abaddressbook

Has anyone ever succeeded in searching for names in an Exchange GAL linked to an iOS device, using ABAddressBook framework, or otherwise? I've managed to get all the names from the contacts stored on the device - that bit's easy - but it doesn't include names from the Exchange GAL. I've also managed to get the ABSource for the GAL. It's type is: kABSourceTypeExchangeGAL = kABSourceTypeExchange | kABSourceTypeSearchableMask This suggests the source is searchable, given that the kABSourceTypeSearchableMask bit is set ( kABSourceTypeSearchableMask = 0x01000000 ), but how to search it is anyone's

In iOS 5 and above, Apple introduced the ABPersonCreatePeopleInSourceWithVCardRepresentation method, which is pretty useful in feeding a vCard to the Address Book and getting back the ABRecordRefs for the persons created. However, the Apple vCard seems to be (at least a bit) different from a standard vCard, as I have found out while trying to add standard vCards to the Address Book. Is there a page somewhere detailing what the Apple-format for a vCard should be? Thanks! The ABPersonCreatePeopleInSourceWithVCardRepresentation docs state that vCard version 3 is the supported protocol .

I have added the ABPeoplePickerNavigationController into my first view controller. I want that when I select a contact show the info to show in other view controller, but I'm trying use my code and this not show never when I click in a contact. This only open the contact into native app ABPeoplePickerNavigationController . var people = ABPeoplePickerNavigationController() var addressBook: ABAddressBookRef? func extractABAddressBookRef(abRef: Unmanaged<ABAddressBookRef>!) -> ABAddressBookRef? { if let ab = abRef { self.view.addSubview(people.view) return Unmanaged<NSObject>.fromOpaque(ab

How can i sort (or retrieve sorted array of ) an iphone contact book by first name & last name programmatically ?? Any help will be well appreciated...! Thanks Call ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople() to get an array of all person records in the address book. Then follow the documentation : To sort an array of people, use the function CFArraySortValues with the function ABPersonComparePeopleByName as the comparator and a context of the type ABPersonSortOrdering. The user’s desired sort order, as returned by ABPersonGetSortOrdering, is generally the preferred context. The following code listing

I am getting an error in my iOS app. Frustratingly, it is an intermittent error - The task I am performing works 5 or 6 times in a row then crashes unexpectedly. The error log suggests an error opening a sqlite database - presumably the core data model in my app. However Xcode shows that the line in which the error occurs is accessing the Apple contacts database. So I am not clear what has happened. The error log is below. Can anyone interpret the output below and shed any light on this? warning: Could not compile statement PRAGMA journal_mode = wal;: unable to open database file error 14

My app brings up a ABPersonViewController and gives the user the option to edit, or to select the contact. I can easily allow editing ( pvc.allowsEditing = YES ) but I can't figure out how to add the Select button. I would prefer to add it to the ABPersonViewController as a custom button like the Text Message, etc. default buttons. I ended up subclassing ABPersonViewController and sliding in a UIToolbar after it appears. An example is below: - (void)showToolbar { // build the toolbar items UIBarButtonItem *spaceItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem