How to Get Notified in Contact Changed Event in iOS

How to get notified in contact changed event in IOS?

In iOS it could be done using -

Register the external change call back notifier-

ABAddressBookRef ntificationaddressbook = ABAddressBookCreate();
    ABAddressBookRegisterExternalChangeCallback(ntificationaddressbook, MyAddressBookExternalChangeCallback, self);

Implement the call back -

void MyAddressBookExternalChangeCallback (ABAddressBookRef ntificationaddressbook,CFDictionaryRef info,void *context)
{
    // called when there is any change in AddressBook
}

For more details you can refer this link-

Detect what was changed from ABAddressBookRegisterExternalChangeCallback

How do I know that the contacts have been modified, if the application was not active on iOS?

I made the following functions for my task

  @objc private func matchingContacts() {
        if isSuccessContactUploading {
            contactManager.matchingContacts(notMatch: { [weak self] in
                guard let _self = self else { return }
                debugPrint("matchingContacts != equals")
                _self.isSuccessContactUploading = false
                _self.syncContacts()
            })
        }
    }

These functions are in ContactManager

   func matchingContacts(notMatch: (() -> Void)?) {
        getContacts { (contacts, error) in
            if error == nil {
                debugPrint("contacts count", contacts.count)
                self.getContactsDictionaryFromCache(contacts, notMatch: {
                    notMatch?()
                })
            }
        }
    }

 private func getContactsDictionaryFromCache(_ contacts: [CNContact], notMatch: (() -> Void)?) {
        var isMatching = true
        for contact in contacts {
            let key = contact.identifier

            do {
                let cache = try Cache<NSDictionary>(name: "Contacts")
                if let contactDictionary = cache[key] {
                    if !contactDictionary.isEqual(to: contact.dictionary) {
                        debugPrint("contactDictionary not matching")
                        isMatching = false
                    }
                } else {
                    debugPrint("contactDictionary isn't here")
                    isMatching = false
                }
            } catch {
                debugPrint(error.localizedDescription)
                isMatching = false
            }
        }

        if !isMatching {
            notMatch?()
        }

        cacheContacts(contacts)
    }

private func cacheContacts(_ contacts: [CNContact]) {
        for contact in contacts {
            let contactDictionary = contact.dictionary as NSDictionary
            let key = contact.identifier

            do {
                let cache = try Cache<NSDictionary>(name: "Contacts")
                cache[key] = contactDictionary
            } catch {
                debugPrint(error.localizedDescription)
            }
        }
    }

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