# Alterplay/APAddressBook

Easy access to iOS address book

Repository: https://github.com/Alterplay/APAddressBook
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/apaddressbook
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2017-11-07T12:20:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4619, "days_push": 3221, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1372, forks 186 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:32.368549+00:00)

## What it is
APAddressBook is an Objective-C wrapper around Apple's AddressBook.framework that simplifies reading contacts from the iOS address book. It supports asynchronous loading, field selection, filtering, sorting, and retrieving contact photos.

## Use cases
- load contacts from ios address book asynchronously
- read only name and phone number fields from contacts
- filter contacts that have an email address
- sort address book contacts with sort descriptors
- get contact thumbnail photos in an ios app

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy Objective-C iOS app that still uses the deprecated AddressBook.framework
- you need simple asynchronous contact loading with field selection and filtering on iOS 9 or earlier

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new iOS project - use the modern Contacts framework (CNContactStore) instead
- you need support for iOS 10+ privacy requirements or ongoing maintenance - the library was last released in 2017

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: sdk, file-system
- domain: mobile-development
- platform: -
- tags: address-book, contacts, objective-c, cocoapods, carthage, ios, mobile, swift

## Member repositories
- Alterplay/APAddressBook (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:32.368549+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:40:44.167389+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Alterplay/APAddressBook (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:32.368549+00:00, sha d366a2c1f7bd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.