How to access the phone contact list and display it in tableview?

Question

Such as the Table cell having:

1. Contact image

2. Contact name.

I found that we have to use framework:

1. AddressBook.framework

2. AddressBookUI.framework

How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate(); // create address book reference object
NSArray *abContactArray = (NSArray *)ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople(addressBook); // get address book contact array

NSInteger totalContacts =[abContactArray count];
    
for(NSUInteger loop= 0 ; loop < totalContacts; loop++)
{
    ABRecordRef record = (ABRecordRef)[abContactArray objectAtIndex:loop]; // get address book record
        
   if(ABRecordGetRecordType(record) ==  kABPersonType) // this check execute if it is person group
    {
            ABRecordID recordId = ABRecordGetRecordID(record); // get record id from address book record
            
            NSString *recordIdString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d",recordId]; // get record id string from record id
            
            NSString *firstNameString = (NSString*)ABRecordCopyValue(record,kABPersonFirstNameProperty); // fetch contact first name from address book  
            NSString *lastNameString = (NSString*)ABRecordCopyValue(record,kABPersonLastNameProperty); // fetch contact last name from address book
    }
}

for more check these links

http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/AddressBook/Reference/ABPersonRef_iPhoneOS/Reference/reference.html

http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#DOCUMENTATION/AddressBook/Reference/ABAddressBookRef_iPhoneOS/Reference/reference.html