iCloudFilesDidChange: called repeatedly

[BobDG]

The iCloudFilesDidChange method:

- (void)iCloudFilesDidChange:(NSMutableArray *)files withNewFileNames:(NSMutableArray *)fileNames

Is called nearly five times in a row after each other. I would like to display a spinner until the sync is done, but I don't know whether it will be called three times, four times, etc. So I don't know when to stop the spinner.

But ignoring the spinner (I can work around that), why is this method called so many times after one change? Wouldn't it be simpler if was just called once?

[Sam-Spencer]

Thanks for reporting the issue. I am working on a new release (7.3) which fixes this issue. Here's how I've resolved the issue in the 7.3 update:

• Changed the internal enumerateCloudDocuments method to properly respond to query notifications.
• Added two new delegate methods:
  • iCloudFileUpdateDidBegin is called when an update begins (only called once per update)
  • iCloudFileUpdateDidEnd is called when an update finished (only called oncer per update)
• Updated query enumeration and parse code for more efficiency and reliability

I'll post here when the update is available

[BobDG]

Hi Sam,

that sounds perfect! Thanks!

[joshbirnholz]

This issue is happening to me, too. iCloudFilesDidChange is being called once for every file that changed, so I don't want to use that to update my UI. But, iCloudFileUpdateDidEnd isn't being called. It's called once, by a sync that seems to be triggerred automatically when I open the app, but after that it's never called again.