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How can I get the index of the addressbook when we know the ABRecordRef and address book?

I am using:

ABRecordRef ref= CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(AddressBookPeople, index);

to get the record reference at a given index.

Similarly, how do I get the index of the record when the ABRecordRef value is known?

Jason Sundram
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NSArray has a method:

- (NSUInteger)indexOfObject:(id)anObject

that returns the lowest index whose corresponding array value is equal to a given object.

CFArray is toll-free bridged with NSArray. So I think this should work,

int index = [(NSArray *)AddressBookPeople indexOfObject:ref];

EDIT:::

  ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate();
  CFArrayRef people = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople(addressBook);
  ABRecordRef ref= CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(people, 4);
  NSUInteger i = [(__bridge NSArray *)people indexOfObject:(__bridge id)(ref)];

This returned me right index.

Puneet Sharma
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  • here AddressBookPeople is CFArrayRef, This doesn't have indexOfObject method – Gobi M Sep 10 '13 at 11:04
  • Thats why I said that CFArrayRef is tollfree bridged with NSArray so it should work. You may need to typecast though. See my edit. – Puneet Sharma Sep 10 '13 at 11:06
  • No its returned 20000+ record index 600 records only available – Gobi M Sep 10 '13 at 11:54
  • people = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople(addressBook); NSArray *tempPeople = (__bridge NSArray *)(AddressBookPeople); NSUInteger i = [tempPeople indexOfObject:(__bridge id)(ref)]; – Gobi M Sep 10 '13 at 11:55
  • So I got curious and tried it my self. See my edit. It is working for me. – Puneet Sharma Sep 10 '13 at 12:48
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You can also more properly use:

CFArrayGetFirstIndexOfValue
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