Getting EXC_BAD_ACCESS on ABAddressBookSave

Question

I am using below code to remove the contact from my addressbook. (on iOS 5.0). But its giving me EXC_BAD_ACCESS every time on ABAddressBookSave(addressBook, NULL);. I have selected NSZombieEnalbeld but it's still not giving me clear error.

ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate();
 CFErrorRef error = NULL;

 ABRecordRef person = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllSources(addressBook);

 BOOL success = ABAddressBookRemoveRecord(addressBook, person, &error);

 if (success)
 {
     BOOL su = ABAddressBookSave(addressBook, NULL);
     NSLog(@"Removed ----");
 }
 CFRelease(addressBook);

What is going wrong?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

The problem is with this line:

ABRecordRef person = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllSources(addressBook);

ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllSources returns an CFArray and not an ABRecord

If you want to remove a person from the address book, you need to get it's reference like:

ABRecordRef person = ABAddressBookGetPersonWithRecordID(addressBook, recordID);

where recordID, the id of the person you are trying to remove (you need to obtain this).

As for more information on how to get a person from the address book, you can take a look at this SO response

Getting EXC_BAD_ACCESS on ABAddressBookSave

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