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How do you get a person's image from an iPhone address book? You can do it like this.... NSData *imgData = (NSData *)ABPersonCopyImageData(person); UIImage *img = [UIImage imageWithData:imgData]; where person is of type ABRecordRef . Now, as CFData and NSData are toll-free bridged, you can simply type cast CFData to NSData and get the image Hope this helps. ChangUZ (NSData*)ABPersonCopyImageDataWithFormat([targetPeople objectAtIndex:index], kABPersonImageFormatThumbnail) This is faster since it returns a thumbnail. Slightly refreshed code: UIImage *image = nil; @try { CFDataRef cfImage =

I want to show contacts and details of contacts in my application.List of contacts and after selecting any contact details of that contact will show on next page using addressbook. I am working on IOS 6. Thanks in advance. Following code for retrieving contact details. - (void)viewDidLoad { [super viewDidLoad]; contactList=[[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; ABAddressBookRef m_addressbook = ABAddressBookCreate(); if (!m_addressbook) { NSLog(@"opening address book"); } CFArrayRef allPeople = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople(m_addressbook); CFIndex nPeople = ABAddressBookGetPersonCount(m_addressbook

I need a contact's street address. I know how to get the single value properties, but the street address is a multivalue property. Apple's documentation shows how to set it, but not retrieve it. Any help? PS: this does not work: ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonAddressStreetKey); I just figured it out: ABMultiValueRef st = ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonAddressProperty); if (ABMultiValueGetCount(st) > 0) { CFDictionaryRef dict = ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(st, 0); self.street.text = CFDictionaryGetValue(dict, kABPersonAddressStreetKey); } Swift version : if let addresses :

I'm really struggling with ABAddressBookGetPersonWithRecordID at the moment. I am saving an ID, and then trying to call it back up again. Currently im doing something simple to test the linking, but its not working. First, I can read objects from my iphone simulator address book using: -(BOOL)peoplePickerNavigationController: (ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)peoplePicker shouldContinueAfterSelectingPerson:(ABRecordRef)person { NSString *contactName; NSString *contactCompany; NSString *contactFirst; NSString *contactLast; contactFirst = [(NSString *)ABRecordCopyValue(person,

I want to create an array of ABRecordRef(s) to store contacts which have a valid birthday field. NSMutableArray* bContacts = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate(); CFArrayRef allPeople = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople(addressBook); CFIndex nPeople = ABAddressBookGetPersonCount(addressBook); for( int i = 0 ; i < nPeople ; i++ ) { ABRecordRef ref = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(allPeople, i ); NSDate* birthdayDate = (NSDate*) ABRecordCopyValue(ref, kABPersonBirthdayProperty); if (birthdayDate != nil){ [bContacts addObject:ref]; } } The compiler shows

I am making an App that stores contacts in the address book , I am using Xcode 4.2 I know how to add a contact in the address book , let s say I have a group called "A" in the Contact list and I want to Add this contact to this group , how to do that ? here is the Code I am using : ABAddressBookRef *iPhoneAddressBook = ABAddressBookCreate(); ABRecordRef contact = ABPersonCreate(); //add infos ABRecordSetValue(contact, kABPersonFirstNameProperty,(__bridge_retained CFStringRef)firstName, nil); ABRecordSetValue(contact, kABPersonLastNameProperty,(__bridge_retained CFStringRef)lastName, nil);

I have an array of strings (names) and i would like to sort them like how the address book on the iphone sorts them eg: éli -> under E eg: àli -> under A eg: 4li -> under # any suggestions? You need to perform a diacritic insensitive comparison against the strings. NSString has a compare:options: method with an option of NSDiacriticInsensitiveSearch . NSArray *array = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"éli", @"bob", @"earl", @"allen", @"àli", @"aaron", nil]; NSArray *sorted = [array sortedArrayUsingComparator:^NSComparisonResult(id obj1, id obj2) { return [(NSString*)obj1 compare:obj2 options

Can anyone point me to a list of international postal / residential / delivery address format templates that use some kind of parseable standard vocabulary for address parts? The ideal list contains a country code then a format using replaceable tokens so I can substitute database address fields into a template to produce something printable in the local format. for example NZ | [first_name] [family_name]\n[company_name]\n[street_address]\n[city] [post_code]\n[country] AU | [first_name] [family_name]\n[company_name]\n[street_address]\n[city]\n[state] [post_code]\n[country] US | etc UK | etc

Update 9/2/10: This code no longer works as of the iOS 4 update--it fails with an internal assertion. There is now a great Address Book API example available in the iPhone SDK Reference Library called "QuickContacts." The example code is available here; it will help you solve this problem: http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/samplecode/QuickContacts/Introduction/Intro.html I'm attempting to add a feature to my app that allows the user to select a contact from an ABPeoplePickerNavigationController , which then displays an ABPersonViewController corresponding to the contact they picked. At

Is there any way in iOS to get notification about address book changes since the last time applications was opened. The application stores address book in internal database and I don't want to perform full sync each time it activated. Thanks in advance. Small addition to clarify the question: I use ABAddressBookRegisterExternalChangeCallback to observe changes when application suspended to background, but from what I know, this method can't work if application was closed completely and reopened(for example: after phone restart or closed from task list). Maybe you're looking for this: