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10. Address Book > 10.2. Retrieving All the People in the Address Book
Use the ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople function
to retrieve an array of all contacts:
- (BOOL) application:(UIApplication *)application
didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions{
ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate();
if (addressBook != nil){
NSLog(@"Successfully accessed the address book.");
NSArray *arrayOfAllPeople = (__bridge_transfer NSArray *)
ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeople(addressBook);
NSUInteger peopleCounter = 0;
for (peopleCounter = 0;
peopleCounter < [arrayOfAllPeople count];
peopleCounter++){
ABRecordRef thisPerson =
(__bridge ABRecordRef)[arrayOfAllPeople objectAtIndex:peopleCounter];
NSLog(@"%@", thisPerson);
/* Use the [thisPerson] address book record */
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