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# Address Book UI

Access users’ contacts and display them in a graphical interface.

## Overview

The AddressBookUI framework provides controllers that facilitate displaying, editing, selecting, and creating records in the Address Book database.

> Important:
> Do not use the AddressBookUI framework in iOS 9 and later. Use the APIs defined in the <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/ContactsUI> framework instead.

## Topics

### People Picker

[`ABPeoplePickerNavigationController`](/documentation/AddressBookUI/ABPeoplePickerNavigationController)

The `ABPeoplePickerNavigationController` class (whose instances are known as **people-picker navigation controllers**) implements a view controller that manages a set of views that allow the user to select a contact or one of its contact-information items from an address book.

### Detail Display

[`ABNewPersonViewController`](/documentation/AddressBookUI/ABNewPersonViewController)

A view controller presenting an interface to create a contact.

[`ABPersonViewController`](/documentation/AddressBookUI/ABPersonViewController)

The `ABPersonViewController` class (whose instances are known as **person view controllers**) implements the view used to display a person record (`ABPersonRef`).

[`ABUnknownPersonViewController`](/documentation/AddressBookUI/ABUnknownPersonViewController)

The `ABUnknownPersonViewController` class (whose instances are known as **unknown-person view controllers**) implements a view controller used to create a person record from a set of person properties.

[`ABCreateStringWithAddressDictionary`](/documentation/AddressBookUI/ABCreateStringWithAddressDictionary(_:_:))

Returns a formatted address from an address property.


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