iOS Save image to address book

[asifpv]

Hi all,


How to add an UIImage to address book contact from another application.

Thanx,
asif

 

[robbieduncan]

Please take the time to read the documentation before posting questions. It's pretty obvious (it took me all of 20 seconds to find this) that this method is what you need to execute. The rest of the documentation will tell you how to get a reference to the correct ABPersonRef object.

 

[asifpv]

Hi robbieduncan,

Thanx for your reply, i did in my app like the following , but its not working..

CFDataRef imageData = CGDataProviderCopyData(CGImageGetDataProvider(empImage.CGImage));

ABPersonSetImageData(person, imageData, nil);

ABAddressBookAddRecord(addrBook, person, nil);

ABAddressBookSave(addrBook, nil);


Please help me...


Thanks,
Asif

 

[robbieduncan]

Instead of passing nil for the error arguments why not pass and check for errors like you are supposed to?

 

[satyamtyagi]

use UIImagePNGRepresentation

UIImage *personImage;
personImage = [UIImage imageNamed"bl.png"];
NSData *dataRef = UIImagePNGRepresentation(personImage);
CFDataRef dr = CFDataCreate(NULL, [dataRef bytes], [dataRef length]);

ABPersonSetImageData(newPerson, dr, &error);
if (error != NULL) {
NSLog(@"AB Person Set Image Failed");
}

ABAddressBookAddRecord(iPhoneAddressBook, newPerson, &error);
ABAddressBookSave(iPhoneAddressBook, &error);
if (error != NULL) {
NSLog(@"Address Book Save Failed");
}
CFRelease(dr);
CFRelease(newPerson);
CFRelease(iPhoneAddressBook);

 

[North Bronson]

NSData is also toll-free bridged with CFData, so you should be able to type-cast your NSData object as a CFData one and pass it in to "ABPersonSetImageData". This can save you a step or two.

NSData *data = UIImagePNGRepresentation(newImage);

ABPersonSetImageData(newPerson, (CFData *)data, &error);