifying in much tests with the vCard and the iOS import-export function. It has many mistakes, e.g. if you try to import it with social networks like facebook, it won't do it with (just look in my other thread THREADLINK )
But if you try to add some vCard Information over ABNewPersonViewController, it will work perfectly.
Working on someone else's code. I am really confused about whats exactly happening in this code.
ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate();
ABRecordRef persons = ABAddressBookGetPersonWithRecordID(addressBook, x);
CFErrorRef *error=NULL;
ABAddressBookRemoveRecord(addressBook, persons, error);
ABAddressBookSave(addressBook, error);
ABRecordRef persons = ABPersonCreate();
ABRecordSetValue(persons, kABPersonFirstNameProperty, firstName , nil);
What should be done is that, a ABRecordRef person should be created. His properties should be set and his record/details should be displayed. He should never be saved in the address book. Is this the way to do it. Need help.
Edit: Apart from setting properties to person, the following code is added to push the view controller to view the person.
MyContactDetailViewcontroller *personContactDetail = [[MyContactDetailViewcontroller alloc] init];
personContactDetail.displayedPerson = persons;
personContactDetail.passedSelectedContactData = selectedContactsOnlyData;
[self.navigationController pushViewController:personContactDetail animated:YES];
[personContactDetail release];
MyContactDetailViewcontroller subclass ABPersonViewController. Or is it more apt to use ABUnknownPersonViewController.
Do you find any cases where the contacts could be duplicated in address book
This is exactly what is happening here.. I will explain..
ABAddressBookCreate creates a new address book from data from the addressbook database, so any changes you make to ABAddressBookRef will only be saved to actual addressbook database once you call ABAddressBookSave(). so what it is doing is getting the reference for the person with recordid- x. Than you are creating a new person entry using
ABRecordRef persons = ABPersonCreate();
and than you are setting its value, but this is available to this particular object and not stored in the database unless you call... ABAddressBookSave()
hoping this helps you... :)
I am trying to create a custom addressbook on the iPhone by adding new records to the device address book (basically, merging a private contact list with the device AB). I then want to let the user select a contact, which I thought I could do with the .addressbook property of ABPeoplePickerNavigationController:
ABAddressBookRef contacts = ABAddressBookCreate();
for (PrivateUserType *user in rosterItems)
{
CFErrorRef err = NULL;
ABRecordRef ref = ABPersonCreate();
ABRecordSetValue(ref, kABPersonLastNameProperty, (CFStringRef)user.lastName, &err);
if (err != NULL)
{
NSString *errorStr = [(NSString *)CFErrorCopyDescription(err) autorelease];
NSLog(#"Can not set name: %#", errorStr);
}
...
ABAddressBookAddRecord(contacts, ref, &err);
if (err != NULL)
{
NSString *errorStr = [(NSString *)CFErrorCopyDescription(err) autorelease];
NSLog(#"Error adding XMPP roster user to addressbook: %#", errorStr);
}
}
ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *picker = [[ABPeoplePickerNavigationController alloc] init];
picker.addressBook = contacts;
[viewController presentModalViewController:picker animated:YES];
[picker release];
The entries are successfully added to the addressbook (which I can verify if I do an ABAddressBookSave() after the loop to add everything in). However, the entries are not shown by picker (unless I save contacts, which of course saves all changes into the device addressbook).
Is there a way to do this? This is on iOS 4.3.1.
Thanks!
As Toro said, you need save any changes to database first. ABPeoplePickerNavigationController not intended to work with uncommit data or with custom data.
You can see rather fresh topic on Apple Dev Forums
https://devforums.apple.com/message/370070#370070
where similar question was asked. And guy from Apple says that "I can't see any way to do this." But he suggest filling a bug for this to implement this feature in future release of iOS.
All you can do now is code your own UI for this AddressBook from the ground :(
updated: he-he. I found your question on App Dev Forum too )))
You need to save any changes to database by ABAddressBookSave() method.
The apple doc link.
Once I get an ABRecordRef from the ABPeopleNavigationController, how can I get the contact's street address(s) (if there is one)?
Try
NSString* street = ABRecordCopyValue (record, kABPersonAddressStreetKey);
For more information on property types see ABPerson reference.