How to get an email using ABPeoplePicker?

Question

I'm not finding Apple's documentation very helpful for actually getting data with a people picker, and there doesn't seem to be much other information on the internet :( I assume I need to get the email in this function:

- (BOOL)peoplePickerNavigationController:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)peoplePicker shouldContinueAfterSelectingPerson:(ABRecordRef)person property:(ABPropertyID)property identifier:(ABMultiValueIdentifier)identifier
{

}

What can I put in there to get the email of the selected person?

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 30 '12 at 03:59

Kal answer is actually inaccurate - namely because "ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex" takes an index not identifier.

Identifier value is static (like enumeration)

"Home Email" is always "0"
"Work Email" is always "1".

So it will crash when the person selected only have 1 email stored, which is a "Work Email". Since the identifier is "1", but we need index "0".

Luckily we can use following to get the index:

int index = ABMultiValueGetIndexForIdentifier(emails, identifier);

Code:

if (property == kABPersonEmailProperty) {

    ABMultiValueRef emails = ABRecordCopyValue(person, property);

    NSString *count = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Count: %d Identifier: %d", ABMultiValueGetCount(emails), identifier];
    UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"alert" message:count delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil];
    [alert show];
    [alert release];

    if(ABMultiValueGetCount(emails) > 0)
    {
        int index = ABMultiValueGetIndexForIdentifier(emails, identifier);
        CFStringRef emailTypeSelected = ABMultiValueCopyLabelAtIndex(emails, index);
        CFStringRef emailTypeSelectedLocalized = ABAddressBookCopyLocalizedLabel(ABMultiValueCopyLabelAtIndex(emails, index));
        CFStringRef emailValueSelected = ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(emails, index);

        self.lblEmailType.text = (NSString *) emailTypeSelected;
        self.lblEmailTypeLocalized.text = (NSString *) emailTypeSelectedLocalized;
        self.lblEmailValue.text = (NSString *) emailValueSelected;
    }

    [ self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES ];
    return NO;
}

return YES;

You should probably be releasing those CFRefs you're creating. As far as I know, "Copy" in the name of the called function means you have ownership of the returned object. See [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4991564/potential-memory-leak-for-abrecordcopyvalue) — entropy, Sep 18 '13 at 08:55
Or do this to give ARC control over the releases: (NSString*)CFBridgingRelease(ABMultiValueCopyLabelAtIndex(emails, index)) Fix the release issue und it's definitely the better answer. — marsbear, Aug 13 '15 at 19:25

Kal · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-18T18:08:04.673

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Use

ABMultiValueRef emails = ABRecordCopyValue(record, kABPersonEmailProperty);

After that, you can use the ABMultiValueRefs API method calls to get email address.

EDIT -- This should give you email

CFStringRef emailId = ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(emails, identifier);

edited Jul 18 '11 at 18:08

answered Jul 18 '11 at 17:43

Kal

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What method calls? I'm using the line you posted, but no method calls pop up when I type [emails – Randall Jul 18 '11 at 17:59
Nevermind, I did CFStringRef str = ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(emails, 0); and that worked – Randall Jul 18 '11 at 18:03
@Randall: if you call it like that (with a fixed index 0) and there are no emails your app will crash. – Zebs Jul 18 '11 at 18:25
It would be a good idea to check that you got a value in emails first with if (ABMultiValueGetCount(emails) > 0) { – jj0b Nov 23 '11 at 20:18
This answer is actually inaccurate - "identifier" is not "index". See my answer. – friend Mar 30 '12 at 03:59

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