Check if ABMultiValueRef is has no values

Question

I want to check if a contact in my user's addressbook a phone number has. If he does, I want to display that name in an UITableView

I've tried to check for phoneNumbers != nil, but that doesn't work. This is my entire code:

ABMultiValueRef phoneNumbers = ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonPhoneProperty);

if(phoneNumbers != nil){
  [_numbers addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", phoneNumbers]];
}

So, what is phoneNumbers value when the ABRecord doesn't have a phone property? Can't you just check against that value as opposed to nil? — Cooper Buckingham, Jul 02 '14 at 17:29
Not really, when I log it it says ABMultiValueRef 0x10ab8bf40 with 0 value(s)\n — bdv, Jul 02 '14 at 17:31

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 02 '14 at 17:59

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Use ABMultiValueGetCount to check if phoneNumbers has any values in it.

example based on question:

ABMultiValueRef phoneNumbers = ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonPhoneProperty);

if(ABMultiValueGetCount(phoneNumbers)){
    [_numbers addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", phoneNumbers]];
}

edited Jul 02 '14 at 17:59

Daij-Djan

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answered Jul 02 '14 at 17:53

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Check if ABMultiValueRef is has no values

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