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# CNContactPickerDelegate

The methods that you implement to respond to contact-picker user events.

```
protocol CNContactPickerDelegate : NSObjectProtocol
```

## Topics

### Responding to User Selections

[`contactPicker(_:didSelect:)`](/documentation/ContactsUI/CNContactPickerDelegate/contactPicker(_:didSelect:)-7vcyc)

Called after a contact has been selected by the user.

[`contactPicker(_:didSelect:)`](/documentation/ContactsUI/CNContactPickerDelegate/contactPicker(_:didSelect:)-1xfpt)

Called when a property of the contact has been selected by the user.

[`contactPicker(_:didSelect:)`](/documentation/ContactsUI/CNContactPickerDelegate/contactPicker(_:didSelect:)-5neeo)

Called after contacts have been selected by the user.

[`contactPicker(_:didSelectContactProperties:)`](/documentation/ContactsUI/CNContactPickerDelegate/contactPicker(_:didSelectContactProperties:))

Called after contact properties have been selected by the user.

### Dismissing the Picker Interface

[`contactPickerDidCancel(_:)`](/documentation/ContactsUI/CNContactPickerDelegate/contactPickerDidCancel(_:))

In iOS, called when the user taps Cancel.

[`contactPickerWillClose(_:)`](/documentation/ContactsUI/CNContactPickerDelegate/contactPickerWillClose(_:))

In macOS, called when the contact picker’s popover is about to close.

[`contactPickerDidClose(_:)`](/documentation/ContactsUI/CNContactPickerDelegate/contactPickerDidClose(_:))

In macOS, called when the contact picker’s popover has closed.

## See Also

[`delegate`](/documentation/ContactsUI/CNContactPicker/delegate)

The picker delegate to be notified when the user chooses a contact.

[`delegate`](/documentation/ContactsUI/CNContactPickerViewController/delegate)

The delegate to be notified when the user selects a contact or a property.


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