Is it possible to get the current user's address book record?

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Assuming the user has granted permission for the app to access contacts, is there any way to determine which record belongs to the phone owner? For example if you browse the list of contacts on your phone, you will see a little "me" beside the record that is identified as the owner's record. So the phone clearly knows this, but is there any programmatic way to determine this? Or is that considered a privacy violation?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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I know on a Mac you can use [[ABAddressBook sharedAddressBook] me]. For iOS, take a look at how Square's CardCase app does it.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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answered Oct 14 '13 at 20:02

neilco

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Looks like this might not be available on iOS unfortunately. – devios1 Oct 14 '13 at 20:20
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That's correct. There is no `[AB me]` equivalent in the iOS API. However – jmay Oct 15 '13 at 04:39
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What about `CNContactStore`? Is it possible to get it? – adib Jun 17 '16 at 04:37

Is it possible to get the current user's address book record?

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