I want to add calendar events programmatically (directly) in android 4+. Is it this possible to be tested on emulator? I don't own an android phone. Some sample code would be appreciated. I read Calendar Provider of android developers but I'm confused. How can I add events to the default calendar of a user? I don't need to be synced.
EDIT: I do not want to launch an event adding Intent. Instead I want to add them completely from code and not launch another activity. I need to be able to test on an emulator that the events will be added to the main calendar of the default user of the device. How do I set up an emulator to view the default calendar of the user?
Here is a working example of what i eventually made it:
ContentResolver cr = ctx.getContentResolver();
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
values.put(CalendarContract.Events.DTSTART, dtstart);
values.put(CalendarContract.Events.TITLE, title);
values.put(CalendarContract.Events.DESCRIPTION, comment);
TimeZone timeZone = TimeZone.getDefault();
values.put(CalendarContract.Events.EVENT_TIMEZONE, timeZone.getID());
// Default calendar
values.put(CalendarContract.Events.CALENDAR_ID, 1);
values.put(CalendarContract.Events.RRULE, "FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL="
+ dtUntill);
// Set Period for 1 Hour
values.put(CalendarContract.Events.DURATION, "+P1H");
values.put(CalendarContract.Events.HAS_ALARM, 1);
// Insert event to calendar
Uri uri = cr.insert(CalendarContract.Events.CONTENT_URI, values);
where dtuntil
is
SimpleDateFormat yyyyMMdd = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
Calendar dt = Calendar.getInstance();
// Where untilDate is a date instance of your choice, for example 30/01/2012
dt.setTime(untilDate);
// If you want the event until 30/01/2012, you must add one day from our day because UNTIL in RRule sets events before the last day
dt.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
String dtUntill = yyyyMMdd.format(dt.getTime());
Ref: Recurrence Rule