iOS9 ABPeoplePickerNavigationController Crashes

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Created Jul ’15

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While doing very simple retrieval of a contact through ABPeoplePickerNavigationController, users of iOS9 Public Beta are crashing with an NSInternalInconsistencyException whose message is rather cryptic: "A contact and its snapshot should both be non-unified."

Thread : Fatal Exception: NSInternalInconsistencyException

0 CoreFoundation 0x00000001835aff94 __exceptionPreprocess + 124

1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x0000000197e63f2c objc_exception_throw + 56

2 CoreFoundation 0x00000001835afedc -[NSException initWithCoder:]

3 Contacts 0x0000000182fd6d20 +[CNCalculatesContactDiff addMultiValueUpdateTo:forProperty:contact1:contact2:] + 544

4 Contacts 0x0000000182fd6948 +[CNCalculatesContactDiff diffContact:to:] + 492

5 Contacts 0x00000001830110d0 +[CNContactDiff diffContact:to:] + 32

6 Contacts 0x0000000182fdfc08 -[CNContact(iOSABCompatibility) detachedPerson] + 60

7 AddressBookUI 0x000000018243387c -[ABPeoplePickerNavigationController contactPicker:didSelectContactProperty:] + 164

8 ContactsUI 0x00000001830598ac -[CNContactPickerViewController pickerDidSelectContact:property:] + 296

9 ContactsUI 0x00000001830cf2d4 -[CNContactPickerHostViewController pickerDidSelectContact:property:] + 100

10 ContactsUI 0x00000001830cfab0 __71-[CNContactPickerExtensionHostContext pickerDidSelectContact:property:]_block_invoke + 60

11 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019866d198 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 24

12 libdispatch.dylib 0x000000019866d158 _dispatch_client_callout + 16

13 libdispatch.dylib 0x00000001986721e0 _dispatch_main_queue_callback_4CF + 1828

14 CoreFoundation 0x000000018356756c __CFRUNLOOP_IS_SERVICING_THE_MAIN_DISPATCH_QUEUE__ + 12

15 CoreFoundation 0x00000001835653a8 __CFRunLoopRun + 1628

16 CoreFoundation 0x0000000183491800 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 384

17 GraphicsServices 0x000000018e51f170 GSEventRunModal + 180

18 UIKit 0x0000000188c2a5e8 UIApplicationMain + 204

19 witness-prod 0x000000010006085c main (main.m:14)

20 libdyld.dylib 0x000000019869e8b8 start + 4

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Answer 1

marinosbern OP

Jul ’15

Forgot to mention that this is on an App Store app with an iOS 8.0 target

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Answer 2

marinosbern OP

Jul ’15

Update: It appears this crash happens for contacts that have linked contacts. Crash only occurs on iOS9

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Answer 3

Pegolon OP

Aug ’15

Hi,

I had the same problem. Had the same problem when using the new CNContactPickerViewController.

Finally I found out that you have to ask the user to grant access to the addressbook before opening the people picker, eg. in viewDidLoad:

 ABAddressBookRef addressBook =  ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL, NULL);
ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion(addressBook, ^(bool granted, CFErrorRef error) {
   NSLog(@"Access to contacts %@ by user", granted ? @"granted" : @"denied");
});

You can also use CNContactStore from the new Contacts framework if you make want use the new CNContactPickerViewController:

 #import <Contacts/CNContactStore.h>
// ....
CNContactStore *contactStore = [CNContactStore new];
[contactStore requestAccessForEntityType:CNEntityTypeContacts completionHandler:^(BOOL granted, NSError *error) {
   NSLog(@"Access to contacts %@ by user", granted ? @"granted" : @"denied");
}];

Regards,

Markus

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Answer 4

marinosbern OP

Aug ’15

You are correct, this fixes the issue. But requiring permissions to the whole address book just to get one contact is bad privacy practice and unreasonable. This works as expected in iOS8. Apple needs to fix this

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Answer 5

marinosbern OP

Aug ’15

This issue persists in iOS9 Beta 5. It works correctly in iOS8.

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Answer 6

cmj OP

Oct ’15

Any progress on this, Apple? This is a major disturbance and causes my app to crash during onboarding, which is very unfortunate.

Thanks!

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Answer 7

jki OP

Oct ’15

Submitted as bug to Apple

http://www.openradar.me/radar?id=4509607783301120

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	ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL, NULL);
	ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion(addressBook, ^(bool granted, CFErrorRef error) {
	NSLog(@"Access to contacts %@ by user", granted ? @"granted" : @"denied");
	});

	#import <Contacts/CNContactStore.h>
	// ....
	CNContactStore *contactStore = [CNContactStore new];
	[contactStore requestAccessForEntityType:CNEntityTypeContacts completionHandler:^(BOOL granted, NSError *error) {
	NSLog(@"Access to contacts %@ by user", granted ? @"granted" : @"denied");
	}];