How to add calendar events in Android

Question

I m just getting up to speed on Android  and today in a project meeting someone said that Android has no native calendar app so users just use whatever calendar app they like   Is this true  and if so how do I programmatically add an event to the user s calendar  Is there a common API they all share    For what it s worth  we re probably targeting Android 2 x

User · Answer

if you have a given Date string with date and time .

for e.g String givenDateString = pojoModel.getDate()/* Format dd-MMM-yyyy hh:mm:ss */

use the following code to add an event with date and time to the calendar

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.setTime(new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy hh:mm:ss").parse(givenDateString));
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_EDIT);
intent.setType("vnd.android.cursor.item/event");
intent.putExtra("beginTime", cal.getTimeInMillis());
intent.putExtra("allDay", false);
intent.putExtra("rrule", "FREQ=YEARLY");
intent.putExtra("endTime",cal.getTimeInMillis() + 60 * 60 * 1000);
intent.putExtra("title", " Test Title");
startActivity(intent);

User · Answer

As of Android version 4 0 official APIs and intents are available to interact with the available calendar providers

User · Answer

Try this in your code   Calendar cal   Calendar getInstance                  Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION EDIT   intent setType  vnd android cursor item event    intent putExtra  beginTime   cal getTimeInMillis     intent putExtra  allDay   true   intent putExtra  rrule    FREQ YEARLY    intent putExtra  endTime   cal getTimeInMillis   60 60 1000   intent putExtra  title    A Test Event from android app    startActivity intent

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Use this API in your code   It will help u to insert event  event with reminder and event with meeting can be enabled    This api works for platform 2 1 and above Those who uses less then 2 1 instead of content   com android calendar events use content   calendar events   public static long pushAppointmentsToCalender Activity curActivity  String title  String addInfo  String place  int status  long startDate  boolean needReminder  boolean needMailService                           Event  note without alert                            String eventUriString    content   com android calendar events       ContentValues eventValues   new ContentValues         eventValues put  calendar id   1      id  We need to choose from                                            our mobile for primary                                            its 1     eventValues put  title   title       eventValues put  description   addInfo       eventValues put  eventLocation   place        long endDate   startDate   1000   60   60     For next 1hr      eventValues put  dtstart   startDate       eventValues put  dtend   endDate           values put  allDay   1     If it is bithday alarm or such        kind  which should remind me for whole day  0 for false  1        for true     eventValues put  eventStatus   status      This information is        sufficient for most        entries tentative  0          confirmed  1  or canceled         2       eventValues put  eventTimezone    UTC GMT  2 00         Comment below visibility and transparency  column to avoid java lang IllegalArgumentException column visibility is invalid error           eventValues put  visibility   3      visibility to default  0                                              confidential  1   private                                             2   or public  3       eventValues put  transparency   0      You can control whether                                            an event consumes time                                            opaque  0  or transparent                                             1                eventValues put  hasAlarm   1      0 for false  1 for true      Uri eventUri   curActivity getApplicationContext   getContentResolver   insert Uri parse eventUriString   eventValues       long eventID   Long parseLong eventUri getLastPathSegment          if  needReminder                               Event  Reminder with alert  Adding reminder to event                               String reminderUriString    content   com android calendar reminders            ContentValues reminderValues   new ContentValues             reminderValues put  event id   eventID           reminderValues put  minutes   5      Default value of the                                                system  Minutes is a                                                integer         reminderValues put  method   1      Alert Methods  Default 0                                                  Alert 1   Email 2                                                  SMS 3           Uri reminderUri   curActivity getApplicationContext   getContentResolver   insert Uri parse reminderUriString   reminderValues                                 Event  Meeting without alert  Adding Attendies to the meeting                           if  needMailService            String attendeuesesUriString    content   com android calendar attendees                                 To add multiple attendees need to insert ContentValues multiple            times                               ContentValues attendeesValues   new ContentValues             attendeesValues put  event id   eventID           attendeesValues put  attendeeName    xxxxx       Attendees name         attendeesValues put  attendeeEmail    yyyy gmail com      Attendee                                                                                E                                                                                mail                                                                                id         attendeesValues put  attendeeRelationship   0      Relationship Attendee 1                                                              Relationship None 0                                                              Organizer 2                                                              Performer 3                                                              Speaker 4          attendeesValues put  attendeeType   0      None 0   Optional 1                                                      Required 2   Resource 3          attendeesValues put  attendeeStatus   0      NOne 0   Accepted 1                                                          Decline 2                                                          Invited 3                                                          Tentative 4           Uri attendeuesesUri   curActivity getApplicationContext   getContentResolver   insert Uri parse attendeuesesUriString   attendeesValues              return eventID

User · Answer

you have to add flag   intent setFlags Intent FLAG ACTIVITY NEW TASK     or you will cause error with   startActivity   from outside of an Activity  context requires the FLAG ACTIVITY NEW TASK

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Try this       Calendar beginTime   Calendar getInstance        beginTime set yearInt  monthInt - 1  dayInt  7  30          ContentValues l event   new ContentValues        l event put  calendar id   CalIds 0        l event put  title    event        l event put  description     This is test event        l event put  eventLocation    School        l event put  dtstart   beginTime getTimeInMillis         l event put  dtend   beginTime getTimeInMillis         l event put  allDay   0       l event put  rrule    FREQ YEARLY           status  0  tentative  1  confirmed  2  canceled        l event put  eventStatus   1        l event put  eventTimezone    India        Uri l eventUri      if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   8            l eventUri   Uri parse  content   com android calendar events          else           l eventUri   Uri parse  content   calendar events              Uri l uri   MainActivity this getContentResolver                insert l eventUri  l event

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Just in case if someone needs this for Xamarin in c            Intent intent   new Intent Intent ActionInsert           intent SetData Android Provider CalendarContract Events ContentUri           intent PutExtra Android Provider CalendarContract ExtraEventBeginTime  Utils Tools CurrentTimeMillis game Date            intent PutExtra Android Provider CalendarContract EventsColumns AllDay  false           intent PutExtra Android Provider CalendarContract EventsColumns EventLocation   Location            intent PutExtra Android Provider CalendarContract EventsColumns Description   Description            intent PutExtra Android Provider CalendarContract ExtraEventEndTime  Utils Tools CurrentTimeMillis game Date AddHours 2             intent PutExtra Android Provider CalendarContract EventsColumns Title   Title            StartActivity intent     Helper Functions       private static readonly DateTime Jan1st1970   new DateTime 1970  1  1  0  0  0  DateTimeKind Utc        public static long CurrentTimeMillis DateTime date                return  long  date ToUniversalTime   - Jan1st1970  TotalMilliseconds

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i used the code below  it solves my problem to add event in default device calendar in ICS and also on version less that ICS       if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   14            Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION INSERT           setData Events CONTENT URI           putExtra CalendarContract EXTRA EVENT BEGIN TIME  beginTime getTimeInMillis             putExtra CalendarContract EXTRA EVENT END TIME  endTime getTimeInMillis             putExtra Events TITLE   Yoga            putExtra Events DESCRIPTION   Group class            putExtra Events EVENT LOCATION   The gym            putExtra Events AVAILABILITY  Events AVAILABILITY BUSY           putExtra Intent EXTRA EMAIL   rowan example com trevor example com             startActivity intent          else           Calendar cal   Calendar getInstance                          Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION EDIT           intent setType  vnd android cursor item event            intent putExtra  beginTime   cal getTimeInMillis             intent putExtra  allDay   true           intent putExtra  rrule    FREQ YEARLY            intent putExtra  endTime   cal getTimeInMillis   60 60 1000           intent putExtra  title    A Test Event from android app            startActivity intent               Hope it would help

User · Answer

Google calendar is the  native  calendar app   As far as I know  all phones come with a version of it installed  and the default SDK provides a version   You might check out this tutorial for working with it

User · Answer

how do I programmatically add an event to the user s calendar    Which calendar      Is there a common API they all share    No  no more than there is a  common API they all share  for Windows calendar apps  There are some common data formats  e g   iCalendar  and Internet protocols  e g   CalDAV   but no common API  Some calendar apps don t even offer an API   If there are specific calendar applications you wish to integrate with  contact their developers and determine if they offer an API  So  for example  the Calendar application from the Android open source project  that Mayra cites  offers no documented and supported APIs  Google has even explicitly told developers to not use the techniques outlined in the tutorial Mayra cites   Another option is for you to add events to the Internet calendar in question  For example  the best way to add events to the Calendar application from the Android open source project is to add the event to the user s Google Calendar via the appropriate GData APIs     UPDATE  Android 4 0  API Level 14  added a CalendarContract ContentProvider

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