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.