Is it possible to open addContactScreen from native app? - ios4

Question

I want to replicate add contact like screen iPhone has. But I don't want to add contact in default phonebook instead I want to use the details in my app. Is it possible to open default add new contact screen and get all the data? If yes then how? A simple code snippet will be very helpful. Here is an image of add contact screen to better understand my question

Answer 1

You can try to add the contact to the address book, pull the data and then delete it from the address book. this is a fairly simple process.
I use this function to save all the person data to core data in my app. and then to delete the person from the addressBook.
+(void)savePersonDetails:(Person*)person{
ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate();
ABRecordRef ref = ABAddressBookGetPersonWithRecordID(addressBook,[person.ID intValue]);
ABMutableMultiValueRef multiPhones = ABRecordCopyValue(ref, kABPersonPhoneProperty);
for (CFIndex i = 0; i < ABMultiValueGetCount(multiPhones); i++) {
NSString *phoneNumber = (NSString*)ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(multiPhones, i);
CFStringRef locLabel = ABMultiValueCopyLabelAtIndex(multiPhones, i);
NSString *phoneNumberLabel =(NSString*) ABAddressBookCopyLocalizedLabel(locLabel);
CFRelease(locLabel);
Phone *phone =(Phone*)[NSEntityDescription insertNewObjectForEntityForName:#"Phone" inManagedObjectContext:person.managedObjectContext];
phone.number = phoneNumber;
phone.label = phoneNumberLabel;
phone.person = person;
[person addPhonesObject:phone];
[person release];
CFRelease(phoneNumber);
CFRelease(phoneNumberLabel);
}
CFRelease(multiPhones);
ABMutableMultiValueRef multiEmail = ABRecordCopyValue(ref, kABPersonEmailProperty);
for (CFIndex i = 0; i < ABMultiValueGetCount(multiEmail); i++) {
NSString *mail = (NSString*)ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(multiEmail, i);
CFStringRef locLabel = ABMultiValueCopyLabelAtIndex(multiEmail, i);
NSString *mailLabel =(NSString*) ABAddressBookCopyLocalizedLabel(locLabel);
Mail *mailEntity =(Mail*)[NSEntityDescription insertNewObjectForEntityForName:#"Mail" inManagedObjectContext:person.managedObjectContext];
mailEntity.mail = mail;
mailEntity.label = mailLabel;
mailEntity.person = person;
[person addMailsObject:mailEntity];
CFRelease(locLabel);
[mail release];
[mailLabel release];
}
CFRelease(multiEmail);
ABMultiValueRef streets = ABRecordCopyValue(ref, kABPersonAddressProperty);
for (CFIndex j = 0; j<ABMultiValueGetCount(streets);j++){
CFDictionaryRef dict = ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(streets, j);
CFStringRef typeTmp = ABMultiValueCopyLabelAtIndex(streets, j);
CFStringRef lbl = ABAddressBookCopyLocalizedLabel(typeTmp);
NSString *street = [(NSString *)CFDictionaryGetValue(dict, kABPersonAddressStreetKey) copy];
NSString *city = [(NSString *)CFDictionaryGetValue(dict, kABPersonAddressCityKey) copy];
NSString *state = [(NSString *)CFDictionaryGetValue(dict, kABPersonAddressStateKey) copy];
NSString *zip = [(NSString *)CFDictionaryGetValue(dict, kABPersonAddressZIPKey) copy];
NSString *country = [(NSString *)CFDictionaryGetValue(dict, kABPersonAddressCountryKey) copy];
Address *addressEntity =(Address*)[NSEntityDescription insertNewObjectForEntityForName:#"Address" inManagedObjectContext:person.managedObjectContext];
addressEntity.label = (NSString*)lbl;
addressEntity.street = street;
addressEntity.city = city;
addressEntity.state = state;
addressEntity.zip = zip;
addressEntity.country = country;
[street release];
[city release];
[state release];
[zip release];
[country release];
CFRelease(dict);
CFRelease(lbl);
CFRelease(typeTmp);
addressEntity.person = person;
[person addAddressesObject:addressEntity];
}
CFRelease(streets);
ABMutableMultiValueRef multiURL = ABRecordCopyValue(ref, kABPersonURLProperty);
for (CFIndex i = 0; i < ABMultiValueGetCount(multiURL); i++) {
NSString *url = (NSString*)ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(multiURL, i);
CFStringRef locLabel = ABMultiValueCopyLabelAtIndex(multiPhones, i);
NSString *urlLabel =(NSString*) ABAddressBookCopyLocalizedLabel(locLabel);
Url *urlEntity =(Url*)[NSEntityDescription insertNewObjectForEntityForName:#"Url" inManagedObjectContext:person.managedObjectContext];
urlEntity.url = url;
urlEntity.label = urlLabel;
urlEntity.person = person;
[person addUrlsObject:urlEntity];
CFRelease(locLabel);
[urlLabel release];
[url release];
}
CFRelease(multiURL);
ABAddressBookRemoveRecord(addressBook, ref, nil);
ABAddressBookSave(addressBook, nil);
CFRelease(addressBook);
if (![person.managedObjectContext save:&error]) {
// Update to handle the error appropriately.
NSLog(#"Unresolved error %#, %#", error, [error userInfo]);
exit(-1); // Fail
}
}