Accessing contacts info WITHOUT the address book?

[Johanovski]

Hi there!

I'm working in an application where I want to access the iPhone's address book to take contacts' names, but I want to do this programmatically and automatically, so I don't want to use the Address Book UI to select a contact. It's possible to get the address book content without user interaction so I can get their names?

Thanks in advance!

[Jagged]

maybe this can help you

	addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate();
	personRecord = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople(addressBook);
	
	personArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
	
	for (int i = 0; i < CFArrayGetCount(personRecord); i++)
	{
		ABRecordRef personRef = (ABRecordID*)CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(personRecord, i);
		ABRecordRef person = ABAddressBookGetPersonWithRecordID(addressBook, ABRecordGetRecordID(personRef));
		
		@try 
		{
			if (ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonBirthdayProperty))
				[personArray addObject: (id)personRef];
		}
		@catch (NSException * e) 
		{
		}
		@finally 
		{
		}
	}

with this code you can create a list ob personreference IDs

Use this code to get person informations:

		NSString *FirstName = [NSString stringWithString:(NSString *)ABRecordCopyValue(aPersonRef, kABPersonFirstNameProperty)];

search for "kABPersonFirstNameProperty" in the sdk documentation to find other personal information properties