Cannot highlight ABPersonViewController property

Question

I can't seem to get ABPersonViewController to highlight the property I want. The controller displays fine with the correct person. The phoneNumberIdentifier is a reasonable value (0 or 1 depending on the contact) and returns the correct phone number programatically.

ABPersonViewController *personViewController = [[ABPersonViewController alloc] init];
personViewController.displayedPerson = personRef;
[personViewController setHighlightedItemForProperty:kABPersonPhoneProperty withIdentifier:phoneNumberIdentifier];
personViewController.allowsEditing = YES;

[self.navigationController pushViewController:personViewController animated:YES];

[personViewController release];

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 22 '11 at 12:58

You must call

[personViewController setHighlightedItemForProperty:kABPersonPhoneProperty withIdentifier:phoneNumberIdentifier];

after you push the controller on the navigation controller.

And I'm afraid this is not the only peculiarity with the AddressBook framework...

Cannot highlight ABPersonViewController property

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