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# loadFriendsObsoleted(completionHandler:)

Retrieves a list of player identifiers for the local player’s friends.

```
func loadFriendsObsoleted(completionHandler: (@Sendable ([String]?, (any Error)?) -> Void)? = nil)
```

## Parameters

`completionHandler`

A block to call when the request completes.

    The block receives the following parameters:

- friendIDs: An array of `NSString` objects containing the player identifiers for the players who are friends of the local player. If an error occurs, this value can be non-`nil`. In that case, the array contains the data that GameKit downloads before the error occurs.
- error: If an error occurs, this parameter holds an error object that explains the error. Otherwise, the value of this parameter is `nil`.

## Discussion

After this call completes, the [`friends`](/documentation/GameKit/GKLocalPlayer/friends) property of the shared local player object is the same list of players that the completion handler returns.

## See Also

[`friends`](/documentation/GameKit/GKLocalPlayer/friends)

The player identifiers for the local player’s friends.


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