ABPeoplePickerNavigationController changes with iOS8?

Question

Since I have updated XCode (6.0, 6A313) and my iOS (8.0, 12A365) on the iPhone to gm seeds, the ABPeoplePickerNavigationController code doesn\'t work like before.

Answer 1

iOS 8 requires a new delegate method be implemented for this:

- (void)peoplePickerNavigationController:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)peoplePicker didSelectPerson:(ABRecordRef)person property:(ABPropertyID)property identifier:(ABMultiValueIdentifier)identifier {
}

Keep the old delegate method in place to support iOS 7 or earlier. What I do in my app is call the iOS 7 delegate method from the iOS 8 delegate method:

- (void)peoplePickerNavigationController:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)peoplePicker didSelectPerson:(ABRecordRef)person property:(ABPropertyID)property identifier:(ABMultiValueIdentifier)identifier {
    [self peoplePickerNavigationController:peoplePicker shouldContinueAfterSelectingPerson:person property:property identifier:identifier];
}

If this delegate method isn't implemented in iOS 8, tapping the value causes the action. When implemented, the delegate is called instead with the selected value.

Answer 2

This worked for me on both iOS 8 and iOS 7 and lower.

Note I am using this didSelectPerson:(ABRecordRef)person instead.

//Needed for iOS 8
- (void)peoplePickerNavigationController:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)peoplePicker didSelectPerson:(ABRecordRef)person
{
    NSLog(@"Went here 1 ...");

    [self peoplePickerNavigationController:peoplePicker shouldContinueAfterSelectingPerson:person];
}


//needed for iOS 7 and lower
- (BOOL)peoplePickerNavigationController:
(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)peoplePicker
      shouldContinueAfterSelectingPerson:(ABRecordRef)person 
{

    NSLog(@"Went here 2 ...");

    //add your logic here

}

Answer 3

See also the delegate method, new with iOS8:

- (void)peoplePickerNavigationController:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController*)peoplePicker didSelectPerson:(ABRecordRef)person;
{
    [self selectedPerson:person];
}

That's what I wanted in my case.