Fetch localized phone label using Contacts frameworks

Question

I'm trying to fetch localized phone label value using CNContact.My attampt so far:

    NSError *error = nil;

    CNContactFetchRequest *fetchRequest =[[CNContactFetchRequest alloc] initWithKeysToFetch:keysToFetch];

    [addressBook enumerateContactsWithFetchRequest:fetchRequest error:&error usingBlock:^(CNContact * _Nonnull contact, BOOL * _Nonnull stop) {

       CNLabeledValue *phoneNumberValue = contact.phoneNumbers.firstObject;

       NSString *label = phoneNumberValue.label;
       NSLog(@"Phone Label: %@",label); //Logs value like _$!<Home>!$_

       CNPhoneNumber *phoneNumber = phoneNumberValue.value;
       NSString *phoneNumberString = phoneNumber.stringValue;

       NSLog(@"Phone No: %@",phoneNumberString);
    }];

The problem is the phone label returns raw value like _$!<Home>!$_, _$!<Mobile>!$_. But I need Plain text like Home, Mobile. Is there any way I can get the localized value using Contact frameworks. I don't want to use Addressbook as it is deprecated in iOS 9.

score 21 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 29 '19 at 15:24

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use CNLabeledValues class method + localizedStringForLabel: and pass the label

example:

   CNLabeledValue *phoneNumberValue = contact.phoneNumbers.firstObject;
   NSString *label = phoneNumberValue.label;
   label = [CNLabeledValue localizedStringForLabel:label];
   NSLog(@"Phone Label: %@",label); //Logs value like home

edited Oct 29 '19 at 15:24

Arash Etemad

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answered Feb 19 '16 at 09:37

Daij-Djan

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Still getting `_$!!$_` – Poles Feb 19 '16 at 09:54
are the contacts from an exchange server by chance? – Daij-Djan Feb 19 '16 at 09:55
cause exchange doesn't really support custom labels... MIGHT be the issue then – Daij-Djan Feb 19 '16 at 09:56
Sorry, It was my mistake. this code works correctly. – Poles Feb 19 '16 at 09:59
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Here's the updated `Swift 3` localized string without _$!<...>!$_: phone number: `CNLabeledValue.localizedString(forLabel: label)` email: `CNLabeledValue.localizedString(forLabel: label)` – KBog Feb 27 '18 at 17:44
@Daij-Djan My email labels are also formatted with this prefix/suffix. Perhaps they are added by syncing macOS and/or iOS Contacts with Google Contacts. The only exception is that email addresses labeled “Email” are NOT formatted with this prefix/suffix. – Nello Lucchesi Jun 01 '22 at 20:09

score 14 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 15 '17 at 19:37

And here it is in Swift 3:

let displayNumbers = contact.phoneNumbers.map() {
    let label = CNLabeledValue<NSString>.localizedString(forLabel: $0.label ?? "")
    return label + ": \u{200E}" + $0.value.stringValue
}

Added unicode LeftToRight override, to ensure the number is not reversed on RTL languages.

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 17 '17 at 07:28

add this line Contact Access

 if contact.isKeyAvailable(CNContactPhoneNumbersKey){

         for phoneNumber:CNLabeledValue in contact.phoneNumbers {
                        let number  = phoneNumber.value

                        let number2 = number.stringValue

                        let lable :String  =  CNLabeledValue<NSString>.localizedString(forLabel: phoneNumber.label! )

                        print("\(lable)  \(number.stringValue)")
                    }


                }

Fetch localized phone label using Contacts frameworks

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