Getting over 1000 contacts using ngCordova in AngularJS

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Getting over 1000 contacts using ngCordova in AngularJS

I am developing an application in the Ionic framework, which displays all the contacts from the device to the end user and gives the ability to select contacts. I use the ngCordova $ cordovaContacts module to select contacts.

This is a utility code that retrieves contacts from a device.

angular.module('starter.services').factory('ContactManager', function($cordovaContacts, $ionicLoading){
  return {
    getContacts: function() {
      $ionicLoading.show({ template: "<div class='ion-ios7-reloading'></div>"});
      var options = {};
      options.filter = "";
      options.multiple = true;
      options.fields = ['displayName', 'name', 'phoneNumbers', 'emails'];
      //get the phone contacts
      return $cordovaContacts.find(options);
    }
  }
});

Below is the controller code that assigns contacts to the $ scope.contacts variable

angular.module('starter.ctrls').controller('ShareCtrl', function($scope, ContactManager, $stateParams) {

  $scope.contacts = [];

  ContactManager.getContacts().then(function(_result){
    alert("CONTACTS FETCHED: Now rendering in Template");
    $scope.contacts = _result;
   }, function(_error){
    alert("Error: " + _error);
  });

});