Discover PhotoKit change history

0:01 - Tracking photo library changes

// Discover added assets
let options = PHFetchOptions()
options.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "creationDate > %@", lastLaunchDate as CVarArg)
let insertedAssets = PHAsset.fetchAssets(with: options)

0:02 - Tracking photo library changes (2)

let fetchResult = PHAsset.fetchAssets(with: localIdentifiers, options: nil)
// Discover all modified and deleted assets
fetchResult.enumerateObjects { asset, idx, stop in
    if asset.modificationDate?.compare(lastLaunchDate) == .orderedDescending {
        // Asset could have been modified
    }
    if !localIdentifiers.contains(asset.localIdentifier) {
        // Asset could have been deleted
    }
}

0:03 - Fetching persistent changes using persistent change token

let persistentChanges = try! PHPhotoLibrary.shared().fetchPersistentChanges(since: self.lastStoredToken)

for persistentChange in persistentChanges { 
   if let changeDetails = persistentChange.changeDetails(for: PHObjectType.asset) {
        let updatedIdentifiers = changeDetails.updatedLocalIdentifiers
        let deletedIdentifiers = changeDetails.deletedLocalIdentifiers
        let insertedIdentifiers = changeDetails.insertedLocalIdentifiers
    }
}

// After processing change details
self.lastStoredToken = lastPersistentChange.changeToken

0:04 - Identifying important changes

// Get last stored change token
let changeToken = self.lastStoredToken

// Fetch persistent changes
let persistentChanges = try!   
         library.fetchPersistentChanges(since: changeToken)

for persistentChange in persistentChanges {
    // Grab change details and process updates
}

0:05 - Using inserted identifiers

let insertedAssets = PHAsset.fetchAssets(with: insertedIdentifiers, options: nil)
insertedAssets.enumerateObjects { asset, idx, stop in
   for hike in hikes {
        let dateInterval = NSDateInterval(start: hike.startDate, end: hike.endDate)
        if dateInterval.contains(asset.creationDate) {
            // This hike contains a new added asset
        }
    }
}

0:06 - Using updated identifiers

let updatedAssets = PHAsset.fetchAssets(with: updatedIdentifiers, options: nil)
updatedAssets.enumerateObjects { asset, idx, stop in
    if asset.hasAdjustments {
        // This asset has edits
    }
}

0:07 - Using deleted identifiers

for deletedIdentifier in deletedIdentifiers {
    for collage in collages {
        if collage.assetLocalIdentifiers.contains(deletedIdentifier) {
            // This collage needs to be redrawn
        }
    }
}

0:08 - Handling errors

do {
    let persistentChanges = try library.fetchPersistentChanges(since: changeToken)
} catch PHPhotosError.persistentChangeTokenExpired,
        PHPhotosError.persistentChangeDetailsUnavailable {
    let fetchResult = PHAsset.fetchAssets(with: trackedIdentifiers, options: options)
    // Use fetch result
}