I'm near desperation as I search for a solution for weeks now.
The Problem is simple:
- Via the ABPeoplePickerNavigationController (as a ModalView), a person should be selected.
- Then only (e.g.) the Mail addresses should be shown and the user should select one.
- After selection of a Mail address just the (e.g.) phone numbers should be shown and the user should select one.
The solution until the third aspect is well-known:
- (IBAction)importFromAddressBook
{
ABPeoplePickerNavigationController* picker = [[ABPeoplePickerNavigationController alloc] init];
picker.peoplePickerDelegate = self;
[self presentModalViewController:picker animated:YES];
[picker release];
}
- (void)peoplePickerNavigationControllerDidCancel:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)peoplePicker
{
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
- (BOOL)peoplePickerNavigationController:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController*)peoplePicker
shouldContinueAfterSelectingPerson:(ABRecordRef)person
{
[peoplePicker setDisplayedProperties:[NSArray arrayWithObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:kABPersonEmailProperty]]];
return YES;
}
- (BOOL)peoplePickerNavigationController:(ABPeoplePickerNavigationController *)peoplePicker
shouldContinueAfterSelectingPerson:(ABRecordRef)person
property:(ABPropertyID)property
identifier:(ABMultiValueIdentifier)identifier
{
//===PROBLEM=== Now I do have a mail address and I want to have a phone number right afterwards.
//Something like this would be straightforward, but the view does not change this way:
[peoplePicker setDisplayedProperties:[NSArray arrayWithObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:kABPersonPhoneProperty]]];
//Here misses the important code.
//And only when I also got a phone number through this or a similar method I want to call:
[peoplePicker dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
//I do not want to start default behaviour with the mailaddress and/or phone number:
return NO;
}
The right approach seems to push a similar peoplePicker View on the NavigationController of the ModalView, but I don't know how.
If anyone had any idea it would be great!
If you want to see such a behavior in action you can have a look at the Amazon app: If you go through the first steps of an order you can select a shipping address exactly this way: From Contact List -> Select a Person -> Select an Address -> Select a Telephone number. There, everything (seems to) take place in the modal view with just a navigation hierarchy with one more level than in the standard code shown above.