July 7, 2009

AddressBook displayedProperties -- iPhone SDK

There aren't many examples of how to control the displayed properties of an ABPeoplePickerNavigationController. Displayed properties allow you to control which attributes of a contact are displayed when selecting a person.

The following code does the trick:

       ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *picker =  [[ABPeoplePickerNavigationController alloc] init];
        picker.peoplePickerDelegate = self;
        [picker setDisplayedProperties:[NSArray arrayWithObjects: [NSNumber numberWithInt: kABPersonPhoneProperty], [NSNumber numberWithInt:kABPersonEmailProperty], nil]];  
        [self presentModalViewController:picker animated:YES];
        [picker release];

The displayed properties can include phone (kABPersonPhoneProperty), email (kABPersonEmailProperty), instant messaging (kABPersonInstantMessageProperty) etc. See ABPerson.h for a full list.

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