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

Get Full Name, Email Id, Phone Number, Profile Picture and Birthday Date from Contacts Framework in iOS9

#pragma mark
#pragma mark -- Getting Contacts From AddressBook
 -(void)contactsDetailsFromAddressBook{
//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 = @[CNContactBirthdayKey,CNContactFamilyNameKey, CNContactGivenNameKey, CNContactPhoneNumbersKey, CNContactImageDataKey, CNContactEmailAddressesKey];
        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 {
            NSString *phone;
            NSString *fullName;
            NSString *firstName;
            NSString *lastName;
            UIImage *profileImage;
            NSDateComponents *birthDayComponent;
            NSMutableArray *contactNumbersArray;
            NSString *birthDayStr;
            NSMutableArray *emailArray;
            NSString* email = @"";
            for (CNContact *contact in cnContacts) {
                // copy data to my custom Contacts class.
                firstName = contact.givenName;
                lastName = contact.familyName;
                birthDayComponent = contact.birthday;
                if (birthDayComponent == nil) {
                    // NSLog(@"Component: %@",birthDayComponent);
                    birthDayStr = @"DOB not available";
                }else{
                    birthDayComponent = contact.birthday;
                    NSInteger day = [birthDayComponent day];
                    NSInteger month = [birthDayComponent month];
                    NSInteger year = [birthDayComponent year];
                    // NSLog(@"Year: %ld, Month: %ld, Day: %ld",(long)year,(long)month,(long)day);
                    birthDayStr = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld/%ld/%ld",(long)day,(long)month,(long)year];
                }
                if (lastName == nil) {
                    fullName=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",firstName];
                }else if (firstName == nil){
                    fullName=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",lastName];
                }
                else{
                    fullName=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ %@",firstName,lastName];
                }
                UIImage *image = [UIImage imageWithData:contact.imageData];
                if (image != nil) {
                    profileImage = image;
                }else{
                    profileImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"placeholder.png"];
                }
                for (CNLabeledValue *label in contact.phoneNumbers) {
                    phone = [label.value stringValue];
                    if ([phone length] > 0) {
                        [contactNumbersArray addObject:phone];
                    }
                }
                ////Get all E-Mail addresses from contacts
                for (CNLabeledValue *label in contact.emailAddresses) {
                    email = label.value;
                    if ([email length] > 0) {
                        [emailArray addObject:email];
                    }
                }
                //NSLog(@"EMAIL: %@",email);
                NSDictionary* personDict = [[NSDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys: fullName,@"fullName",profileImage,@"userImage",phone,@"PhoneNumbers",birthDayStr,@"BirthDay",email,@"userEmailId", nil];
                // NSLog(@"Response: %@",personDict);
                [self.contactsArray addObject:personDict];
            }
            dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
                [self.tableViewRef reloadData];
            });
        }
    }
}];
}