# Pick One Contact Without Asking for the Address Book

DevFeed: [Pick One Contact Without Asking for the Address Book](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/pick-one-contact-without-asking-for-the-address-book-19449.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.codenameone.com/blog/private-contact-picker/>)

Author: Shai Almog

Published: 2026-09-09T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [CodeName One](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/codename-one.md>)

Topics: [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [contactpicker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/contactpicker.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/native.md>), [permission](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/permission.md>), [privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/privacy.md>)

## AI overview

ContactPicker lets Codename One applications request selected contact fields through a system-owned picker without broad address-book permission. The article describes platform differences, limited fallback behavior, manual-entry handling, and more precise permission detection.

## Source excerpt

ContactPicker lets a Codename One application request selected contact fields through the system picker without broad address-book permission.