c# - How to access contacts list in Windows Phone 7?

Question

How do you access the contacts store (the contact list) within Windows Phone 7?

Thanks!

update: It seems that this might be available in the next version of WP7, Mango:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/johnalioto/archive/2011/04/13/10153420.aspx

Answer 1

EDIT: This answer was correct at the time of posting. In Windows Phone 7.1 (Mango) third-party applications will have access to contacts.

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You can't. You're not allowed to. That's viewed as private data that applications shouldn't be touching.

EDIT: Although you can't directly access the contacts list, you can launch the EmailAddressChooserTask or PhoneNumberChooserTask to get back just that piece of information about a user-specified contact. (Likewise you can launch a task to save a phone number or email address.)