How to attach image in vCard (vcf file) using Objective C? - objective-c

Question

In my project I need to create and send a vCard (vcf file) that must include an image too. I did everything right except I can not add image to the vCard. I have shared my code below.
- (IBAction)shareButtonPressed:(UIButton *)sender {
NSError *error;
NSString *filePath = [[NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) firstObject] stringByAppendingPathComponent:#"vCard.vcf"];
[[self vCardRepresentation] writeToFile:filePath atomically:YES encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:&error];
UIActivityViewController *activityVC = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:#[#"Test", [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath]] applicationActivities:nil];
activityVC.excludedActivityTypes = #[UIActivityTypePostToWeibo, UIActivityTypeAssignToContact, UIActivityTypeMessage, UIActivityTypeCopyToPasteboard];
[self presentViewController:activityVC animated:YES completion:^{
}];
}
- (NSString *)vCardRepresentation
{
NSMutableArray *mutableArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
NSData *imageData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation([UIImage imageNamed:#"Rokon"], 1.0);
[mutableArray addObject:#"BEGIN:VCARD"];
[mutableArray addObject:#"VERSION:3.0"];
[mutableArray addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"FN:%#", #"Rokon"]];
[mutableArray addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"TEL:%#",#"[phone]"]];
[mutableArray addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"PHOTO;BASE64:%#",[imageData base64EncodedDataWithOptions:0]]];
[mutableArray addObject:#"END:VCARD"];
return [mutableArray componentsJoinedByString:#"\n"];
}

Answer 1

- (void)shareContact{
[self emptySandbox];
NSString *contactName = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%# %#",[Person sharedInstance].firstName, [Person sharedInstance].lastName];
NSError *error;
NSString *filePath = [[NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) firstObject] stringByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#.vcf", contactName]];
[[self vCardRepresentation] writeToFile:filePath atomically:YES encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:&error];
UIActivityViewController *activityVC = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:#[contactName, [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath]] applicationActivities:nil];
activityVC.excludedActivityTypes = #[UIActivityTypePostToWeibo, UIActivityTypeAssignToContact, UIActivityTypeCopyToPasteboard];
[activityVC setValue:contactName forKey:#"subject"];
[self presentViewController:activityVC animated:YES completion:^{
}];
}
- (NSString *)vCardRepresentation
{
NSMutableArray *mutableArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
NSData *imageData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation([Person sharedInstance].profileImage, 1.0);
[mutableArray addObject:#"BEGIN:VCARD"];
[mutableArray addObject:#"VERSION:3.0"];
[mutableArray addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"FN:%#", [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#%#", [Person sharedInstance].firstName, [Person sharedInstance].lastName]]];
[mutableArray addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"TEL:%#",[Person sharedInstance].phone]];
[mutableArray addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"email:%#", [Person sharedInstance].email]];
[mutableArray addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"PHOTO;BASE64;ENCODING=b;TYPE=JPEG:%#",[imageData base64EncodedStringWithOptions:0]]];
[mutableArray addObject:#"END:VCARD"];
return [mutableArray componentsJoinedByString:#"\n"];
}
-(void)emptySandbox
{
NSFileManager *fileMgr = [[NSFileManager alloc] init];
NSError *error = nil;
NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSArray *files = [fileMgr contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:documentsDirectory error:nil];
while (files.count > 0) {
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSArray *directoryContents = [fileMgr contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:documentsDirectory error:&error];
if (error == nil) {
for (NSString *path in directoryContents) {
NSString *fullPath = [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:path];
BOOL removeSuccess = [fileMgr removeItemAtPath:fullPath error:&error];
files = [fileMgr contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:documentsDirectory error:nil];
if (!removeSuccess) {
// Error
}
}
} else {
// Error
}
}
}