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How to add event in native IOS Calendar


I want to open native IOS calendar(ical) from my application and add event. Is there any way i can open calendar for particular event?

I also follow Open iphone calendar app programmatically but not yet succeeded.


Solution

  • See the Calendar and Reminders Programming Guide. But the basic process is:

    1. Add the EventKit.Framework and EventKitUI.Framework to your project. (See Linking to a Library or Framework.)

    2. Import the header:

      #import <EventKitUI/EventKitUI.h>
      
    3. If creating an event, you use :

      - (IBAction)didPressCreateEventButton:(id)sender
      {
          EKEventStore *store = [[EKEventStore alloc] init];
      
          if([store respondsToSelector:@selector(requestAccessToEntityType:completion:)])
          {
              // iOS 6
              [store requestAccessToEntityType:EKEntityTypeEvent
                                    completion:^(BOOL granted, NSError *error) {
                                        if (granted)
                                        {
                                            dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
                                                [self createEventAndPresentViewController:store];
                                            });
                                        }
                                    }];
          } else
          {
              // iOS 5
              [self createEventAndPresentViewController:store];
          }
      }
      
      - (void)createEventAndPresentViewController:(EKEventStore *)store
      {
          EKEvent *event = [self findOrCreateEvent:store];
      
          EKEventEditViewController *controller = [[EKEventEditViewController alloc] init];
          controller.event = event;
          controller.eventStore = store;
          controller.editViewDelegate = self;
      
          [self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:nil];
      }
      
    4. Your view controller should conform to the EKEventEditViewDelegate protocol:

      @interface ViewController () <EKEventEditViewDelegate>
      

      and implement the didCompleteWithAction method:

      - (void)eventEditViewController:(EKEventEditViewController *)controller didCompleteWithAction:(EKEventEditViewAction)action
      {
          [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
      }
      
    5. You can obviously create your event any way you want. For example, this is looks for an event in the next week with the appropriate title, and if it doesn't find it, create a new event (hour long event that starts in four hours):

      - (EKEvent *)findOrCreateEvent:(EKEventStore *)store
      {
          NSString *title = @"My event title";
      
          // try to find an event
      
          EKEvent *event = [self findEventWithTitle:title inEventStore:store];
      
          // if found, use it
      
          if (event)
              return event;
      
          // if not, let's create new event
      
          event = [EKEvent eventWithEventStore:store];
      
          event.title = title;
          event.notes = @"My event notes";
          event.location = @"My event location";
          event.calendar = [store defaultCalendarForNewEvents];
      
          NSCalendar *calendar = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];
          NSDateComponents *components = [[NSDateComponents alloc] init];
          components.hour = 4;
          event.startDate = [calendar dateByAddingComponents:components
                                                      toDate:[NSDate date]
                                                     options:0];
          components.hour = 1;
          event.endDate = [calendar dateByAddingComponents:components
                                                    toDate:event.startDate
                                                   options:0];
      
          return event;
      }
      
      - (EKEvent *)findEventWithTitle:(NSString *)title inEventStore:(EKEventStore *)store
      {
          // Get the appropriate calendar
          NSCalendar *calendar = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];
      
          // Create the start range date components
          NSDateComponents *oneDayAgoComponents = [[NSDateComponents alloc] init];
          oneDayAgoComponents.day = -1;
          NSDate *oneDayAgo = [calendar dateByAddingComponents:oneDayAgoComponents
                                                        toDate:[NSDate date]
                                                       options:0];
      
          // Create the end range date components
          NSDateComponents *oneWeekFromNowComponents = [[NSDateComponents alloc] init];
          oneWeekFromNowComponents.day = 7;
          NSDate *oneWeekFromNow = [calendar dateByAddingComponents:oneWeekFromNowComponents
                                                             toDate:[NSDate date]
                                                            options:0];
      
          // Create the predicate from the event store's instance method
          NSPredicate *predicate = [store predicateForEventsWithStartDate:oneDayAgo
                                                                  endDate:oneWeekFromNow
                                                                calendars:nil];
      
          // Fetch all events that match the predicate
          NSArray *events = [store eventsMatchingPredicate:predicate];
      
          for (EKEvent *event in events)
          {
              if ([title isEqualToString:event.title])
              {
                  return event;
              }
          }
      
          return nil;
      }