{"id":938,"date":"2018-03-05T19:32:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T16:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/enisnecipoglu.com\/?p=938"},"modified":"2018-03-06T12:06:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T09:06:54","slug":"xamarin-forms-reading-contacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enisnecipoglu.com\/en\/xamarin-forms-reading-contacts\/","title":{"rendered":"Xamarin Forms Reading Contacts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Reading Contacts in Xamarin Forms<\/h1>\n

In this article, I’ll present to you how to read contacts from Portable Layer in Xamarin Forms. I’ve already created codes and you’ll use only one line code like this:<\/p>\n

var<\/span> contacts =<\/span> await<\/span> Plugin.<\/span>ContactService<\/span>.<\/span>CrossContactService<\/span>.<\/span>Current<\/span>.<\/span>GetContactListAsync<\/span>(<\/span>)<\/span>;<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n

Sample Project<\/h2>\n

Just create a new project and add Xamarin.Forms.Contacts<\/strong><\/a> NuGet package to all Layers<\/p>\n

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Xamarin Forms Contacts Enis Necipoglu Android iOS Read Contacts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We’ll use MainPage which comes from new project as default. Firsly add a listview to MainPage.XAML<\/strong> and go MainPage.Cs<\/strong> and add reading code which I read at top of article and bind it<\/p>\n

PERMISSIONS<\/h3>\n

Most important part is Permissions. Don’t forget to set permissions for each platform.<\/p>\n

For Android, you can add permission to AndroidManifes.xml<\/strong> manually but my suggestion is, right click the Android project and click Properties<\/strong> than go Android Manifest<\/strong> tab, you’ll see permissions windows that allows you set permissons via checkboxes. Just check READ_CONTACTS<\/strong> permission.<\/p>\n

For iOS, Right click the Info.plist<\/strong> and choose Open With opiton. Select XML Editor from there and add NSContactsUsageDescription<\/strong> as key and add a description between string tags why you want this permisson below the key into dict<\/strong> tags. (Sample is below.<\/em>) <\/p>\n\n