ContactAccessButton and ContactAccessPicker issues

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Created Aug ’24

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We are trying to adopt the new iOS18 ContactAccessButton and ContactAccessPicker in our app and we are facing below issues and requirements in UI and functionality.

is there a way to optionally hide the ContactAccessButton UI when there is no matching results ?.
The search button in the ContactAccessButton UI is not working when showing no matches and browse contacts. The console showing below error

#ContactsButton response after touch -- Should not show UI #ContactsButton: match for callback was unexpectedly nil?

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The ContactAccessPicker view and contact selection view opened from ContactAccessButton - view results are not presented properly. The presented view not fully covered the presenting screen and blank screen appears in edges
Cancel button in ContactAccessPicker UI when list shown is not working.

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Answer 1

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Aug ’24

1.is there a way to optionally hide the ContactAccessButton UI when there is no matching results ?.

The ContactAccessButton API doesn't support such a feature. If you would like Apple to consider adding it, send us your suggestion.

The other issues are bugs that need to be investigated. Use Feedback Assistant to file your suggestion and bug reports then post the numbers here.

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Answer 2

Mohammed Idhiris OP

Aug ’24

We have filed bugs for the above in FB14821786 and FB14821863. Kindly look into this and address the issues.

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Answer 3

mesheilah OP

Sep ’24

I'm facing the same bugs as listed in the question.

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Wiggles_2049 OP

Sep ’24

Is there any update on these bugs? iOS 18 is now released and developers need to be able to integrate this button into their apps to avoid degrading user experience.

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MedAmineBelfkih91 OP

Feb ’25

any update about this ? the search button of the ContactAccessButton is not working when no results are found. It will good if we can display the ContactAccessPicker on this action

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evelyne_suto OP

Mar ’25

The issue with the Search not doing anything and spitting warnings in the console is still present.

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evelyne_suto OP

Mar ’25

I'd also be interested in how can we change the background color of the contact access view. The image is from the WWDC sample project.

No change if I set a different background color (it only sets the background of the view which is behind the contact access subviews).

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Answer 8

evelyne_suto OP

Apr ’25

Another issue I've started seeing in the latest iOS versions is related to the picker, which doesn't have the limited access icon anymore in the header.

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Answer 9

evelyne_suto OP

Apr ’25

There also seem to be some hangs when using this button while having a large number of contacts. Tested with 3k contacts and I am getting 1-2 seconds long hangs because of the contact access button.

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