Contacts API Reference

Overview

The Contacts framework provides programmatic access to the system contact database. ContactsUI provides system view controllers for contact selection and display. ContactProvider enables apps to expose their own contacts to the system.

Platform: iOS 9.0+, iPadOS 9.0+, macOS 10.11+, Mac Catalyst 13.1+, watchOS 2.0+, visionOS 1.0+

Part 1: CNContactStore

The primary gateway for contact data. "Fetch methods perform I/O — avoid using the main thread."

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