Code example for ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeopleInSourceWithSortOrdering?

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Does anyone have a code example of how to properly set up the parameters and use the ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeopleInSourceWithSortOrdering() API to get sorted subsets of the iPhone Contact list?

score 28 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 12 '11 at 01:40

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The following should work:

ABAddressBookRef aB = ABAddressBookCreate();
ABRecordRef source = ABAddressBookCopyDefaultSource(aB); // or get the source with ABPersonCopySource(somePersonsABRecordRef);
NSArray *arr = (NSArray *)ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeopleInSourceWithSortOrdering(aB, source, kABPersonSortByLastName);
// you can also use kABPersonSortByFirstName instead of kABPersonSortByLastName

edited Apr 12 '11 at 01:40

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answered Jan 09 '11 at 19:49

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Note: The preferred sort order is ABPersonGetSortOrdering() - this will fill in the sort order by user preference. – n13 Feb 01 '12 at 15:57
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And thanks, this is awesome. It's much faster than getting all contacts and sorting them in code like I've seen in many other examples. – n13 Feb 01 '12 at 17:26
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Has anyone been able to do this in Swift? I can't seem to get it to work. – netwire Dec 19 '14 at 18:08

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 14 '15 at 21:09

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This worked for me:

ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL, error);
ABRecordRef source = ABAddressBookCopyDefaultSource(addressBook);
NSArray *allPeople = (__bridge NSArray *)ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeopleInSourceWithSortOrdering(addressBook, source, kABPersonSortByFirstName);

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answered Oct 08 '15 at 05:35

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Code example for ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeopleInSourceWithSortOrdering?

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