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Thank you very much for the answer.<br />
I do call ABAddressBookSave(), but I'm not sure about the ABAddressBookAddRecord() function.<br />
At what point should I call it? Right after ABAddressBookSave() ? Before I call ABRecordSetValue() to write the properties or after that?
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Thank you very much for the answer.
I do call ABAddressBookSave(), but I'm not sure about the ABAddressBookAddRecord() function.
At what point should I call it? Right after ABAddressBookSave() ? Before I call ABRecordSetValue() to write the properties or after that?

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Finally I've made that work properly. Was good to know it's possible after all, thank you!
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Finally I've made that work properly. Was good to know it's possible after all, thank you!

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Hello, <br />
I'm very new to the iOS programming, so please excuse me if my question is too dumb. <br />
I need to create a contact in the address book, and as soon it's created, I need to know the ID of the new created contact.<br />
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Basically I call ABRecordRef person = ABPersonCreate(); then populate the properties, etc. <br />
Then I call ABRecordGetRecordID( person ) to get the contact ID. But it always returns -1 (kABRecordInvalidID). I tried to save the AB and obtain it again, etc. no luck.<br />
I see the new contact has actually been added to the contact list, but how can I obtain it's ID??<br />
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The only solution now I could imagine is to calculate the hash of all the properties, and then reopen the AB and search for a contact with the hash value.<br />
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Please help!
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Hello, 
I'm very new to the iOS programming, so please excuse me if my question is too dumb. 
I need to create a contact in the address book, and as soon it's created, I need to know the ID of the new created contact.

Basically I call ABRecordRef person = ABPersonCreate(); then populate the properties, etc. 
Then I call ABRecordGetRecordID( person ) to get the contact ID. But it always returns -1 (kABRecordInvalidID). I tried to save the AB and obtain it again, etc. no luck.
I see the new contact has actually been added to the contact list, but how can I obtain it's ID??

The only solution now I could imagine is to calculate the hash of all the properties, and then reopen the AB and search for a contact with the hash value.

Please help!

How to get a new created person ID?

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