How to add new contact to iOS Contacts (Address Book)?

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Chatar Veer Suthar picture Chatar Veer Suthar · Mar 22, 2011 · Viewed 16.6k times · Source

I want to save contact directly to an iOS device's Address Book programmatically.

How can I do it?

Answer

j_freyre picture j_freyre · Mar 22, 2011

Here is a small example :

CFErrorRef error = NULL; 
NSLog(@"%@", [self description]);
ABAddressBookRef iPhoneAddressBook = ABAddressBookCreate();

ABRecordRef newPerson = ABPersonCreate();

ABRecordSetValue(newPerson, kABPersonFirstNameProperty, people.firstname, &error);
ABRecordSetValue(newPerson, kABPersonLastNameProperty, people.lastname, &error);

    ABMutableMultiValueRef multiPhone =     ABMultiValueCreateMutable(kABMultiStringPropertyType);
ABMultiValueAddValueAndLabel(multiPhone, people.phone, kABPersonPhoneMainLabel, NULL);
ABMultiValueAddValueAndLabel(multiPhone, people.other, kABOtherLabel, NULL);            
ABRecordSetValue(newPerson, kABPersonPhoneProperty, multiPhone,nil);
CFRelease(multiPhone);
    // ... 
    // Set other properties
    // ...
    ABAddressBookAddRecord(iPhoneAddressBook, newPerson, &error);

ABAddressBookSave(iPhoneAddressBook, &error);
    CFRelease(newPerson);
    CFRelease(iPhoneAddressBook);
if (error != NULL) 
{
       CFStringRef errorDesc = CFErrorCopyDescription(error);
   NSLog(@"Contact not saved: %@", errorDesc);
       CFRelease(errorDesc);        
}

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