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ABPeoplePickerView (OS X) does not appear to allow one to use a custom contact source, instead forced to reference the stock Address Book database. It appears that the corresponding framework in the IOS platform does allow a custom source.

Is this conclusion accurate? I'd like to avoid creating a custom version of the provided people picker view.

Thanks

Matt
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Is this conclusion accurate?

Not where iOS is concerned. ABPeoplePickerNavigationController on iOS is a way of picking a person from the user's Contacts database. There is no "custom source".

matt
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  • Ah, thanks. I am not developing on IOS but in my search thought I'd seen and "AddressBookRef" like member that allowed a custom contact source. Any rate, I am interested in doing so on OS X. Thanks again for the response. – Ron May 02 '13 at 22:06
  • Right, but what I'm implying is, I don't think that's what this is for on either platform. On iOS at least, if you instantiate an AddressBookRef, it *is* the user's Contacts database, automatically. I would expect it to be the same on Mac OS X. – matt May 02 '13 at 22:14
  • Yeah, you are likely correct. What I saw may have simply been referring to a custom i.e., filtered view on the same address book database and not an outright different source. – Ron May 02 '13 at 23:08