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# ABPersonPicker

A picker object that you display when you want the user to select contacts.

```
@interface ABPersonPicker : NSObject
```

## Topics

### Managing the Picker Interface

[`delegate`](/documentation/AddressBook/ABPersonPicker/delegate)

An object the system notifies as the user interacts with the picker.

[`ABPersonPickerDelegate`](/documentation/AddressBook/ABPersonPickerDelegate)

Methods you use to respond to user selections in a person picker.

### Showing and Closing the Picker

[`showRelativeToRect:ofView:preferredEdge:`](/documentation/AddressBook/ABPersonPicker/showRelativeToRect:ofView:preferredEdge:)

Shows the picker in a popover relative to a view.

[`close`](/documentation/AddressBook/ABPersonPicker/close)

Closes the picker.

### Specifying Picker Properties

[`properties`](/documentation/AddressBook/ABPersonPicker/properties)

An array of properties to display in the picker when the user selects a person.


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