How to fetch all contacts record in iOS 9 using Contacts Framework

Question

Most part of AddressBook framework is deprecated in iOS 9. In the new Contacts Framework documentation only shows how to fetch records matches a NSPredicate, bu

Answer 1

Objective-C:

//ios 9+
CNContactStore *store = [[CNContactStore alloc] init];
[store requestAccessForEntityType:CNEntityTypeContacts completionHandler:^(BOOL granted, NSError * _Nullable error) {
    if (granted == YES) {
        //keys with fetching properties
        NSArray *keys = @[CNContactFamilyNameKey, CNContactGivenNameKey, CNContactPhoneNumbersKey, CNContactImageDataKey];
        NSString *containerId = store.defaultContainerIdentifier;
        NSPredicate *predicate = [CNContact predicateForContactsInContainerWithIdentifier:containerId];
        NSError *error;
        NSArray *cnContacts = [store unifiedContactsMatchingPredicate:predicate keysToFetch:keys error:&error];
        if (error) {
            NSLog(@"error fetching contacts %@", error);
        } else {
            for (CNContact *contact in cnContacts) {
                // copy data to my custom Contacts class. 
                Contact *newContact = [[Contact alloc] init];
                newContact.firstName = contact.givenName;
                newContact.lastName = contact.familyName;
                UIImage *image = [UIImage imageWithData:contact.imageData];
                newContact.image = image;
                for (CNLabeledValue *label in contact.phoneNumbers) {
                    NSString *phone = [label.value stringValue];
                    if ([phone length] > 0) {
                        [contact.phones addObject:phone];
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }        
}];

Also to get all contacts you can use the enumerateContactsWithFetchRequest method:

CNContactStore *store = [[CNContactStore alloc] init];
[store requestAccessForEntityType:CNEntityTypeContacts completionHandler:^(BOOL granted, NSError * _Nullable error) {
    if (granted == YES) {
        //keys with fetching properties
        NSArray *keys = @[CNContactFamilyNameKey, CNContactGivenNameKey, CNContactPhoneNumbersKey, CNContactImageDataKey];
        CNContactFetchRequest *request = [[CNContactFetchRequest alloc] initWithKeysToFetch:keys];
        NSError *error;
        BOOL success = [store enumerateContactsWithFetchRequest:request error:&error usingBlock:^(CNContact * __nonnull contact, BOOL * __nonnull stop) {
            if (error) {
                NSLog(@"error fetching contacts %@", error);
            } else {
                // copy data to my custom Contact class. 
                Contact *newContact = [[Contact alloc] init];
                newContact.firstName = contact.givenName;
                newContact.lastName = contact.familyName;
                // etc.
            }
        }];
    }        
}];

If you want to filter contacts by name you can use this:

Obj-C:

// keys from example above
NSArray *keys = @[CNContactFamilyNameKey, CNContactGivenNameKey, CNContactPhoneNumbersKey, CNContactImageDataKey];
NSArray *cnContacts = [store unifiedContactsMatchingPredicate:[CNContact predicateForContactsMatchingName:@"John Appleseed"] keysToFetch:keys error:&error];

Swift 3:

let store = CNContactStore()
let contacts = try store.unifiedContactsMatchingPredicate(CNContact.predicateForContactsMatchingName("Appleseed"), keysToFetch:[CNContactGivenNameKey, CNContactFamilyNameKey])

Official documentation is here: https://developer.apple.com/reference/contacts