Fetching all contacts in ios Swift?

Question

I am aware of the ios swift has a Contacts Framework where I can fetch contacts, but I cannot find any method to fetch all the contacts together where I can access each of the contacts from that array. All methods for fetching contacts seems to require some sort of conditions. Is there any method where I can get all the contacts together?

Thanks

Answer 1

Swift 4 and 5. I have create class PhoneContacts. Please add NSContactsUsageDescription key to your info.plist file

 import Foundation
 import ContactsUI

class PhoneContacts {

    class func getContacts(filter: ContactsFilter = .none) -> [CNContact] { //  ContactsFilter is Enum find it below

        let contactStore = CNContactStore()
        let keysToFetch = [
            CNContactFormatter.descriptorForRequiredKeys(for: .fullName),
            CNContactPhoneNumbersKey,
            CNContactEmailAddressesKey,
            CNContactThumbnailImageDataKey] as [Any]

        var allContainers: [CNContainer] = []
        do {
            allContainers = try contactStore.containers(matching: nil)
        } catch {
            print("Error fetching containers")
        }

        var results: [CNContact] = []

        for container in allContainers {
            let fetchPredicate = CNContact.predicateForContactsInContainer(withIdentifier: container.identifier)

            do {
                let containerResults = try contactStore.unifiedContacts(matching: fetchPredicate, keysToFetch: keysToFetch as! [CNKeyDescriptor])
                results.append(contentsOf: containerResults)
            } catch {
                print("Error fetching containers")
            }
        }
        return results
    }
}

The calling to above method in another class

import ContactsUI
func phoneNumberWithContryCode() -> [String] {

    let contacts = PhoneContacts.getContacts() // here calling the getContacts methods
    var arrPhoneNumbers = [String]()
    for contact in contacts {
        for ContctNumVar: CNLabeledValue in contact.phoneNumbers {
            if let fulMobNumVar  = ContctNumVar.value as? CNPhoneNumber {
                //let countryCode = fulMobNumVar.value(forKey: "countryCode") get country code
                   if let MccNamVar = fulMobNumVar.value(forKey: "digits") as? String {
                        arrPhoneNumbers.append(MccNamVar)
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return arrPhoneNumbers // here array has all contact numbers.
}

Now, Get email and phone of contacts

    enum ContactsFilter {
        case none
        case mail
        case message
    }

    var phoneContacts = [PhoneContact]() // array of PhoneContact(It is model find it below) 
    var filter: ContactsFilter = .none

    self.loadContacts(filter: filter) // Calling loadContacts methods

       fileprivate func loadContacts(filter: ContactsFilter) {
            phoneContacts.removeAll()
            var allContacts = [PhoneContact]()
            for contact in PhoneContacts.getContacts(filter: filter) {
                allContacts.append(PhoneContact(contact: contact))
            }

            var filterdArray = [PhoneContact]()
            if self.filter == .mail {
                filterdArray = allContacts.filter({ $0.email.count > 0 }) // getting all email 
            } else if self.filter == .message {
                filterdArray = allContacts.filter({ $0.phoneNumber.count > 0 })
            } else {
                filterdArray = allContacts
            }
            phoneContacts.append(contentsOf: filterdArray)

  for contact in phoneContacts {
      print("Name -> \(contact.name)")
      print("Email -> \(contact.email)")
      print("Phone Number -> \(contact.phoneNumber)")
    }
    let arrayCode  = self.phoneNumberWithContryCode()
    for codes in arrayCode {
      print(codes)
    }
     DispatchQueue.main.async {
       self.tableView.reloadData() // update your tableView having phoneContacts array
              }
            }
        }

PhoneContact Model Class

import Foundation
import ContactsUI

class PhoneContact: NSObject {

    var name: String?
    var avatarData: Data?
    var phoneNumber: [String] = [String]()
    var email: [String] = [String]()
    var isSelected: Bool = false
    var isInvited = false

    init(contact: CNContact) {
        name        = contact.givenName + " " + contact.familyName
        avatarData  = contact.thumbnailImageData
        for phone in contact.phoneNumbers {
            phoneNumber.append(phone.value.stringValue)
        }
        for mail in contact.emailAddresses {
            email.append(mail.value as String)
        }
    }

    override init() {
        super.init()
    }
}