--- title: Getting Contact Information with .NET MAUI | daily.dev description: A practical guide to accessing device contacts in .NET MAUI apps. Covers platform-specific setup for Android (READ_CONTACTS permission via AndroidManifest.xml... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/getting-contact-information-with-net-maui-ibdwjmswj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Getting Contact Information with .NET MAUI | daily.dev og:description: A practical guide to accessing device contacts in .NET MAUI apps. Covers platform-specific setup for Android (READ_CONTACTS permission via AndroidManifest.xml... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/getting-contact-information-with-net-maui-ibdwjmswj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/iBDWJmswJ.png og:image:alt: Getting Contact Information with .NET MAUI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Getting Contact Information with .NET MAUI **[Telerik](https://daily.dev/sources/telerik)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A practical guide to accessing device contacts in .NET MAUI apps. Covers platform-specific setup for Android (READ_CONTACTS permission via AndroidManifest.xml or assembly attribute), iOS and Mac Catalyst (NSContactsUsageDescription in Info.plist), and notes that Windows does not support contact picking. Explains the IContacts interface from Microsoft.Maui.ApplicationModel.Communication, how to resolve namespace conflicts with aliases, and demonstrates both GetAllAsync() for retrieving all contacts and PickContactAsync() for user-selected contacts, including available contact fields and platform-specific limitations. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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