iPhone address book phone numbers - ios

Question

I am doing an iPhone app in Xcode that needs phone book accessing. I need all phone numbers from address book and that should be stored in an NSArray.

Answer 1

//Also you need to include AddressBook.framework
#import <AddressBook/AddressBook.h>
#import <AddressBook/ABAddressBook.h>
#import <AddressBook/ABPerson.h>
[contactList removeAllObjects];
// open the default address book.
ABAddressBookRef m_addressbook = ABAddressBookCreate();
if (!m_addressbook) {
NSLog(#"opening address book");
}
// can be cast to NSArray, toll-free
CFArrayRef allPeople = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople(m_addressbook);
CFIndex nPeople = ABAddressBookGetPersonCount(m_addressbook);
// CFStrings can be cast to NSString!
for (int i=0;i < nPeople;i++) {
MContact *contact = [[MContact alloc] init];
ABRecordRef ref = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(allPeople,i);
CFStringRef firstName, lastName;
firstName = ABRecordCopyValue(ref, kABPersonFirstNameProperty);
lastName = ABRecordCopyValue(ref, kABPersonLastNameProperty);
contact.name = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%# %#", firstName, lastName];
ABMutableMultiValueRef eMail = ABRecordCopyValue(ref, kABPersonEmailProperty);
if(ABMultiValueGetCount(eMail) > 0) {
contact.email = (NSString *)ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(eMail, 0);
[contactList addObject:contact];
}
CFRelease(ref);
CFRelease(firstName);
CFRelease(lastName);
}

Answer 2

Try this,
NSMutableArray *phoneNumbers = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
ABMultiValueRef multiPhones = ABRecordCopyValue(person,kABPersonPhoneProperty);
for(CFIndex i=0;i<ABMultiValueGetCount(multiPhones);++i) {
CFStringRef phoneNumberRef = ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(multiPhones, i);
NSString *phoneNumber = (NSString *) phoneNumberRef;
[phoneNumbers addObject:phoneNumber];
}

Answer 3

This code for Xcode 4.5.1>=0, if if you have below version then no need write if condition. just assign ABAddressBookCreate() to addressbook.
__block BOOL accessGranted = NO;
if (SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(#"6.0")) {
NSLog(#"Device version is greater than 6.0");
addressBook = ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL, NULL);
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);
}
}
else{
addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate();
accessGranted = YES;
}
if (accessGranted) {
NSMutableArray *phoneNumbers = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
CFArrayRef people = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople(addressBook);
for (CFIndex i = 0; i < CFArrayGetCount(people); i++) {
ABRecordRef person = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(people, i);
NSString *name = (__bridge NSString *)ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonFirstNameProperty);
ABMultiValueRef multiPhones = ABRecordCopyValue(person,kABPersonPhoneProperty);
NSMutableArray *individualPhoneNumbers = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
if (ABMultiValueGetCount(multiPhones) >0) {
for(CFIndex i=0;i<ABMultiValueGetCount(multiPhones);++i) {
CFStringRef phoneNumberRef = ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(multiPhones, i);
NSString *phoneNumber = (__bridge NSString *) phoneNumberRef;
[individualPhoneNumbers addObject:phoneNumber];
}
[phoneNumbers addObject:individualPhoneNumbers];
}
}