A few years have passed since I posted a blog entry entitled How to make random entries into the iPhone address book, and while you might be able to figure out how to make this code work if you try to use it with iOS 9, I figured it was time to revisit.
Here is the iOS 9 compliant method for creating the random address book entries:
- (IBAction)add25ButtonPressed:(id)sender
{
#define NUMBER_OF_RANDOM_ENTRIES 25
#define URL_FORMAT @"http://old.wave39.com/roster/generate.php?f=csv&g=%@&num=%d&limit=99"
CFErrorRef error1 = nil;
ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL, &error1);
ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion(addressBook, ^(bool granted, CFErrorRef error2) {
// callback can occur in background, address book must be accessed on thread it was created on
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
if (error2)
{
NSLog(@"Address book error: %@", ((__bridge NSError *)error2).localizedDescription);
}
else if (!granted)
{
NSLog(@"Access to the address book has been denied.");
}
else
{
// access granted
NSString *genderOfNames = ((arc4random() % 2) == 1 ? @"m" : @"f");
NSString *urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:URL_FORMAT, genderOfNames, NUMBER_OF_RANDOM_ENTRIES];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];
NSURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
NSURLResponse *response = nil;
NSError *error = nil;
NSData *data = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:urlRequest returningResponse:&response error:&error];
NSString *stringData = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:[data bytes]];
NSString *areaCode = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%03d", (arc4random() % 799 + 200)];
NSArray *lineArray = [stringData componentsSeparatedByString:@"\n"];
for (NSString *line in lineArray)
{
if ([line length] > 0)
{
NSArray *fieldArray = [line componentsSeparatedByString:@","];
if ([fieldArray count] == 3)
{
ABRecordRef person = ABPersonCreate();
NSString *phone = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@-%03d-%04d", areaCode,
(arc4random() % 799 + 200), (arc4random() % 9999)];
ABMutableMultiValueRef phoneNumberMultiValue = ABMultiValueCreateMutable(kABMultiStringPropertyType);
CFStringRef phoneType = (arc4random() % 2 == 0 ? kABPersonPhoneMainLabel : kABPersonPhoneMobileLabel);
ABMultiValueAddValueAndLabel(phoneNumberMultiValue, (__bridge CFTypeRef)(phone), phoneType, NULL);
NSString *email = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@_%@@tapbandit.com", fieldArray[1], fieldArray[2]];
ABMutableMultiValueRef emailMultiValue = ABMultiValueCreateMutable(kABMultiStringPropertyType);
CFStringRef emailType = kABHomeLabel;
ABMultiValueAddValueAndLabel(emailMultiValue, (__bridge CFTypeRef)(email), emailType, NULL);
ABRecordSetValue(person, kABPersonFirstNameProperty, (__bridge CFTypeRef)(fieldArray[1]), nil);
ABRecordSetValue(person, kABPersonLastNameProperty, (__bridge CFTypeRef)(fieldArray[2]), nil);
ABRecordSetValue(person, kABPersonPhoneProperty, phoneNumberMultiValue, nil);
ABRecordSetValue(person, kABPersonEmailProperty, emailMultiValue, nil);
ABAddressBookAddRecord(addressBook, person, nil);
NSLog(@"Created record for %@ %@ (%@: %@; %@)", fieldArray[1], fieldArray[2], phoneType, phone, email);
CFRelease(phoneNumberMultiValue);
CFRelease(emailMultiValue);
CFRelease(person);
}
}
}
ABAddressBookSave(addressBook, nil);
NSLog(@"Done creating address book data.");
CFRelease(addressBook);
}
});
});
} |
- (IBAction)add25ButtonPressed:(id)sender
{
#define NUMBER_OF_RANDOM_ENTRIES 25
#define URL_FORMAT @"http://old.wave39.com/roster/generate.php?f=csv&g=%@&num=%d&limit=99"
CFErrorRef error1 = nil;
ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL, &error1);
ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion(addressBook, ^(bool granted, CFErrorRef error2) {
// callback can occur in background, address book must be accessed on thread it was created on
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
if (error2)
{
NSLog(@"Address book error: %@", ((__bridge NSError *)error2).localizedDescription);
}
else if (!granted)
{
NSLog(@"Access to the address book has been denied.");
}
else
{
// access granted
NSString *genderOfNames = ((arc4random() % 2) == 1 ? @"m" : @"f");
NSString *urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:URL_FORMAT, genderOfNames, NUMBER_OF_RANDOM_ENTRIES];
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];
NSURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
NSURLResponse *response = nil;
NSError *error = nil;
NSData *data = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:urlRequest returningResponse:&response error:&error];
NSString *stringData = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:[data bytes]];
NSString *areaCode = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%03d", (arc4random() % 799 + 200)];
NSArray *lineArray = [stringData componentsSeparatedByString:@"\n"];
for (NSString *line in lineArray)
{
if ([line length] > 0)
{
NSArray *fieldArray = [line componentsSeparatedByString:@","];
if ([fieldArray count] == 3)
{
ABRecordRef person = ABPersonCreate();
NSString *phone = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@-%03d-%04d", areaCode,
(arc4random() % 799 + 200), (arc4random() % 9999)];
ABMutableMultiValueRef phoneNumberMultiValue = ABMultiValueCreateMutable(kABMultiStringPropertyType);
CFStringRef phoneType = (arc4random() % 2 == 0 ? kABPersonPhoneMainLabel : kABPersonPhoneMobileLabel);
ABMultiValueAddValueAndLabel(phoneNumberMultiValue, (__bridge CFTypeRef)(phone), phoneType, NULL);
NSString *email = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@_%@@tapbandit.com", fieldArray[1], fieldArray[2]];
ABMutableMultiValueRef emailMultiValue = ABMultiValueCreateMutable(kABMultiStringPropertyType);
CFStringRef emailType = kABHomeLabel;
ABMultiValueAddValueAndLabel(emailMultiValue, (__bridge CFTypeRef)(email), emailType, NULL);
ABRecordSetValue(person, kABPersonFirstNameProperty, (__bridge CFTypeRef)(fieldArray[1]), nil);
ABRecordSetValue(person, kABPersonLastNameProperty, (__bridge CFTypeRef)(fieldArray[2]), nil);
ABRecordSetValue(person, kABPersonPhoneProperty, phoneNumberMultiValue, nil);
ABRecordSetValue(person, kABPersonEmailProperty, emailMultiValue, nil);
ABAddressBookAddRecord(addressBook, person, nil);
NSLog(@"Created record for %@ %@ (%@: %@; %@)", fieldArray[1], fieldArray[2], phoneType, phone, email);
CFRelease(phoneNumberMultiValue);
CFRelease(emailMultiValue);
CFRelease(person);
}
}
}
ABAddressBookSave(addressBook, nil);
NSLog(@"Done creating address book data.");
CFRelease(addressBook);
}
});
});
}
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