Calendar Application

May 9, 2012 /
Android /
By Chetana /
6 COMMENTS

This example explains how to call and use system calendar into your application.

Algorithm:

1.) Create a new project by File-> New -> Android Project name it CalendarApplication.

2.) Write following into main.xml file:

<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?-->
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >

<Button
android:id="@+id/button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:onClick="onClick"
android:text="Create Event" />

<Button
android:id="@+id/button2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:onClick="queryCalendar"
android:text="Query Calendar" />

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android:layout_width="fill_parent"

android:layout_height="fill_parent"

android:orientation="vertical" >

<Button

android:id="@+id/button1"

android:layout_width="wrap_content"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:onClick="onClick"

android:text="Create Event" />

<Button

android:id="@+id/button2"

android:layout_width="wrap_content"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:onClick="queryCalendar"

android:text="Query Calendar" />

3.) Put INTERNET permission to manifest file:

<uses-permission
android:name="android.permission.READ_CALENDAR">

<uses-permission
android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CALENDAR">

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<uses-permission

android:name="android.permission.READ_CALENDAR">

<uses-permission

android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CALENDAR">

4.) Run for output.

Steps:

1.) Create a project named CalendarApplication and set the information as stated in the image.

Build Target: Android 4.0

Application Name: CalendarApplication

Package Name: com. example. CalendarApplication

Activity Name: CalendarApplicationActivity

Min SDK Version: 14

2.) Open CalendarApplicationActivity.java file and write following code there:

package com.example.CalendarApplication;

import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.ContentResolver;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.provider.CalendarContract;
import android.provider.CalendarContract.Calendars;
import android.provider.CalendarContract.Events;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class CalendarApplicationActivity extends Activity {

public static final String[] EVENT_PROJECTION = new String[] {
Calendars._ID, // 0
Calendars.ACCOUNT_NAME, // 1
Calendars.CALENDAR_DISPLAY_NAME // 2
};

private static final int PROJECTION_DISPLAY_NAME_INDEX = 2;

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
}

public void onClick(View view) {

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_INSERT);
intent.setType("vnd.android.cursor.item/event");
intent.putExtra(Events.TITLE, "Learn Android");
intent.putExtra(Events.EVENT_LOCATION, "Home suit home");
intent.putExtra(Events.DESCRIPTION, "Download Examples");

GregorianCalendar calDate = new GregorianCalendar(2012, 10, 02);
intent.putExtra(CalendarContract.EXTRA_EVENT_BEGIN_TIME,
calDate.getTimeInMillis());
intent.putExtra(CalendarContract.EXTRA_EVENT_END_TIME,
calDate.getTimeInMillis());

intent.putExtra(CalendarContract.EXTRA_EVENT_ALL_DAY, true);

intent.putExtra(Events.RRULE,
"FREQ=WEEKLY;COUNT=11;WKST=SU;BYDAY=TU,TH");

intent.putExtra(Events.ACCESS_LEVEL, Events.ACCESS_PRIVATE);
intent.putExtra(Events.AVAILABILITY, Events.AVAILABILITY_BUSY);

startActivity(intent);

}

public void queryCalendar(View view) {
Cursor cur = null;
ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver();
Uri uri = Calendars.CONTENT_URI;
String selection = "((" + Calendars.ACCOUNT_NAME + " = ?) AND ("
+ Calendars.ACCOUNT_TYPE + " = ?))";

String[] selectionArgs = new String[] { "Lars.Vogel@gmail.com",
"com.google" };
cur = cr.query(uri, EVENT_PROJECTION, selection, selectionArgs, null);

while (cur.moveToNext()) {
String displayName = null;
displayName = cur.getString(PROJECTION_DISPLAY_NAME_INDEX);
Toast.makeText(this, "Calendar " + displayName, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
.show();
}
}
}

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package com.example.CalendarApplication;

import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.content.ContentResolver;

import android.content.Intent;

import android.database.Cursor;

import android.net.Uri;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.provider.CalendarContract;

import android.provider.CalendarContract.Calendars;

import android.provider.CalendarContract.Events;

import android.view.View;

import android.widget.Toast;

public class CalendarApplicationActivity extends Activity {

public static final String[] EVENT_PROJECTION = new String[] {

Calendars._ID, // 0

Calendars.ACCOUNT_NAME, // 1

Calendars.CALENDAR_DISPLAY_NAME // 2

};

private static final int PROJECTION_DISPLAY_NAME_INDEX = 2;

@Override

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.main);

}

public void onClick(View view) {

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_INSERT);

intent.setType("vnd.android.cursor.item/event");

intent.putExtra(Events.TITLE, "Learn Android");

intent.putExtra(Events.EVENT_LOCATION, "Home suit home");

intent.putExtra(Events.DESCRIPTION, "Download Examples");

GregorianCalendar calDate = new GregorianCalendar(2012, 10, 02);

intent.putExtra(CalendarContract.EXTRA_EVENT_BEGIN_TIME,

calDate.getTimeInMillis());

intent.putExtra(CalendarContract.EXTRA_EVENT_END_TIME,

calDate.getTimeInMillis());

intent.putExtra(CalendarContract.EXTRA_EVENT_ALL_DAY, true);

intent.putExtra(Events.RRULE,

"FREQ=WEEKLY;COUNT=11;WKST=SU;BYDAY=TU,TH");

intent.putExtra(Events.ACCESS_LEVEL, Events.ACCESS_PRIVATE);

intent.putExtra(Events.AVAILABILITY, Events.AVAILABILITY_BUSY);

startActivity(intent);

}

public void queryCalendar(View view) {

Cursor cur = null;

ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver();

Uri uri = Calendars.CONTENT_URI;

String selection = "((" + Calendars.ACCOUNT_NAME + " = ?) AND ("

+ Calendars.ACCOUNT_TYPE + " = ?))";

String[] selectionArgs = new String[] { "Lars.Vogel@gmail.com",

"com.google" };

cur = cr.query(uri, EVENT_PROJECTION, selection, selectionArgs, null);

while (cur.moveToNext()) {

String displayName = null;

displayName = cur.getString(PROJECTION_DISPLAY_NAME_INDEX);

Toast.makeText(this, "Calendar " + displayName, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)

.show();

}

}

}

3.) Compile and build the project.

Output

5.) If your phone doesn’t have any default calendar installed you will see the screen as below. Follow the instructions and see your calendar.

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6 comments

Lokeswararao Gandreddi says August 6, 2012

Why It was not supporting in Emulator, It show setup couldn’t finish… I tried to create account, But it shows above error message.

Billy says October 18, 2012

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ganesh says April 11, 2013

its working good with google calendars. thanks. need to make it working in hour level.

vijaya says September 12, 2013

How can i add calendar please tel me

Pierre says November 4, 2013

Hey Chetana,

Thanks for posting this demo. I have an error on this code: “setContentView(R.layout.main); ” It’s compalining about main not defined. Where do I define it.

Thanks

Neet says February 4, 2015

Hi,
How do i add the calendar on the emulator? The emulator already has a calendar, but not sure how to add it? Can we use that Calendar instead?

Thanks,
Neet

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