Problem with vCard and AddressBook ABPerson UID, HELP!!
Problem with vCard and AddressBook ABPerson UID, HELP!!
- Subject: Problem with vCard and AddressBook ABPerson UID, HELP!!
- From: Eric Giguere <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:16:44 -0400
Hi all
I've been fighting now with the AdressBook API for a while and found a disturbing problem. Maybe someone can help.
I'm trying to use the AddressBook as my main person "database" in my application. I've create a small function that accepts drag - drops from the Address book to add a new person in my app. So far so good.
I'm trying after to show in my application details about that linked person and that's where everything falls down.
On drop, I read the vCard created by the AddressBook using this line:
ABPerson* aPerson = [[ABPerson alloc] initWithVCardRepresentation:filedata];
When doing this, the UID of my person gets re-generated. I wanted to use the UID as my reference to my original address book record and dig the information using it. But since its re-generated upon read of the vCard, no luck. So the call:
ABAddressBook* addressBook = [ABAddressBook addressBook];
ABRecord* abRecord = [addressBook recordForUniqueId:personId];
always return null.
But, if I use the sharedAddressBook instead, my UIDs still get re-generated but this guy (the sharedAddressBook) can find the records but only in the same execution of the application. Upon restart, same old no-match problem.
There must be something i REALLY don't understand about the AB but can't find anything more, out of ideas.
Anybody knows what's going on? Any way we can prevent my vCard initialization from re-genrating the UID? If not, then what would be the correct way to refer to AB records from another application? Running a search based on names sounds bad compared to using direct pointers to records, the UID.
Thank you !
Eric.
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