iOS Swift CNContactPickerViewController search contact and add to selection

Question

I am using iOS 9 and Swift 2.2

I have implemented iOS inbuilt CNContactPickerViewController using CNContactPickerDelegate to get the contact numbers,

In the CNContactPickerViewController Screen, when I click on search field on top and search for a name, I need to add that name to my selection but nothing happens after tapping the contact.

I searched everywhere and dint find any solution to this

Do I need to add anything to my code or is it a iOS 9 bug

@IBAction func AddBtnKlkFnc(sender: AnyObject)
{
    let contactPicker = CNContactPickerViewController()
    contactPicker.delegate = self
    contactPicker.displayedPropertyKeys =
        [CNContactPhoneNumbersKey]
    self.presentViewController(contactPicker, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

func contactPicker(picker: CNContactPickerViewController, didSelectContacts ContctAryVar: [CNContact])
{
    for ContctVar in ContctAryVar
    {
        let ContctDtlVar = ContctDtlCls()
        ContctDtlVar.ManNamVar = CNContactFormatter.stringFromContact(ContctVar, style: .FullName)!

        for ContctNumVar: CNLabeledValue in ContctVar.phoneNumbers
        {
            var MobNumVar  = ((ContctNumVar.value as! CNPhoneNumber).valueForKey("digits") as? String)!
            if(MobNumVar.Len() > 10)
            {
                MobNumVar = MobNumVar.GetLstSubSrgFnc(10)
            }
            ContctDtlVar.MobNumVar = MobNumVar
            ContctDtlAryVar.append(ContctDtlVar)
        }
    }
}

I just want to confirm that this has not been fixed in iOS 10. — SAHM, Mar 26 '17 at 17:28
Hii Sujay. Did you solve that issue? I am facing the same issue. — vijju, Sep 22 '18 at 07:20

bbjay · Answer 1 · 2018-11-17T18:26:46.027

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The search results seem to be working in single selection mode only, so make sure you implement

func contactPicker(CNContactPickerViewController, didSelect: CNContact)

only, but not

func contactPicker(CNContactPickerViewController, didSelect: [CNContact])

If you implement both, the version wich takes only one CNContact as argument is ignored and the multi selection mode is used instead.

edited Nov 17 '18 at 18:26

answered Nov 17 '18 at 18:21

bbjay

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Brilliant! I would like to add 100 to this response thank you very much @bbjay – Andrea Gorrieri Jan 07 '19 at 13:12
It isn't working for me, delegate method func contactPicker(CNContactPickerViewController, didSelect: CNContact) never gets called while selection after search – iOS Monster Feb 28 '19 at 08:05
@iOSMonster did you setup your delegate correctly? maybe ask a new question and show your code – bbjay Mar 01 '19 at 15:58

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 10 '17 at 07:03

Use this updated code and  


   @IBAction func AddBtnKlkFnc(sender: AnyObject)
    {
        let contactPicker = CNContactPickerViewController()
        contactPicker.delegate = self
        contactPicker.displayedPropertyKeys =
            [CNContactPhoneNumbersKey]
        self.presentViewController(contactPicker, animated: true, completion: nil)
    }

    func contactPicker(picker: CNContactPickerViewController, didSelectContacts ContctAryVar: [CNContact])
    {
        for ContctVar in ContctAryVar
        {
            let ContctDtlVar = ContctDtlCls()
            ContctDtlVar.ManNamVar = CNContactFormatter.stringFromContact(ContctVar, style: .FullName)!

            for ContctNumVar: CNLabeledValue in ContctVar.phoneNumbers
            {
                var MobNumVar  = ((ContctNumVar.value as! CNPhoneNumber).valueForKey("digits") as? String)!
                if(MobNumVar.Len() > 10)
                {
                    MobNumVar = MobNumVar.GetLstSubSrgFnc(10)
                }
                ContctDtlVar.MobNumVar = MobNumVar
                ContctDtlAryVar.append(ContctDtlVar)
            }
        }

     delegate.didFetchContacts([contact])
    navigationController?.popViewControllerAnimated(true)
    }

here wat is a delegate. i am getting this "Use of unresolved identifier 'delegate'" how to slove that — vijju, Sep 22 '18 at 05:38

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 11 '18 at 06:56

Here is a swift 4 version

@IBAction func addPhoneContact(_ sender: UIButton) {
    let contactPicker = CNContactPickerViewController()
    contactPicker.delegate = self
    contactPicker.displayedPropertyKeys =
        [CNContactPhoneNumbersKey]
    self.present(contactPicker, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

extension ViewController: CNContactPickerDelegate {
  func contactPicker(_ picker: CNContactPickerViewController, didSelect contact: CNContact) {
      picker.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
      let name = CNContactFormatter.string(from: contact, style: .fullName)
      for number in contact.phoneNumbers {
        let mobile = number.value.value(forKey: "digits") as? String
        if (mobile?.count)! > 7 {
            // your code goes here
        }
     }
  }
}

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 13 '19 at 17:09

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Multi selection and search are mutually exclusive. If you want search to be working you have to go with single selection only and implement only single selection delegate method.

answered Nov 13 '19 at 17:09

Enmud

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iOS Swift CNContactPickerViewController search contact and add to selection

I am using iOS 9 and Swift 2.2

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