Can I get and use the contact picture in my app?

Question

I'm using the address book framework to get all the contacts from my iphone phonebook.

Is there any way to get (and use) the contact picture?

Thank you.

Thomas

Answer 1

Yes you can. You need to check out the Address Book documentation for iOS and especially look at the ABPerson reference.

http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/AddressBook/Reference/ABPersonRef_iPhoneOS/Reference/reference.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007210

Answer 2

Yes you can... this code from the Address Book API

array = [peoplePicker selectedRecords]; 
NSAssert([array count] == 1, @"Picker returned multiple selected records"); 

ABPerson *person = [array objectAtIndex:0];
personImage = [[NSImage alloc] initWithData:[person imageData]]; 
personFirstName = [person valueForProperty:kABFirstNameProperty], personLastName = [person valueForProperty:kABLastNameProperty];
/* ...do something with the image and name... */ [personImage release];