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# ABPersonViewController

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

```
class ABPersonViewController
```

## Overview> Important:
> Person view controllers must be used with a navigation controller in order to function properly.

### Subclassing

The `ABPersonViewController` class does not support subclassing.

## Topics

### Responding to View Controller Interactions

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

The person-view controller delegate.

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

The `ABPersonViewControllerDelegate` protocol declares the interface that must be implemented by [`ABPersonViewController`](/documentation/AddressBookUI/ABPersonViewController) delegates.

### Displaying Person Properties

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

The person displayed by the person view.

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

Identifies the set of properties (such as name or telephone number) of [`displayedPerson`](/documentation/AddressBookUI/ABPersonViewController/displayedPerson) the receiver displays.

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

Indicates whether the person view should display data from person records that are linked with the person record being displayed.

### Configuring Person Views

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

Optional. The address book from which to obtain the contact to display.

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

Specifies whether the to display buttons for actions such as sending a text message or initiating a FaceTime call.

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

Specifies whether the user can edit the person’s information.

[`-  setHighlightedItemForProperty:withIdentifier:`](/documentation/AddressBookUI/ABPersonViewController/setHighlightedItemForProperty(_:withIdentifier:))

Specifies whether to highlight a particular property of the displayed person.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`UIStateRestoring`](/documentation/UIKit/UIStateRestoring)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`UIContentContainer`](/documentation/UIKit/UIContentContainer)

[`UITraitEnvironment`](/documentation/UIKit/UITraitEnvironment)

[`UITraitChangeObservable-67e94`](/documentation/UIKit/UITraitChangeObservable-67e94)

[`NSTouchBarProvider`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTouchBarProvider)

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

[`CustomDebugStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomDebugStringConvertible)

[`UIUserActivityRestoring`](/documentation/UIKit/UIUserActivityRestoring)

[`CustomStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomStringConvertible)

[`UIPasteConfigurationSupporting`](/documentation/UIKit/UIPasteConfigurationSupporting)

[`UIFocusEnvironment`](/documentation/UIKit/UIFocusEnvironment)

[`NSCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCoding)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`UIResponderStandardEditActions`](/documentation/UIKit/UIResponderStandardEditActions)

[`UIActivityItemsConfigurationProviding`](/documentation/UIKit/UIActivityItemsConfigurationProviding)

[`CVarArg`](/documentation/Swift/CVarArg)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`NSExtensionRequestHandling`](/documentation/Foundation/NSExtensionRequestHandling)

[`UIAppearanceContainer`](/documentation/UIKit/UIAppearanceContainer)

[`UIViewControllerRestoration`](/documentation/UIKit/UIViewControllerRestoration)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

### Inherits From

[`UIViewController`](/documentation/UIKit/UIViewController)

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