ABPeoplePickerNavigationController changes with iOS8?

Question

Since I have updated XCode (6.0, 6A313) and my iOS (8.0, 12A365) on the iPhone to gm seeds, the ABPeoplePickerNavigationController code doesn't work like before.

• iOS 7.1.2: If someone want to import a contact, the address book opens and you see the full list of contacts, after picking one, it opens detail view of an contact and than you can add the contact with a click of the phone number you want to import.

• iOS 8.0: its everything similar but if you click on number of an contact it dial the phone number instead of importing it..

Code:

#pragma mark - AddressBook Delegate Methods

-(BOOL)peoplePickerNavigationController:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)peoplePicker shouldContinueAfterSelectingPerson:(ABRecordRef)person{
    return YES;
}


-(BOOL)peoplePickerNavigationController:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)peoplePicker shouldContinueAfterSelectingPerson:(ABRecordRef)person property:(ABPropertyID)property identifier:(ABMultiValueIdentifier)identifier{

    // Get the first and the last name. Actually, copy their values using the person object and the appropriate
    // properties into two string variables equivalently.
    // Watch out the ABRecordCopyValue method below. Also, notice that we cast to NSString *.
    NSString *firstName = (__bridge NSString *)ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonFirstNameProperty);
    NSString *lastName = (__bridge NSString *)ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonLastNameProperty);

    // Compose the full name.
    NSString *fullName = @"";
    // Before adding the first and the last name in the fullName string make sure that these values are filled in.
    if (firstName != nil) {
        fullName = [fullName stringByAppendingString:firstName];
    }
    if (lastName != nil) {
        fullName = [fullName stringByAppendingString:@" "];
        fullName = [fullName stringByAppendingString:lastName];
    }


    // Get the multivalue number property.
    CFTypeRef multivalue = ABRecordCopyValue(person, property);

    // Get the index of the selected number. Remember that the number multi-value property is being returned as an array.
    CFIndex index = ABMultiValueGetIndexForIdentifier(multivalue, identifier);

    // Copy the number value into a string.
    NSString *number = (__bridge NSString *)ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(multivalue, index);

    nameTextField.text = fullName;
    numberTextField.text = number;

    // Dismiss the contacts view controller.
    [_addressBookController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];

    return NO;
}


// Implement this delegate method to make the Cancel button of the Address Book working.
-(void)peoplePickerNavigationControllerDidCancel:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)peoplePicker{
    [_addressBookController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}

couldn't find any answer in iOS developer library of apple. have somebody else a solution for it?

Answer 1

iOS 8 requires a new delegate method be implemented for this:

- (void)peoplePickerNavigationController:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)peoplePicker didSelectPerson:(ABRecordRef)person property:(ABPropertyID)property identifier:(ABMultiValueIdentifier)identifier {
}

Keep the old delegate method in place to support iOS 7 or earlier. What I do in my app is call the iOS 7 delegate method from the iOS 8 delegate method:

- (void)peoplePickerNavigationController:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)peoplePicker didSelectPerson:(ABRecordRef)person property:(ABPropertyID)property identifier:(ABMultiValueIdentifier)identifier {
    [self peoplePickerNavigationController:peoplePicker shouldContinueAfterSelectingPerson:person property:property identifier:identifier];
}

If this delegate method isn't implemented in iOS 8, tapping the value causes the action. When implemented, the delegate is called instead with the selected value.