How to get a CNContact phone number(s) as string in Swift?

Question

I am attempting to retrieve the names and phone number(s) of all contacts and put them into arrays with Swift in iOS. I have made it this far:

Answer 1

Swift 3 "_$!<Mobile>!$_" This item is written to create difference as well as putting a piece of opportunity to rely on various options.

for con in contacts
{
    for num in con.phoneNumbers
    {
        if num.label == "_$!<Mobile>!$_"    //Please Don't Change this!
        {
            self.contactNames.append(con.givenName)
            self.contactNums.append(num.value.stringValue)
            break
        }
        else
        {
            continue
        }
    }
}

Here we have num.value.stringValue

Answer 2

Here's a Swift 5 solution.

import Contacts

func sendMessageTo(_ contact: CNContact) {

    let validTypes = [
        CNLabelPhoneNumberiPhone,
        CNLabelPhoneNumberMobile,
        CNLabelPhoneNumberMain
    ]

    let numbers = contact.phoneNumbers.compactMap { phoneNumber -> String? in
        guard let label = phoneNumber.label, validTypes.contains(label) else { return nil }
        return phoneNumber.value.stringValue
    }

    guard !numbers.isEmpty else { return }

    // process/use your numbers for this contact here
    DispatchQueue.main.async {
        self.sendSMSText(numbers)
    }
}

You can find available values for the validTypes array in the CNPhoneNumber header file.

They are:

CNLabelPhoneNumberiPhone
CNLabelPhoneNumberMobile
CNLabelPhoneNumberMain
CNLabelPhoneNumberHomeFax
CNLabelPhoneNumberWorkFax
CNLabelPhoneNumberOtherFax
CNLabelPhoneNumberPager

Answer 3

Keeping things simple:

let phoneNumbers: [String] = contact.phoneNumbers.compactMap { (phoneNumber: CNLabeledValue) in
    guard let number = phoneNumber.value.value(forKey: "digits") as? String else { return nil }
    return number
}

Answer 4

I found the solution: (contact.phoneNumbers[0].value as! CNPhoneNumber).valueForKey("digits") as! String