This plugin brings up a native iOS or Android contact-picker overlay, accessing the addressbook and returning the selected contact's name, email and phone number.
Example Usage
window.plugins.ContactChooser.chooseContact(function (contactInfo) {
setTimeout(function () { // use timeout to fix iOS alert problem
alert(contactInfo.displayName + " " + contactInfo.email + " " + contactInfo.phoneNumber);
}, 0);
});
The method which will return a JSON. Example:
{
displayName: "John Doe",
email: "john.doe@mail.com",
phoneNumber: "+(55) 555-55-55"
}
This works with Cordova 3.0+ and has been successfully tested for the latest version (3.4.0).
You're using prior versions of Cordova? Check out our cordova-2.x branch.
The ContactChooser plugin provides support for Cordova's command-line tooling. Simply navigate to your project's root directory and execute the following command:
cordova plugin add https://github.com/monday-consulting/ContactChooser.git
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