Add fake Contacts to the iOS address book

Handy method to add lots of fake contacts to an iOS AddessBook. Be careful you don’t run this on you real device! 

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-(void) addFakeContacts{
  ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate();
  
  // create 200 random contacts
  for (int i = 201; i < 400; i++)
  {
    // create an ABRecordRef
    ABRecordRef record = ABPersonCreate();
    
    ABMutableMultiValueRef multi = ABMultiValueCreateMutable(kABStringPropertyType);
    
    NSString *email = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%i@%ifoo.com", i, i];
    ABMultiValueAddValueAndLabel(multi, (__bridge CFTypeRef)(email), kABHomeLabel, NULL);
    
    NSString *fname = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Name %i", i];
    NSString *lname = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Last %i", i];
    
    // add the first name
    ABRecordSetValue(record, kABPersonFirstNameProperty, (__bridge CFTypeRef)(fname), NULL);
    
    // add the last name
    ABRecordSetValue(record, kABPersonLastNameProperty, (__bridge CFTypeRef)(lname), NULL);
    
    // add the home email
    ABRecordSetValue(record, kABPersonEmailProperty, multi, NULL);
    
    
    // add the record
    ABAddressBookAddRecord(addressBook, record, NULL);
  }
  
  // save the address book
  ABAddressBookSave(addressBook, NULL);
  
  // release
  CFRelease(addressBook);
  
}

Use this to add a phone number to the ‘home’ element 

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NSString *phone = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"206427%i", i];
ABMultiValueAddValueAndLabel(multi, (__bridge CFTypeRef)(phone), kABHomeLabel, NULL);
ABRecordSetValue(record, kABPersonPhoneProperty, multi, NULL);

via: http://www.normyee.net/