Hide fields in ABNewPersonViewController

Question

When filling in new contact information I want to show the user an ABNewPersonViewController that does not contain all default fields. I cannot figure out how to accomplish this. Is it possible to hide some fields or do I need to write my own view controller?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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No, you cannot hide fields from the view controller, as Apple wants to be it the same through all iOS apps. So for customized behaviour, you'll have write your own view controller and add the contact programmatically

For a reference see: How to add new contact to iOS Address Book?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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answered Nov 16 '13 at 11:42

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 14 '14 at 19:24

You can set the values which are initially displayed for the new contact by setting the displayPerson property to an ABRecordRef which you allocate. Simply set the fields of the ABRecordRef to the values you want.

Example:

ABNewPersonViewController *newPersonController =
    [[ABNewPersonViewController alloc] init];

newPersonController.newPersonViewDelegate = self;
ABRecordRef newPerson = ABPersonCreate();

NSString *number =
    [AFEndPoint normalizePhoneAddress:[self.historyParticipant participant].endPointValue ];

CFTypeRef phoneProperty = ABMultiValueCreateMutable(kABStringPropertyType);

if (phoneProperty) {
    ABMultiValueRef multi = ABMultiValueCreateMutableCopy(phoneProperty);
    if (multi) {
        ABMultiValueAddValueAndLabel(
            multi,
            (__bridge CFStringRef)number,
            kABPersonPhoneMobileLabel,
            nil);

        ABRecordSetValue(newPerson, kABPersonPhoneProperty, multi, nil);
        CFRelease(multi);
    }

    CFRelease(phoneProperty);
}

newPersonController.displayedPerson = newPerson;

Hide fields in ABNewPersonViewController

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