Send custom email to selected phone contact iOS 9 problem

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#1

Hi, in a previous threat I asked how to send an email to a phone contact the solution they give me it was working on iOS 8.4 but in iOS 9 it crash.

Here is my code

local function inviteContactsEmail( event ) if event.phase=="ended" or event.phase=="cancelled" then local pickContactOptions = { option = "pickContact", hideDetails = true, performDefaultAction = true, filter = { "email" }, listener = function ( event ) local email="" local subject=translations["About1"][myApp.userPreferences.language] local body=myApp.userData.username..translations["InviteToDownload"][myApp.userPreferences.language] if ( event.data ) then for k,v in pairs( event.data ) do if k=="homeEmail" then print( k, ":", v ) email=v end end if email=="" then timer.performWithDelay(2000, function( ) native.showAlert( "Contact", translations["contact\_no\_email"][myApp.userPreferences.language], {"OK"}) end); else timer.performWithDelay(2000, function( ) local options = { to = email, subject =translations["About1"][myApp.userPreferences.language], body=myApp.userData.username..translations["InviteToDownload"][myApp.userPreferences.language], } native.showPopup("mail", options) end); end end end } native.showPopup( "addressbook", pickContactOptions ) end return true end

and this is the device log

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 SpringBoard[1114] <Warning>: HW kbd: Failed to set com.apple.MobileAddressBook.ContactsViewService as keyboard focus

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 SpringBoard[1114] <Warning>: HW kbd: Failed to set com.apple.MobileAddressBook.ContactsViewService as keyboard focus

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 mediaserverd[1085] <Notice>: ‘’ com.islandofthemoon.morbido(pid = 1402) setting DiscoveryMode = DiscoveryMode_None, currentDiscoveryMode = DiscoveryMode_None

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 SpringBoard[1114] <Warning>: UNNotificationRegistrarConnectionListener connection invalidated

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 mediaserverd[1085] <Notice>: ‘’ (pid = 1402) setting DiscoveryMode = DiscoveryMode_None, currentDiscoveryMode = DiscoveryMode_None

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 mediaserverd[1085] <Notice>: ‘’ com.islandofthemoon.morbido(pid = 1402) setting DiscoveryMode = DiscoveryMode_None, currentDiscoveryMode = DiscoveryMode_None

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 ContactsViewService[1405] <Warning>: host connection <NSXPCConnection: 0x15fd256a0> connection from pid 1402 invalidated

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (UIKitApplication:com.islandofthemoon.morbido[0xb91d][1402]) <Notice>: Service exited due to signal: Segmentation fault: 11

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 mediaserverd[1085] <Notice>: ‘FigPlayer - 1091’ (pid = 1091) setting DiscoveryMode = DiscoveryMode_None, currentDiscoveryMode = DiscoveryMode_None

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 SpringBoard[1114] <Warning>: HW kbd: Failed to set (null) as keyboard focus

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 SpringBoard[1114] <Warning>: [<_UIKeyboardArbiterHandle: 0x148527570; PID 1207: com.apple.accessibility.AccessibilityUIServer <(null)>; hosting PIDs {(

)}; level 0.000000; active NO [wants NO]; suppression 0>] could not take process assertion

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 diagnosticd[1142] <Error>: unable to find offset 0x97440ac4 in shared cache for arch ‘arm64’

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 ReportCrash[1407] <Notice>: platform_thread_get_unique_id matched 463020

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 ReportCrash[1407] <Notice>: Formulating report for corpse[1402] Esa Maldita App

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 mediaserverd[1085] <Notice>: ‘’ (pid = 1405) setting DiscoveryMode = DiscoveryMode_None, currentDiscoveryMode = DiscoveryMode_None

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 SpringBoard[1114] <Warning>: HW kbd: Failed to set (null) as keyboard focus

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 ReportCrash[1407] <Warning>: saved type ‘109_Esa Maldita App’ report (1 of max 25) as /var/mobile/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Esa Maldita App_2015-09-21-094439_KaosiPadAir2.ips.beta

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 SpringBoard[1114] <Warning>: Application ‘UIKitApplication:com.islandofthemoon.morbido[0xb91d]’ crashed.

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 UserEventAgent[1083] <Warning>: 3191392643339: id=com.islandofthemoon.morbido pid=1402, state=0

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 duetexpertd[1213] <Warning>: mme: com.islandofthemoon.morbido, 2015-09-21 13:44:39 +0000, 

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 SpringBoard[1114] <Warning>: [MPUSystemMediaControls] Updating supported commands for now playing application.

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 SpringBoard[1114] <Warning>: [MPUSystemMediaControls] Updating supported commands for now playing application.

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 SpringBoard[1114] <Warning>: Unable to get short BSD proc info for 1402: No such process

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 SpringBoard[1114] <Warning>: [MPUSystemMediaControls] Updating supported commands for now playing application.

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 SpringBoard[1114] <Warning>: [MPUSystemMediaControls] Updating supported commands for now playing application.

Sep 21 09:44:39 KaosiPadAir2 searchd[1206] <Warning>: ====^^^^ DuetExpert missing requested data, people:0 applicationDeepLinks:1 applications:0 requests:18 missingAllDataRequests:0

Sep 21 09:44:50 KaosiPadAir2 OTACrashCopier[1408] <Notice>: (Warn ) <OTACrashCopierController.m __42-[OTACrashCopierController handleRequest:]_block_invoke:527> Creating Power Assertion for 600 secs

#2

Checking the device logs I have found this error 

“contact and its snapshot should both be non-unified.”

This error happened when I click in a contact and crash the app

in the iOS forum I found a solution to this error 

https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/11354

it looks like it’s a permission error and the new iOS 9 require permission for address book explicit

#3

Can I get you to file a bug report on this please. A simple example that generates the crash. It will need at a minimum a main.lua, build.settings, config.lua and any assets needed.  Compress up that folder into a .zip file and use the “Report a Bug” link at the top of the page.

Make sure in the text of the bug report to link to this thread as well as the Apple forums links ( When you get the bug report confirmation in email, please post the CaseID # back here.

Thanks

Rob

#4

I am seeing another problem in the debugger. This also blows up in IOSAddressBookNativePopupProvider.mm:

// Loop through the emails for ( int j = 0; j \< ABMultiValueGetCount( emailAddresses ); j ++ ) { NSString \*email = (NSString \*)ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(emailAddresses, j); NSString \*key = (NSString \*)ABMultiValueCopyLabelAtIndex(emailAddresses, j); &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; if ( [key isEqualToString:(NSString\*)kABHomeLabel] ) key = @"homeEmail"; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; else if ( [key isEqualToString:(NSString\*)kABWorkLabel] ) key = @"workEmail"; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; // iCloud label is only default on iOS 7+. Doesn't have a constant defined in AddressBook/ABPerson.h &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; else if ( [key isEqualToString:@"iCloud"] ) key = @"ICloudEmail"; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; else if ( [key isEqualToString:(NSString\*)kABOtherLabel] ) key = @"otherEmail"; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; // Append "Email" prefix if using a custom label &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; else key = [key stringByAppendingString:@"Email"]; lua\_pushstring( self.luaState, [email UTF8String] ); // Value lua\_setfield( self.luaState, -2, [key UTF8String] ); // Key }

The problem is that, with some non-linked contacts, there is an email address for which “key” is nil. When you look at the contact in the phone, the label says “email” – not “home”, “work”, “other”, etc. But the code returns nil for key, so the else clause doesn’t set key, so key is nil  when lua_setfield() is called, and it blows up.

It’s another bug. I’ve worked around it by setting key to “otherEmail” if it’s nil.

#5

There’s more to this, btw. ABAddressBook and its related classes are deprecated in iOS 9 (sigh), so at some point, the entire plugin will have to be updated.

And it’s def an iOS 9 bug that gabriel is experiencing, and the workaround is to ask the user for access to all contacts, even though that’s not supposed to be required when getting a single contact back from ABPeoplePickerNavigationController.

#6

I’ve worked around the iOS 9 bug by adding this code in showPopup() of IOSAddressBookNativePopupProvider.mm:

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; // Show the picker &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; //result = pickContact( L, appViewController, delegate ); &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; //iOS 9 bug fix for linked contacts. Lines below replace the line above. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ABAddressBookRef addressBook =&nbsp; ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL, NULL); &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion(addressBook, ^(bool granted, CFErrorRef error) { &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; if ( granted ) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; pickContact( L, appViewController, delegate ); &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; }); &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; result = 0;
#7

Has anyone filed a bug report on this yet?

#8

I haven’t. It iOS thing is an Apple bug. The one with key=nil is probably a legit plugin bug, but since it didn’t happen until iOS 9 either, I wonder if Apple will make that one go away, too.

#9

Checking the device logs I have found this error 

“contact and its snapshot should both be non-unified.”

This error happened when I click in a contact and crash the app

in the iOS forum I found a solution to this error 

https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/11354

it looks like it’s a permission error and the new iOS 9 require permission for address book explicit

#10

Can I get you to file a bug report on this please. A simple example that generates the crash. It will need at a minimum a main.lua, build.settings, config.lua and any assets needed.  Compress up that folder into a .zip file and use the “Report a Bug” link at the top of the page.

Make sure in the text of the bug report to link to this thread as well as the Apple forums links ( When you get the bug report confirmation in email, please post the CaseID # back here.

Thanks

Rob

#11

I am seeing another problem in the debugger. This also blows up in IOSAddressBookNativePopupProvider.mm:

// Loop through the emails for ( int j = 0; j \< ABMultiValueGetCount( emailAddresses ); j ++ ) { NSString \*email = (NSString \*)ABMultiValueCopyValueAtIndex(emailAddresses, j); NSString \*key = (NSString \*)ABMultiValueCopyLabelAtIndex(emailAddresses, j); &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; if ( [key isEqualToString:(NSString\*)kABHomeLabel] ) key = @"homeEmail"; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; else if ( [key isEqualToString:(NSString\*)kABWorkLabel] ) key = @"workEmail"; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; // iCloud label is only default on iOS 7+. Doesn't have a constant defined in AddressBook/ABPerson.h &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; else if ( [key isEqualToString:@"iCloud"] ) key = @"ICloudEmail"; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; else if ( [key isEqualToString:(NSString\*)kABOtherLabel] ) key = @"otherEmail"; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; // Append "Email" prefix if using a custom label &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; else key = [key stringByAppendingString:@"Email"]; lua\_pushstring( self.luaState, [email UTF8String] ); // Value lua\_setfield( self.luaState, -2, [key UTF8String] ); // Key }

The problem is that, with some non-linked contacts, there is an email address for which “key” is nil. When you look at the contact in the phone, the label says “email” – not “home”, “work”, “other”, etc. But the code returns nil for key, so the else clause doesn’t set key, so key is nil  when lua_setfield() is called, and it blows up.

It’s another bug. I’ve worked around it by setting key to “otherEmail” if it’s nil.

#12

There’s more to this, btw. ABAddressBook and its related classes are deprecated in iOS 9 (sigh), so at some point, the entire plugin will have to be updated.

And it’s def an iOS 9 bug that gabriel is experiencing, and the workaround is to ask the user for access to all contacts, even though that’s not supposed to be required when getting a single contact back from ABPeoplePickerNavigationController.

#13

I’ve worked around the iOS 9 bug by adding this code in showPopup() of IOSAddressBookNativePopupProvider.mm:

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; // Show the picker &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; //result = pickContact( L, appViewController, delegate ); &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; //iOS 9 bug fix for linked contacts. Lines below replace the line above. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ABAddressBookRef addressBook =&nbsp; ABAddressBookCreateWithOptions(NULL, NULL); &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ABAddressBookRequestAccessWithCompletion(addressBook, ^(bool granted, CFErrorRef error) { &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; if ( granted ) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; pickContact( L, appViewController, delegate ); &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; }); &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; result = 0;
#14

Has anyone filed a bug report on this yet?

#15

I haven’t. It iOS thing is an Apple bug. The one with key=nil is probably a legit plugin bug, but since it didn’t happen until iOS 9 either, I wonder if Apple will make that one go away, too.