Programmatically Request Access to Contacts

Question

Since updating to iOS 6 I've noticed that my code to add a contact to iPhone's address book no longer works. I believe this is a permission related problem, since Apple now requires user permission before accessing contacts (fixing this issue).

I expected the app to automatically ask permission to access contacts, like in the screenshot below, but it doesn't. Trying to add the contact just fails with ABAddressBookErrorDomain error 1.

Do I need to programmatically launch the access to contacts request dialog? How is that done?

access contacts

score 181 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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As per this documentation on apple's site (scroll down to Privacy in the middle of the page), access to the address book must be granted before it can be access programmatically. Here is what I ended up doing.

  #import <AddressBookUI/AddressBookUI.h>

  // Request authorization to Address Book
  ABAddressBookRef addressBookRef = ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL, NULL);

  if (ABAddressBookGetAuthorizationStatus() == kABAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined) {
    ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion(addressBookRef, ^(bool granted, CFErrorRef error) {
      if (granted) {
          // First time access has been granted, add the contact
          [self _addContactToAddressBook];
      } else {
          // User denied access
          // Display an alert telling user the contact could not be added
      }
    });
  }
  else if (ABAddressBookGetAuthorizationStatus() == kABAuthorizationStatusAuthorized) {
    // The user has previously given access, add the contact
    [self _addContactToAddressBook];
  }
  else {
    // The user has previously denied access
    // Send an alert telling user to change privacy setting in settings app
  }

Update For iOS 9 and later:

From Apple website :

Important

The Address Book UI framework is deprecated in iOS 9. Use the APIs defined in the ContactsUI framework instead. To learn more, see ContactsUI

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Sep 29 '12 at 00:38

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Edited my answer to include the import. Note that you also need to link the AddressBook and AddressBookUI frameworks to your project in the Build Phases tab. – Kyle Clegg Oct 02 '12 at 21:39
I would also check on the `granted` parameter in the completion block. – Jonas Sourlier Oct 10 '12 at 07:17
I think there might be a bug in this code. If i background my app, go to settings->privacy->contacts and toggle my apps permission on/off, my app immediately crashes. Does something need to be released? (im not using ARC) – AlBeebe Oct 29 '12 at 21:48
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EDIT: This is not a bug, its actually a deliberate thing by the OS... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12810638/app-crashed-in-ios-6-when-user-changes-contacts-access-permissions – AlBeebe Oct 29 '12 at 22:00
Thanks for finding that out. I also noticed that behavior, but hadn't yet gotten back to looking at that area of this project. Apple's "sledgehammer approach" is interesting indeed. – Kyle Clegg Oct 29 '12 at 23:25
I am running XCode4.2 (with iOS 6 SDK loaded), and getting the following error: "Use of undeclared identifier 'ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion'". Do you know why @Ted? – JRoss Jan 13 '13 at 19:29
@JRoss you might need to #import . – Craig Gidney Oct 08 '13 at 04:05
@Kyle You forgot to check `granted` in the completion callback. If it's false, access was not granted and you can't add the contact. – Craig Gidney Oct 08 '13 at 04:06

score 47 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 11 '12 at 11:13

That did the perfect trick for me!

On iOS6, apple introduce new privacy control, user can control the accessment of contact and calender by each app. So, in the code side, you need to add some way to request the permission. In iOS5 or before, we can always call

ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate();

to get the addressbook without any problem, but in iOS6, if you don't have permission, this call will just return empty pointer. That why we need to change the method to get ABAddressBookRef.

__block BOOL accessGranted = NO;
if (ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion != NULL) { // we're on iOS 6
    dispatch_semaphore_t sema = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);
    ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion(addressBook, ^(bool granted, CFErrorRef error) {
        accessGranted = granted;
        dispatch_semaphore_signal(sema);
    });
    dispatch_semaphore_wait(sema, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);
    dispatch_release(sema);   
}
else { // we're on iOS 5 or older
    accessGranted = YES;
}

if (accessGranted) {
    // Do whatever you want here.
}

In the code,semaphore is used for blocking until response, while ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion will ask for permission if the app didn't ask before. Otherwise it will just follow the settings in Settings-Privacy-Contact.

SOURCE: http://programmerjoe.blogspot.com/2012/10/ios6-permissions-contacts.html

Thanks Yunas, doing the `if (ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion != NULL)` check, to control whether to go into the `ABAddressBookGetAuthorizationStatus()` section of Kyle's code worked nicely for me with iOS 5 and 6. — Ted, Oct 18 '12 at 13:13
@Yunas But it is stopping all the threads,I mean when the alert pops up requesting user to access its contacts,the buttons are non-responsive,my app hangs up,I believe it is because of GCD dispatch_semaphore_wait — Eshwar Chaitanya, Apr 24 '13 at 08:19
had some problems with your code in Xcode5. Soveld it and posted the update [below](http://stackoverflow.com/a/20140344/1933185). cheers — jerik, Nov 22 '13 at 08:42

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 07 '16 at 16:16

For contacts framework:

- (void)checkPermissionForCNContacts
{
    switch ([CNContactStore authorizationStatusForEntityType:CNEntityTypeContacts])
    {
        case CNAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined:
        {
            [[[CNContactStore alloc] init] requestAccessForEntityType:CNEntityTypeContacts completionHandler:^(BOOL granted, NSError * _Nullable error) {
                if (granted == YES)
                    [self showCNContactPicker];
            }];
        }
            break;
        case CNAuthorizationStatusRestricted:
        case CNAuthorizationStatusDenied:
                // Show custom alert
            break;
        case CNAuthorizationStatusAuthorized:
            [self showCNContactPicker];
            break;
    }
}

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 21 '13 at 10:43

ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate();

__block BOOL accessGranted = NO;
if (ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion != NULL) { // we're on iOS 6
    dispatch_semaphore_t sema = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);
    ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion(addressBook, ^(bool granted, CFErrorRef error) {
        accessGranted = granted;
        dispatch_semaphore_signal(sema);
    });
    dispatch_semaphore_wait(sema, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);
    dispatch_release(sema);
}
else { // we're on iOS 5 or older
    accessGranted = YES;
}

if (accessGranted) {
    if(self.isContactsChanged)
    {
        {
            self.isContactsChanged=NO;
            CFArrayRef allPeople = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople(addressBook);
             ABAddressBookRegisterExternalChangeCallback(addressBook, addressBookChanged, self);

            int allPeopleCount = CFArrayGetCount(allPeople);

            NSMutableArray *contactArrTemp = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];

            __block int noNumberCount=1;
            managedObjectContext = [(AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate] managedObjectContext];
            newMoc = [[NSManagedObjectContext alloc] init];
            [newMoc setPersistentStoreCoordinator:[[AppDelegate getAppDelegate] persistentStoreCoordinator]];
            [self DeleteAllPhoneContact];
            NSNotificationCenter *notify = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];
            [notify addObserver:self
                       selector:@selector(mergeChanges:)
                           name:NSManagedObjectContextDidSaveNotification
                         object:newMoc];
            self.backgroundQueue = dispatch_queue_create("com.storephonecontacts.bgqueue", NULL);
            __block NSMutableDictionary *dic;
            __block NSString *strTime,*strName,*strMobile,*strEmail,*strNotes;
            __block NSDate *nsDate;
            dispatch_async(self.backgroundQueue, ^{

                NSMutableDictionary *dict =nil;
                for (int i = 0; i < allPeopleCount; i++)
                {

                    dic = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc]init];
                    ABRecordRef record = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(allPeople,i);
                    NSDate *date = (NSDate*)ABRecordCopyValue(record, kABPersonCreationDateProperty);
                    nsDate = [date retain];

                    NSDateFormatter *formatterTime = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
                    [formatterTime setDateFormat:@"hh.mm"];
                    NSString    *dateStrPhone = [formatterTime stringFromDate:date];
                    strTime = [dateStrPhone retain];
                    [formatterTime release];

                    NSString *name = (NSString*)ABRecordCopyValue(record, kABPersonFirstNameProperty);
                    if([name length]>0)
                        name = [name stringByAppendingString:@" "];
                    NSString *name1 = (NSString*)ABRecordCopyValue(record, kABPersonLastNameProperty);
                    if([name1 length]>0)
                    {
                        if([name length]>0)
                            name = [name stringByAppendingString:name1];
                        else
                            name = (NSString*)ABRecordCopyValue(record, kABPersonLastNameProperty);
                    }
                    if([name length]>0)
                        strName = [name retain];
                    else
                        strName = [@"noName" retain];

                    //to save notes
                    NSString *notes = (NSString*)ABRecordCopyValue(record, kABPersonNoteProperty);
                    if(notes == NULL){
                        strNotes = @"noNotes";
                    }
                    else{
                        strNotes = [notes retain];
                    }
                    //for image
                    if (!ABPersonHasImageData(record)){

                    }
                    else{
                        CFDataRef imageData = ABPersonCopyImageData(record);
                        UIImage *image = [UIImage imageWithData:(NSData *) imageData];
                        [dic setObject:image forKey:@"image"];
                        CFRelease(imageData);
                    }
                    //To set Mobile
                    NSMutableArray* mobileArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
                    ABMutableMultiValueRef multi = ABRecordCopyValue(record, kABPersonPhoneProperty);
                    if (ABMultiValueGetCount(multi) > 0) {
                        // collect all emails in array
                        for (CFIndex i = 0; i < ABMultiValueGetCount(multi); i++) {

                            CFStringRef mobileRef = ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(multi, i);
                            CFStringRef locLabel = ABMultiValueCopyLabelAtIndex(multi, i);
                            NSString *phoneLabel =(NSString*) ABAddressBookCopyLocalizedLabel(locLabel);

                            if([phoneLabel isEqualToString:@"mobile"])
                                [mobileArray addObject:(NSString *)mobileRef];
                            else if([phoneLabel isEqualToString:@"iPhone"])
                                [mobileArray addObject:(NSString *)mobileRef];
                            else if([phoneLabel isEqualToString:@"home"])
                                [mobileArray addObject:(NSString *)mobileRef];
                            else if([phoneLabel isEqualToString:@"work"])
                                [mobileArray addObject:(NSString *)mobileRef];
                            else if([phoneLabel isEqualToString:@"main"])
                                [mobileArray addObject:(NSString *)mobileRef];
                            else if([phoneLabel isEqualToString:@"other"])
                                [mobileArray addObject:(NSString *)mobileRef];
                            CFRelease(mobileRef);
                            CFRelease(locLabel);
                        }
                    }
                    CFRelease(multi);
                    if([mobileArray count]>0)
                        strMobile = [[mobileArray objectAtIndex:0]retain];
                    else{
                        NSString *str=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"noNumber%i",noNumberCount];
                        strMobile = [str retain];
                        noNumberCount++;
                    }
                    [mobileArray release];

                    //To set E-mail
                    NSMutableArray* emailArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
                    multi = ABRecordCopyValue(record, kABPersonEmailProperty);
                    if (ABMultiValueGetCount(multi) > 0) {
                        // collect all emails in array
                        for (CFIndex i = 0; i < ABMultiValueGetCount(multi); i++) {
                            CFStringRef emailRef = ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(multi, i);
                            [emailArray addObject:(NSString *)emailRef];
                            CFRelease(emailRef);
                        }
                    }

                    CFRelease(multi);
                    if([emailArray count]>0)
                        strEmail = [[emailArray objectAtIndex:0]retain];
                    else
                        strEmail = [@"noemail" retain];
                    [emailArray release];

                    bool addBool = NO;

                    if([strName isEqualToString:@"noName"]){
                        if([strEmail isEqualToString:@"noemail"]){

                        }
                        else{
                            [dic setObject:strEmail forKey:@"name"];
                            addBool = YES;
                        }

                        if(addBool == NO){
                            if([strMobile isEqualToString:@"noNumber"]){

                            }
                            else{
                                [dic setObject:strMobile forKey:@"name"];
                                addBool = YES;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    else{
                        [dic setObject:strName forKey:@"name"];
                        addBool = YES;
                    }
                    [dic setObject:strEmail forKey:@"email"];
                    [dic setObject:strMobile forKey:@"mobile"];
                    [dic setObject:nsDate forKey:@"date"];
                    [dic setObject:strTime forKey:@"time"];
                    [dic setObject:strNotes forKey:@"notes"];

                    if(addBool == YES)
                        [contactArrTemp addObject:dic];

                    if([strMobile hasPrefix:@"0"]){
                        NSString *contactNumber=[strMobile stringByReplacingCharactersInRange:NSMakeRange(0, 1) withString:@""];
                        if(contactNumber.length>7)
                            [dic setObject:@"iPhone" forKey:@"ContactType"];

                    }
                    else {
                        if(strMobile.length>9)
                            [dic setObject:@"iPhone" forKey:@"ContactType"];

                    }
                    if(![[dic objectForKey:@"ContactType"] isKindOfClass:[NSNull class]] && [dic objectForKey:@"ContactType"])
                    {
                        [self InsertContactWithContactInfoDictionary:dic];
                    }
                    [strName release];
                    [nsDate release];
                    [strEmail release];
                    [strMobile release];
                    [strTime release];
                    [strNotes release];
                    [dic release];
                }
                dispatch_async(self.backgroundQueue, ^(void){ [self gcdDidFinishaddfebriteParsing:dict]; });
                dispatch_release(self.backgroundQueue);
                self.backgroundQueue=nil;
            });

        }
    }
    else
    {
        [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"PhoneContactsSaved" object:nil userInfo:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:[NSNumber numberWithBool:YES] forKey:@"Successful"]];
        [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"updateContacts" object:nil userInfo:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:@"success" forKey:@"update"]];
    }
}

Maybe add some text to respond to the questions. – user905686 Mar 21 '13 at 11:05 — user905686, Mar 21 '13 at 11:05

score 3 · Answer 5 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

Had some problems with yunas code on iOS6.1 in Xcode5. With some small adaptions it worked for me.

The problem was that ARC in iOS 6, did not allows dispatch_release(sema); Here's the working code. Note: I use m_addressbook instead of addressbook as ABAddressBookRef!

ViewController.m

#import "ViewController.h"
#import <AddressBook/AddressBook.h>
#import <AddressBook/ABAddressBook.h>
#import <AddressBook/ABPerson.h>

@interface ViewController ()

@property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableArray* contactList;

@end

@implementation ViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
  [super viewDidLoad];

  ABAddressBookRef m_addressbook =  ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL, NULL);

  __block BOOL accessGranted = NO;
  if (ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion != NULL) { // we're on iOS 6
      dispatch_semaphore_t sema = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);
      dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^{
          @autoreleasepool {
              // Write your code here...
              // Fetch data from SQLite DB
          }
      });

      ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion(m_addressbook, ^(bool granted, CFErrorRef error) {
          accessGranted = granted;
          dispatch_semaphore_signal(sema);
      });
      dispatch_semaphore_wait(sema, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);
  }
  else { // we're on iOS 5 or older
      accessGranted = YES;
  }

  if (accessGranted) {
  // do your stuff
  }
}

// ...

Only black screen appear like app is frozen and when i close app i see alert of permission. Do you have an idea about why it is happening? this alert should be on app not under black screen. — Yucel Bayram, Apr 15 '14 at 07:13

score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 21 '14 at 06:49

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];


    [self loadPhoneContacts];
}



-(void)loadPhoneContacts{

    ABAuthorizationStatus status = ABAddressBookGetAuthorizationStatus();

    if (status == kABAuthorizationStatusDenied) {
        // if you got here, user had previously denied/revoked permission for your
        // app to access the contacts, and all you can do is handle this gracefully,
        // perhaps telling the user that they have to go to settings to grant access
        // to contacts

        [[[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:nil message:@"This app requires access to your contacts to function properly. Please visit to the \"Privacy\" section in the iPhone Settings app." delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil] show];
        return;
    }

    CFErrorRef error = NULL;
    ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL, &error);

    if (error) {
        NSLog(@"ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions error: %@", CFBridgingRelease(error));
        if (addressBook) CFRelease(addressBook);
        return;
    }

    if (status == kABAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined) {

        // present the user the UI that requests permission to contacts ...

        ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion(addressBook, ^(bool granted, CFErrorRef error) {
            if (error) {
                NSLog(@"ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion error: %@", CFBridgingRelease(error));
            }

            if (granted) {
                // if they gave you permission, then just carry on

                [self listPeopleInAddressBook:addressBook];
            } else {
                // however, if they didn't give you permission, handle it gracefully, for example...

                dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
                    // BTW, this is not on the main thread, so dispatch UI updates back to the main queue

                    [[[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:nil message:@"This app requires access to your contacts to function properly. Please visit to the \"Privacy\" section in the iPhone Settings app." delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil] show];
                });
            }

            if (addressBook) CFRelease(addressBook);
        });

    } else if (status == kABAuthorizationStatusAuthorized) {
        [self listPeopleInAddressBook:addressBook];
        if (addressBook) CFRelease(addressBook);
    }
}

- (void)listPeopleInAddressBook:(ABAddressBookRef)addressBook
{
    NSInteger numberOfPeople = ABAddressBookGetPersonCount(addressBook);
    NSArray *allPeople = CFBridgingRelease(ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople(addressBook));

    for (NSInteger i = 0; i < numberOfPeople; i++) {
        ABRecordRef person = (__bridge ABRecordRef)allPeople[i];

        NSString *firstName = CFBridgingRelease(ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonFirstNameProperty));
        NSString *lastName  = CFBridgingRelease(ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonLastNameProperty));
        NSLog(@"Name:%@ %@", firstName, lastName);

        ABMultiValueRef phoneNumbers = ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonPhoneProperty);

        CFIndex numberOfPhoneNumbers = ABMultiValueGetCount(phoneNumbers);
        for (CFIndex i = 0; i < numberOfPhoneNumbers; i++) {
            NSString *phoneNumber = CFBridgingRelease(ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(phoneNumbers, i));
            NSLog(@"  phone:%@", phoneNumber);
        }

        CFRelease(phoneNumbers);

        NSLog(@"=============================================");
    }
}

score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 23 '19 at 11:45

According to iOS recent apple development documentation, apple insists to use Contact besides AddressBook.

CNAuthorizationStatus authorizationStatus = [CNContactStore authorizationStatusForEntityType:CNEntityTypeContacts];
    switch (authorizationStatus) {
        case CNAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined: {

            break;
        }
        case CNAuthorizationStatusRestricted: {

            break;
        }
        case CNAuthorizationStatusDenied:{

            return;
        }
            break;
        case CNAuthorizationStatusAuthorized: {

            break;
        }
    }

Above objective c code helps to find weather contact access permission is granted or not.

works like a charm thanks! .... just a point of reference for junior devs. you must go into .xcodeproj -> general -> Frameworks, Libraries, and Embedded Contents ... and then add item 'Contacts.framework' (and as well maybe 'ContactsUI.framework' if desired) — greenhouse, Jul 22 '20 at 23:46

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered May 03 '13 at 09:41

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If anyone have problem with addressBook in iOS5 then Use

ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate();

Insted of

ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL,NULL);

answered May 03 '13 at 09:41

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score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Jul 15 '15 at 14:43

ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion(ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL, nil), ^(bool granted, CFErrorRef error) {
        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
            if (!granted){
                    [[[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Contacts Access Denied"
                                                message:@"This app requires access to your device's Contacts.\n\nPlease enable Contacts access for this app in Settings / Privacy / Contacts"
                                               delegate:nil
                                      cancelButtonTitle:@"Dismiss"
                                      otherButtonTitles:nil] show];
            } else {
                //access authorized
            }
        });
    });

For add description to alert use in InfoPlist.strings.

NSContactsUsageDescription = "TESTING!";

score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Jun 02 '17 at 17:22

Swift 3. Don't forget to import Contacts

func requestForContactAccess(completionHandler: @escaping (_ accessGranted: Bool) -> Void) {
    let authorizationStatus = CNContactStore.authorizationStatus(for: CNEntityType.contacts)
    switch authorizationStatus {
    case .authorized:
        completionHandler(true)
    case .denied, .notDetermined:
        self.contactStore.requestAccess(for: CNEntityType.contacts, completionHandler: { (access, accessError) -> Void in
            if access {
                completionHandler(access)
            } else {
                if authorizationStatus == CNAuthorizationStatus.denied {
                    DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: { () -> Void in
                        let message = "\(accessError!.localizedDescription)\n\nPlease allow the app to access your contacts through the Settings."
                        self.showMessage(message: message)
                    })
                }
            }
        })
    default:
        completionHandler(false)
    }
}

score 1 · Answer 11 · edited Jun 19 '17 at 15:54

This code shows how to set the permission and how to get all the contacts from the phone and show the contacts in the list with the label tag

var contactStore = CNContactStore()
var contactArray = [CNContact]()

func getContacts()
{

    if CNContactStore.authorizationStatus(for: .contacts) == .notDetermined
    {

        contactStore.requestAccess(for: .contacts, completionHandler: { (authorized:Bool, error:Error?) in

            if authorized {



                let requestForContacts = CNContactFetchRequest(keysToFetch: [CNContactFormatter.descriptorForRequiredKeys(for: CNContactFormatterStyle.fullName), CNContactPhoneNumbersKey as CNKeyDescriptor, CNContactImageDataKey as CNKeyDescriptor, CNContactNicknameKey as CNKeyDescriptor])
                do{
                    try self.contactStore.enumerateContacts(with: requestForContacts) { (contacts : CNContact, stop: UnsafeMutablePointer<ObjCBool>) -> Void in
                        self.contactArray.append(contacts)
                        //print("hello")
                    }
                }
                catch {
                    print("EXCEPTION COUGHT")
                }
            }
        })
    }
    else if CNContactStore.authorizationStatus(for: .contacts) == .authorized
    {
        let requestForContacts = CNContactFetchRequest(keysToFetch: [CNContactFormatter.descriptorForRequiredKeys(for: CNContactFormatterStyle.fullName), CNContactPhoneNumbersKey as CNKeyDescriptor, CNContactImageDataKey as CNKeyDescriptor, CNContactNicknameKey as CNKeyDescriptor])
        do{
            try self.contactStore.enumerateContacts(with: requestForContacts) { (contacts : CNContact, stop: UnsafeMutablePointer<ObjCBool>) -> Void in
                self.contactArray.append(contacts)
            }
        }
        catch {

        }

    }
}

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
    getContacts()

}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int
{
    //print(contactArray)
    return contactArray.count

}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "defaultCell")

    if cell != nil{

        //var dig = String()
        var hmdig = [String]()

        let names = contactArray[indexPath.row]
        print(names)

        let name1 = names.givenName+" "+names.middleName+" "+names.familyName

        for number in names.phoneNumbers
        {
            let phoneNumber = number.value

            let dig = (phoneNumber.value(forKey: "digits") as? String)!
            hmdig.append(dig)

        }

        // Set the contact image.
        if let imageData = names.imageData
        {
            let myImage = cell?.viewWithTag(30) as! UIImageView
            myImage.image = UIImage(data: imageData)
        }


//            let niknm = names.nickname

        let nameLable1 = cell?.viewWithTag(10) as! UILabel
                nameLable1.text = name1

        let nameLable2 = cell?.viewWithTag(20) as? UILabel

            nameLable2?.text = hmdig.joined(separator: ",\n")

//           let nameLable3 = cell?.viewWithTag(40) as? UILabel
//                nameLable3?.text = niknm


        return cell!

    }
    else{

        return UITableViewCell()
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 12 · edited Nov 27 '12 at 07:46

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With iOS 6 you have to ask permission like this

requestAccessToEntityType:EKEntityTypeEvent completion:

edited Nov 27 '12 at 07:46

Srikar Appalaraju

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answered Sep 28 '12 at 23:50

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Your suggest works for EventKit action. The equivalent for accessing the PhoneBook is ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion. Thanks for getting me on the right track! – Kyle Clegg Sep 29 '12 at 00:35
Can one of you make ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion the correct answer and accept it? – Brian Sep 30 '12 at 13:05

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Dec 10 '14 at 13:54

To get Addressbook in ios

- (void)retreiveAllContacts
{
ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL, NULL);

CFArrayRef people = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople(addressBook);

if (!people) {
    return ;
}

CFMutableArrayRef peopleMutable = CFArrayCreateMutableCopy(kCFAllocatorDefault,
                                                           CFArrayGetCount(people),
                                                           people);

CFArraySortValues(peopleMutable,
                  CFRangeMake(0, CFArrayGetCount(peopleMutable)),
                  (CFComparatorFunction) ABPersonComparePeopleByName,
                  (void*) ABPersonGetSortOrdering());

NSMutableArray *contacts = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:CFArrayGetCount(peopleMutable)];

for (CFIndex i = 0; i < CFArrayGetCount(peopleMutable); i++)
{

    ABRecordRef person = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(peopleMutable, i);

    int32_t recId  =  ABRecordGetRecordID(person);

    NSString * abId = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", recId];

    ABMultiValueRef phoneNumbers = ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonPhoneProperty);

    ABMultiValueRef emailIds = ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonEmailProperty);


    NSString* firstName = (__bridge NSString*)ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonFirstNameProperty);

    NSString* lastName = (__bridge NSString*)ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonLastNameProperty);

    NSString* companyName = (__bridge NSString*)ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonOrganizationProperty);

    NSString* displayName = [firstName ? firstName : @"" stringByAppendingFormat:@" %@", lastName ? lastName : @""];

    displayName = [displayName stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@" "]];


    NSMutableDictionary* contactInfo = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];

    if(ABPersonHasImageData(person))
    {
        CFDataRef imageDataRef = ABPersonCopyImageDataWithFormat(person, kABPersonImageFormatThumbnail);

        NSData * imageData = (__bridge NSData *)imageDataRef;

        UIImage * thumbImage = [UIImage imageWithData:imageData];

        [contactInfo setObject:thumbImage forKey:@"picture"];
    }

    if(!firstName)
        firstName = @"";

    if (!lastName)
        lastName = @"";

    if(!displayName)
        displayName = @"";

    if(!companyName)
        companyName = @"";

   // [contactInfo setObject:[firstName capitalizedString] forKey:kFirstNameKey];

    //[contactInfo setObject:[lastName capitalizedString] forKey:kLastNameKey];

    [contactInfo setObject:[displayName capitalizedString] forKey:@"name"];

    [contactInfo setObject:abId forKey:@"ABID"];


  //  [contactInfo setObject:companyName forKey:kCompanyNameKey];

    NSMutableArray* phoneNumbersList = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

    for (CFIndex j=0; j < ABMultiValueGetCount(phoneNumbers); j++)
    {
        NSString* phone = (__bridge NSString*)ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(phoneNumbers, j);

        CFStringRef localizedLabel = ABMultiValueCopyLabelAtIndex(phoneNumbers,j);

      //  NSString *phoneLabel =(__bridge NSString*) ABAddressBookCopyLocalizedLabel(localizedLabel);


        if( phone)
        {
            //                NSLog(@"validatedPhone: %@", validatedPhone);


            [phoneNumbersList addObject:phone];
        }

        if (localizedLabel) {
            //                            NSLog(@"localizedLabel: %@", localizedLabel);
            CFRelease(localizedLabel);
        }
    }

    if(phoneNumbers)
    {
        //                        NSLog(@"phoneNumbers: %@", phoneNumbers);

        CFRelease(phoneNumbers);

        //            NSLog(@"phoneNumbers Release: %@", phoneNumbers);

    }

    [contactInfo setObject:phoneNumbersList forKey:@"phoneNumbers"];

    NSMutableArray * emailList = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

    for (CFIndex j=0; j < ABMultiValueGetCount(emailIds); j++)
    {
        NSString* email = (__bridge NSString*)ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(emailIds, j);

        CFStringRef localizedLabel = ABMultiValueCopyLabelAtIndex(emailIds, j);


        if(email)
        {


            [emailList addObject:email];
        }

    }

    if(emailIds)
    {
        CFRelease(emailIds);

    }

    if(emailList && [emailList count])
        [contactInfo setObject:emailList forKey:@"emails"];

    if ([phoneNumbersList count] > 0 || [emailList count] > 0) {
        [contacts addObject:contactInfo];
    }
}

//CFRelease();
CFRelease(people);

if([contacts count])
{
    [self createiOSContactsDataSourceWithFeed:contacts];
}

}

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