retrieve birthday from contact

peetonn · 03-26-2010, 06:13 AM

hello guys!
here is my code for retrieving birthdate from addressbook:

Code:

...
ABRecordRef person = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(people,i);
NSDate *date = (NSDate *)ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonBirthdayProperty);
..

where

Code:

CFMutableArrayRef people;

was created as follows:

Code:

...
  ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate();
  CFArrayRef peopleArray = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople(addressBook);
  people = CFArrayCreateMutableCopy(kCFAllocatorDefault,CFArrayGetCount(peopleArray),peopleArray);
...

but i still get nil in date. i really don't know how to deal with it. please help=)

Alger Cheng · 06-11-2010, 03:49 AM

You need to make sure the current selected person has set the birthday value.
If NO, the return is nil.