Application crashes while fetching the iPhone's contact list in iOS

Question

I am having the trouble to fetch iPhone contacts.

I have tried to fetch the contact by the following code.
It is working fine in simulator and also worked fine when the contacts are less in the contact list.
In my phone I am having 1000 Contacts. So it crashes on this device. Please guide me if you know the reason.

Here is my code.

     ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL, error);
        ABRecordRef source = ABAddressBookCopyDefaultSource(addressBook);
        CFArrayRef allPeople = ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeopleInSourceWithSortOrdering(addressBook, source, kABPersonSortByFirstName);
        CFIndex nPeople = ABAddressBookGetPersonCount(addressBook);
        NSMutableArray* items = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:nPeople];


        for (int i = 0; i < nPeople; i++)
        {
            NSMutableDictionary *dicContacts = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc]init];

            ABRecordRef person = CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(allPeople, i);
      NSMutableArray *phoneNumbers = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

            ABMultiValueRef multiPhones = ABRecordCopyValue(person, kABPersonPhoneProperty);
            for(CFIndex i=0;i<ABMultiValueGetCount(multiPhones);i++)
            {
                CFStringRef phoneNumberRef = ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(multiPhones, i);
                NSString *phoneNumber = (__bridge NSString *) phoneNumberRef;
                [phoneNumbers addObject:phoneNumber];
                //NSLog(@"All numbers %@", phoneNumbers);

            }

            if ([phoneNumbers count] > 0) {
                [dicContacts setValue:[phoneNumbers objectAtIndex:0] forKeyPath:@"Contact"];
            }

            [items addObject:dicContacts];

  }

Thanks In Advance

put breakpoint n see what error message you are getting or at which line? — Baby Groot, May 28 '14 at 08:49
check this https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/ContactData/Conceptual/AddressBookProgrammingGuideforiPhone/Chapters/DirectInteraction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007744-CH6-SW1 — karthikPrabhu Alagu, May 28 '14 at 09:48

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 29 '14 at 05:43

-(void)tkPeoplePickerController:(TKPeoplePickerController*)picker didFinishPickingDataWithInfo:(NSArray*)contacts
{
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^{
    CFErrorRef *error = nil;
    ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL,error);
    [contacts enumerateObjectsUsingBlock:^(id obj,NSUInteger idx, BOOL *stop)
     {
         NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];

         TKContact *contact = (TKContact*)obj;
         NSNumber *personID = [NSNumber numberWithInt:contact.recordID];
         ABRecordID abRecordID = (ABRecordID)[personID intValue];
         ABRecordRef abPerson = ABAddressBookGetPersonWithRecordID(addressBook, abRecordID);

         // Check person image
         UIImage *personImage = nil;
         if (abPerson != nil && ABPersonHasImageData(abPerson))
         {
             if ( &ABPersonCopyImageDataWithFormat != nil )
             {
                 // iOS >= 4.1
                 CFDataRef contactThumbnailData = ABPersonCopyImageDataWithFormat(abPerson, kABPersonImageFormatThumbnail);
                 personImage = [UIImage imageWithData:(__bridge NSData*)contactThumbnailData];
                 CFRelease(contactThumbnailData);
                 ABMultiValueRef emailValues = ABRecordCopyValue(abPerson, kABPersonEmailProperty);
                 // This is how you extract the first item from the multivalues:
                 CFStringRef cfEmailAddress = ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(emailValues, 0);
                 // This is how you convert it to an NSString.

                 [RSVP_ImageArray addObject:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                                             contact.name,@"name",
                                             contact.email,@"email",
                                             [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d",abRecordID],@"recodeID",
                                             savedImagePath,@"Image",
                                             nil]];
                 CFDataRef contactImageData = ABPersonCopyImageDataWithFormat(abPerson, kABPersonImageFormatOriginalSize);
                 CFRelease(contactImageData);
             }
             else
             {
                 // iOS < 4.1
                 CFDataRef contactImageData = ABPersonCopyImageData(abPerson);
                 personImage = [[UIImage imageWithData:(__bridge NSData*)contactImageData] thumbnailImage:CGSizeMake(thumbnailSize, thumbnailSize)];
                 ABMultiValueRef emailValues = ABRecordCopyValue(abPerson, kABPersonEmailProperty);
                 // This is how you extract the first item from the multivalues:
                 CFStringRef cfEmailAddress = ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(emailValues, 0);
                 // This is how you convert it to an NSString.

                [RSVP_ImageArray addObject:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                                             contact.name,@"name",
                                             contact.email,@"email",
                                             [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d",abRecordID],@"recodeID",
                                             savedImagePath,@"Image",
                                             nil]];
                 CFRelease(contactImageData);
             }
         }
         else
         {
             ABMultiValueRef emailValues = ABRecordCopyValue(abPerson, kABPersonEmailProperty);
             // This is how you extract the first item from the multivalues:
             CFStringRef cfEmailAddress = ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(emailValues, 0);
             // This is how you convert it to an NSString.

             [mutablearray addObject:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                                         contact.name,@"name",
                                         contact.email,@"email",
                                         [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d",abRecordID],@"recodeID",
                                         savedImagePath,@"Image",
                                         nil]];
         }
     }
     dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
    });

     [pool drain];
     }];

    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
        CFRelease(addressBook);
    });
});
}

Use this code with it will surely help you.. for reference u can use this link https://github.com/qnibus/TKContactsMultiPicker ... :)

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 29 '14 at 06:34

for(CFIndex i=0;i<ABMultiValueGetCount(multiPhones);i++)
{
    CFStringRef phoneNumberRef = ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(multiPhones, i);
    NSString *phoneNumber = (__bridge NSString *) phoneNumberRef;
    [phoneNumbers addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",phoneNumber]];
    //NSLog(@"All numbers %@", phoneNumbers);
}
[phoneNumbers retain];

Application crashes while fetching the iPhone's contact list in iOS

2 Answers2