okay place within the development of the contacts feature

nirvana-ios/Views/Contacts/ContactsView.swift

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 //
 
 import SwiftUI
+import Contacts
+import ContactsUI
 
 struct ContactsView: View {
     var testUsers:[TestUser] = [
@@ -16,16 +18,23 @@ struct ContactsView: View {
         TestUser(_profilePic: "rohan", _firstN: "Rohan", _lastN: "Chadha")
     ]
     
+    @ObservedObject var contactsViewModel = ContactsViewModel()
+    
     var body: some View {
-        List {
-            ForEach(testUsers) { user in
-                let fullName = "\(user.firstName) \(user.lastName)"
-                IndividualContactView(name: fullName, imageName: user.profilePictureUrl)
-            }
+        VStack(spacing: 0) {
+            OnboardingTemplateView(imgName: "undraw_grades_re_j7d6", mainLeadingActText: "Add your ", mainHighlightedActText: "closest folks.", mainTrailingActText: "", subActText: "besties, bf or gf, siblings, parents, etc.")
+            
+            Rectangle()
+                .strokeBorder(style: StrokeStyle(lineWidth: 4, dash: [10]))
+            
+        }
+        .background(NirvanaColor.bgLightGrey)
+        .alert(item: $contactsViewModel.permissionsError) {_ in
+            Alert(title: Text("Permissions Needed"),
+                  message: Text(contactsViewModel.permissionsError?.description ?? "unknown error"),
+                  dismissButton: .default(Text("Ok"), action: contactsViewModel.openSettings))
         }
     }
-    
-    
 }
 
 struct ContactsView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
@@ -40,7 +49,7 @@ private struct IndividualContactView: View {
     
     @Namespace private var animation
     @State var isAddedUser = false
-    
+
     var body: some View {
         HStack(alignment: .center, spacing: 0) {
             Image(imageName)

nirvana-ios/Views/Contacts/ContactsViewModel.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+//
+//  ContactsViewModel.swift
+//  nirvana-ios
+//
+//  Created by Arjun Patel on 12/15/21.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+import Contacts
+import SwiftUI
+
+final public class ContactsViewModel : ObservableObject {
+    @Published var contacts : [Contact] = []
+    @Published var permissionsError: PermissionsError? = .none
+    
+    init() {
+        self.permissions()
+    }
+    
+    func openSettings() {
+        self.permissionsError = .none
+        guard let settingsURL = URL(string: UIApplication.openSettingsURLString) else { return }
+        if UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(settingsURL) { UIApplication.shared.open(settingsURL)}
+    }
+    
+    private func fetchContacts() {
+        //remove all current contacts from vm
+        contacts.removeAll()
+        
+        let store = CNContactStore()
+        
+        do {
+            let predicate = CNContact.predicateForContacts(matchingName: "sarth")
+            //specific contact details: ex: name, email, etc.
+            let keysToFetch = [CNContactGivenNameKey, CNContactFamilyNameKey] as [CNKeyDescriptor]
+
+            let contacts = try store.unifiedContacts(matching: predicate, keysToFetch: keysToFetch)
+            
+            print("Fetched contacts: \(contacts)")
+        } catch {
+            print("Failed to fetch contacts, error: \(error)")
+            // Handle the error
+            self.permissionsError = .fetchError(error)
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private func permissions() {
+        switch CNContactStore.authorizationStatus(for: .contacts) {
+        case.authorized:
+            print("fetching contacts")
+            fetchContacts()
+        case .notDetermined, .restricted, .denied:
+            CNContactStore().requestAccess(for: .contacts) {granted, error in
+                switch granted {
+                case true:
+                    self.fetchContacts()
+                case false:
+                    DispatchQueue.main.async {
+                        print("unable to get contacts")
+                        self.permissionsError = .userError
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        default:
+            fatalError("Unknown Error!")
+        }
+    }
+}