Contacts Framework

Learn how to use the Contacts Framework to access the user's contacts from an iOS application. After reading this guide, you will know how to read, add and remove contacts, how to create a view controller to list and manage user's contacts and also how to initialize and modify the standard view controllers provided by iOS.


Table of Contents


CONTACTS FRAMEWORK

Contacts

Reading Contacts

Formatters

Working with Contacts

Contact View Controller

Contact Picker View Controller


QUICK REFERENCE

CNContactStore

CNContact

CNContactFetchRequest

CNLabeledValue

CNPhoneNumber

CNPostalAddress and CNMutablePostalAddress

CNContactFormatter

CNPostalAddressFormatter

CNSaveRequest

CNContactViewController

CNContactViewControllerDelegate

CNContactPickerDelegate

CNContactPickerViewController

CNContactProperty


This guide assumes that you have a basic knowledge of app development, Xcode, and the Swift language. You should also know how to create and display Table Views. If you don't know how to program in Swift, how to work with Table Views, or how to create an application with Xcode, download our guides Introduction to Swift, Table Views and Collection Views, and Interface Builder. For a complete course on app development for iOS, read our book iOS Apps for Masterminds.


This guide is a collection of excerpts from the book iOS Apps for Masterminds. The information included in this guide will help you understand a particular aspect of app development in iOS, but it will not teach you everything you need to know to develop an app for Apple devices. If you need a complete course on app development for iOS, read our book iOS Apps for Masterminds. For more information, visit our website at www.formasterminds.com.