Can't Access Contacts Sources on Device in iOS 6

Question

This code worked OK on iOS 5.1 and also does work in the iPhone simulator with iOS 6. It fails silently on my iPhone 4 running iOS 6. The end result is that I cannot add a per

Answer 1

I had the same issue and I could not get the Allow Access To Contacts alert to popup.

The Answer was posted by Kyle here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/12648938/480415

  // Request authorization to Address Book
  ABAddressBookRef addressBookRef = ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL, NULL);

  if (ABAddressBookGetAuthorizationStatus() == kABAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined) {
    ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion(addressBookRef, ^(bool granted, CFErrorRef error) {
          // First time access has been granted, add the contact
    });
  }
  else if (ABAddressBookGetAuthorizationStatus() == kABAuthorizationStatusAuthorized) {
        // The user has previously given access, add the contact
  }
  else {
        // The user has previously denied access
        // Send an alert telling user to change privacy setting in settings app
  }