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CNMutableContactMBS class

Super class: CNContactMBS

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
class Contacts MBS Mac64bit Plugin 16.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes Desktop & iOS
The CNMutableContact class represents a mutable value object for the contact properties, such as the first name and the phone number of a contact.

When CNMutableContact object is a mutable copy of a CNContact object, if you access a CNMutableContact property value that was not fetched for the CNContact object, it throws an CNContactPropertyNotFetchedExceptionName exception. When needed, you can remove contact properties by setting string and array properties to empty, and all other properties to nil.
Available in OS X v10.11 and later.
Subclass of the CNContactMBS class.

Super class CNContactMBS

Sort Orders

Constant Value Description
CNContactSortOrderFamilyName 3 Order by Family Name.
CNContactSortOrderGivenName 2 Order by Given Name.
CNContactSortOrderNone 0 Order by no order.
CNContactSortOrderUserDefault 1 Order by user preference.

Contact Types

Constant Value Description
CNContactTypeOrganization 1 The contact is an Organization.
CNContactTypePerson 0 The contact is a person.

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