Pushing ABPersonViewController to ABPeoplePickerNavigationController on iOS8

Question

Presenting the people picker

ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *peoplePicker = [[ABPeoplePickerNavigationController alloc] init];
peoplePicker.allowsActions = YES;
peoplePicker.allowsEditing = NO;
peoplePicker.peoplePickerDelegate = self;
[self presentViewController:peoplePicker animated:YES completion:nil];

Implementing the ABPeoplePickerNavigationControllerDelegate in iOS 7

- (BOOL)peoplePickerNavigationController:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)peoplePicker shouldContinueAfterSelectingPerson:(ABRecordRef)person {
  ABPersonViewController *personViewController = [[ABPersonViewController alloc] init];
  personViewController.displayedPerson = person;
  [peoplePicker pushViewController:personViewController animated:YES];
  return NO;
}

So far so good. The person view controller is presented as expected. iOS7 method returns a value - one could return NO in order to make sure the people picker remains open. In iOS8 the above delegate method was deprecated and new method must be implemented:

- (void)peoplePickerNavigationController:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)peoplePicker didSelectPerson:(ABRecordRef)person {
  ABPersonViewController *personViewController = [[ABPersonViewController alloc] init];
  personViewController.displayedPerson = person;
  [peoplePicker pushViewController:personViewController animated:YES];
}

The person view controller is pushed to the people picker but after a fraction of a second the people picker is dismissed (together with the person view controller).

Is there a way to prevent the people picker from dismissing on iOS8? Any other suggestions?

What you were doing was always wrong. It was never correct to push ABPersonViewController onto ABPeoplePickerNavigationController like that. Rethink your interface. — matt, Oct 30 '14 at 20:12
Fundamentally, what are you trying to achieve? Why not let the people picker show you the person itself? — Rob, Oct 30 '14 at 20:46
@Rob I want the ABPersonViewController to display the action buttons which are not displayed by default. — tonymontana, Oct 30 '14 at 20:49
What if you want to display a custom detail view instead of the default view? It wouldn't be so bad if apple had used the public dismissModal method instead of a private API to dismiss the controller. Sloppy... — Kirby Todd, Oct 31 '14 at 04:17
@matt Why it wrong was wrong on iOS 7? Can you please elaborate? — tonymontana, Nov 04 '14 at 12:25

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 04 '14 at 12:55

-(void)peoplePickerNavigationController:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController*)peoplePicker didSelectPerson:(ABRecordRef)person
{ 
    [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:NO completion:^{
      ABPersonViewController *personController = [[ABPersonViewController alloc] init];

      [personController setDisplayedPerson:person];
      [personController setPersonViewDelegate:self];
      [personController setAllowsEditing:NO];
      personController.displayedProperties = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:[NSNumber numberWithInt:kABPersonPhoneProperty], nil];

      [self.navigationController pushViewController:personController animated:YES];
    }];
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 31 '14 at 14:32

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How about using presentViewController instead pushViewController ... in Xcode 6 it says that pushViewController is deprecated and I see you're trying to implement it in iOS8 so give it a try ... Something like this line:

[peoplePicker presentViewController: personViewController animated: YES completion: nil];

answered Oct 31 '14 at 14:32

Hristo Atanasov

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I have the exact example but it is in swift ... So I think this should work. – Hristo Atanasov Oct 31 '14 at 14:37
It works but it is not what I was asking for. Thanks. – tonymontana Nov 04 '14 at 12:27
Probably I can't understand your question. You just want to show the action buttons ? – Hristo Atanasov Nov 04 '14 at 15:45
Show the action buttons but also push the person view controller into the people picker. You suggest to display the person view controller which replaces the people picker instead of being pushed to it. – tonymontana Nov 04 '14 at 16:03

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 20 '16 at 15:12

In iOS8, you will need to add code as below when you initialise the ABPeoplePickerNavigationController, otherwise the peoplePickerNavigationController will dismiss right away after you select a contact.

if(IOS8_OR_LATER){
    peoplePicker.predicateForSelectionOfPerson = [NSPredicate predicateWithValue:false]; }

Pushing ABPersonViewController to ABPeoplePickerNavigationController on iOS8

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