Code example for ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeopleInSourceWithSortOrdering?

Question

Does anyone have a code example of how to properly set up the parameters and use the ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeopleInSourceWithSortOrdering() API to get sorted subsets of the iPhone Contact list?

Answer 1

The following should work:

ABAddressBookRef aB = ABAddressBookCreate();
ABRecordRef source = ABAddressBookCopyDefaultSource(aB); // or get the source with ABPersonCopySource(somePersonsABRecordRef);
NSArray *arr = (NSArray *)ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeopleInSourceWithSortOrdering(aB, source, kABPersonSortByLastName);
// you can also use kABPersonSortByFirstName instead of kABPersonSortByLastName