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CNSaveRequest returns "Updated Record Does Not Exist"

The code I'm debugging tries to save a contact to Contacts.app via the new CNContacts framework in iOS 9. However it fails and returns this error. The code isn't updating a record but rather it is trying to create a new one. Why and I getting this error?

Error Domain=CNErrorDomain Code=200 "Updated Record Does Not Exist" UserInfo={CNInvalidRecordIdentifiers=( ... ), NSLocalizedDescription=Updated Record Does Not Exist, NSLocalizedFailureReason=The save request failed because it updates a record that does not exist or has already been deleted.}

Solution

  • The code was trying to save a contact with an identifier obtained from a new CNMutableContact instead of using nil for the default container.

    [saveRequest addContact:mutContact toContainerWithIdentifier:nil];