Get image of a person from iPhone address book

Question

How do you get a person\'s image from an iPhone address book?

Answer 1

You can do it like this....

NSData  *imgData = (NSData *)ABPersonCopyImageData(person);

UIImage  *img = [UIImage imageWithData:imgData];

where person is of type ABRecordRef. Now, as CFData and NSData are toll-free bridged, you can simply type cast CFData to NSData and get the image

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Slightly refreshed code:

UIImage *image = nil;

@try
{
    CFDataRef cfImage = ABPersonCopyImageData(person);
    // or CFDataRef cfImage = ABPersonCopyImageDataWithFormat(person, kABPersonImageFormatThumbnail);
    if (cfImage)
    {
        image = [UIImage imageWithData:(__bridge NSData*)cfImage];
        CFRelease(cfImage);
    }
}
@catch (NSException *exception)
{
    //...
}

Answer 3

(NSData*)ABPersonCopyImageDataWithFormat([targetPeople objectAtIndex:index], kABPersonImageFormatThumbnail)

This is faster since it returns a thumbnail.