Dealing with duplicate contacts due to linked cards in iOS’ Address Book API
One method would be to only retrieve the contacts from the default address book source: ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate(); NSArray *people = (__bridge NSArray *)ABAddressBookCopyArrayOfAllPeopleInSource(addressBook, ABAddressBookCopyDefaultSource(addressBook)); But that is lame, right? It targets the on-device address book, but not extra contacts that might be in Exchange or other fancy syncing address books. So here’s the … Read more