fetching only Character of email from address book - ios

Question

i have used following code for getting for getting information from address book
ABRecordRef ref = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(allPeopleName, i );
NSString* personName = (__bridge_transfer NSString*) ABRecordCopyValue(ref, kABPersonFirstNameProperty);
NSDate* Date = (__bridge_transfer NSDate*) ABRecordCopyValue(ref, kABPersonBirthdayProperty);
**NSString* personEmail = (__bridge_transfer NSString*) ABRecordCopyValue(ref, kABPersonEmailProperty);**
NSString *birthdayDate = [dateFormat stringFromDate:Date];
**NSLog(#"personEmail%#",personEmail);**
// this is what personaEmail prints
personEmailABMultiValueRef 0x8a64740 with 2 value(s)
0: $!!$ (0x8a2bea0) - miou#yahoo.in (0x8a41df0)
1: $!!$ (0x8a423c0) - minadi#yahoo.com (0x8a64720)
ABMultiValueRef phones = (ABMultiValueRef)ABRecordCopyValue(ref, kABPersonPhoneProperty);
NSString* mobile=#"";
NSString* mobileLabel;
for (int i=0; i < ABMultiValueGetCount(phones); i++) {
//NSString *phone = (NSString *)ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(phones, i);
//NSLog(#"%#", phone);
mobileLabel = (NSString*)ABMultiValueCopyLabelAtIndex(phones, i);
if([mobileLabel isEqualToString:(NSString *)kABPersonPhoneMobileLabel]) {
NSLog(#"mobile:");
} else if ([mobileLabel isEqualToString:(NSString*)kABPersonPhoneIPhoneLabel]) {
NSLog(#"iphone:");
} else if ([mobileLabel isEqualToString:(NSString*)kABPersonPhonePagerLabel]) {
NSLog(#"pager:");
}
[mobile release];
mobile = (NSString*)ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(phones, i);
NSLog(#"%#", mobile);
NSCharacterSet* charactersToRemove = [[NSCharacterSet decimalDigitCharacterSet] invertedSet] ;
mobile = [[mobile componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet:charactersToRemove] componentsJoinedByString:#""] ;
}
now my question are
how can i get only email from that all other stuff
i always want only one email id not two how can i get only home email id? doesnt matter how many email ids are there in address book

Answer 1

personEmail (or, more correctly, the return value of ABRecordCopyValue(ref, kABPersonEmailProperty)) isn't a NSString. Look at the log message - it's a ABMultiValueRef.
You will want to use the methods described in this documentation to access individual components.

Answer 2

This will print all the email id. You can take the necessary one.
NSString *email;
CFStringRef value, label;
ABMutableMultiValueRef multi = ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonEmailProperty);
CFIndex count = ABMultiValueGetCount(multi);
if (count == 1)
{
value = ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(multi, 0);
email = (__bridge NSString*) value;
NSLog(#"EmailID %#",email);
CFRelease(value);
}
else
{
for (CFIndex i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
label = ABMultiValueCopyLabelAtIndex(multi, i);
value = ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(multi, i);
// check for Work e-mail label
if (CFStringCompare(label, kABWorkLabel, 0) == 0)
{
email = (__bridge NSString*) value;
NSLog(#"EmailID %#",email);
}
// check for Home e-mail label
else if(CFStringCompare(label, kABHomeLabel, 0) == 0)
{
email = (__bridge NSString*) value;
NSLog(#"EmailID %#",email);
}
CFRelease(label);
CFRelease(value);
}
}
CFRelease(multi);