Find current viewController to push a ABPersonViewController in Titanium Mobile

Question

in an application I'm working on, I need to interact with iPhone's AddressBook.

Currently, Titanium mobile doesn't expose the native widget so I decided to write a module to trying to overcome this limitation.

As far as I know, the only way to change a navigationControl is through showModalController

[[TiApp app] showModalController:picker animated:animated];

which adds a modal controller to current view, but it's useless for my app, because it's tabbed. What I need is a way to push my viewController onto the current one, embedded in current tab.

Is there any clean way to reach this result?

That feature is a show stopper, so if I don't find a way soon, I've to switch to native implementation :-(

Answer 1

Titanium will show the native contact picker (ABPeoplePickerNavigationController) with theTi.Contacts.showContacts method (doc).

Also, you should be able to use showModalController:animated: with a tabbed view. The modal view will cover the tabs until dismissed, but that's how modal views work on the iPhone.