Question

+(NSMutableArray *)getLastName
{

   ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate();
    NSMutableArray *lastNameArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
    ABRecordRef source = ABAddressBookCopyDefaultSource(addressBook);
    CFIndex numberOfContacts  = ABAddressBookGetPersonCount(addressBook);
    NSLog(@"%ld",numberOfContacts);
    CFArrayRef people = (__bridge CFArrayRef)((__bridge NSArray*)ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeopleInSourceWithSortOrdering(addressBook, source, kABPersonSortByLastName));
    NSArray * tempArray = [[NSArray alloc]init];
    tempArray = (__bridge  NSArray *)(people);
    if ([tempArray count]>0) {
    for (int personIndex = 0; personIndex < [tempArray count]-1; personIndex++) {
        ABRecordRef person = (__bridge ABRecordRef)([tempArray objectAtIndex:personIndex]);
        ABMultiValueRef lastName = ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonLastNameProperty);
        NSString *lastNameString = (__bridge NSString *)lastName;
        if (lastName!=nil)
            [lastNameArray addObject:lastNameString];
          }
    }
    return lastNameArray;
}

I am using the xcode 6.0. iphone 3s is working fine but iphone 4s and iphone 5 not working in that code

Answer 1

I think the problem is with you iOS version…. If you’re using iOS 6.0 then ABAddressBookCreate() won’t work… it is fine for iOS 5.1 or before…. so you can do like,

ABAddressBookRef addressBook;

if ([self isABAddressBookCreateWithOptionsAvailable])
{
    // iOS 6
    CFErrorRef error = nil;
    addressBook = ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL,&error);

    ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion(addressBook, ^(bool granted, CFErrorRef error)
                                             {
                                             });
    ABAddressBookRevert(addressBook);
}
else
{
    // iOS 4/5
    addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate();
}



-(BOOL)isABAddressBookCreateWithOptionsAvailable
{
    return &ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions != NULL;
}

By this you can get all contacts…:)