I am adding an event in iOS calendar using EventKit
. The event is recurring event. I am setting recurring rules for the event programmatically. Event is getting added in calendar successfully but the dates shown on calendar are not same as I set them.
After event is successfully added to calendar this is what I get in calendar entry
My event is being show for 2017 but I didn't set the end date to 2017 it was 2016.
I tried adding the event with iOs calendar and got the same result.
Below is the code I am using.
/*!
* This method, called added event to the calendar
*/
- (void)addEventToCalendar
{
@try {
/* Event added to device calendar */
[SINGLETON.eventStore requestAccessToEntityType:EKEntityTypeEvent completion:^(BOOL granted, NSError *error) {
if (granted) {
[SINGLETON.event_Dateformat setDateFormat:[self dateFormatForSelectedLanguage]];
EKEvent *event = [EKEvent eventWithEventStore:SINGLETON.eventStore];
event.title = _event.eventTitle;
event.startDate = [SINGLETON.event_Dateformat dateFromString:eventInfo.eventActualStartDate];
event.endDate = [SINGLETON.event_Dateformat dateFromString:eventInfo.eventActualEndDate];
event.notes = flattenHTML(eventInfo.eventDescription);
// Get notification 2 hours before the event start time.
[event addAlarm:[EKAlarm alarmWithRelativeOffset:-(2*60*60)]];
[event setCalendar:[SINGLETON.eventStore defaultCalendarForNewEvents]];
/* Here opening Event edit view controller */
EKEventEditViewController *controller = [[EKEventEditViewController alloc] init];
controller.event = event;
controller.eventStore = SINGLETON.eventStore;
controller.editViewDelegate = self;
// Event is recurring mark it is repeat in calendar.
// List of days on which a particular event occurs.
NSMutableArray <EKRecurrenceDayOfWeek *> *daysOfTheWeek = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
if (_event.eventRecurrence &&
! [_event.eventDays containsString:@"N/A"]) {
for (NSString *dayName in [_event.eventDays componentsSeparatedByString:@","]) {
EKRecurrenceDayOfWeek *aDay = [EKRecurrenceDayOfWeek dayOfWeek:[self weekDayForDayName:dayName]];
[daysOfTheWeek addObject:aDay];
}
}
// When to stop reminding user for the event.
EKRecurrenceEnd *endDate = [EKRecurrenceEnd recurrenceEndWithEndDate:event.endDate];
EKRecurrenceRule *repeatRule = [[EKRecurrenceRule alloc] initRecurrenceWithFrequency:[self recurrenceFrequencey:_event.eventType] interval:1 daysOfTheWeek:daysOfTheWeek daysOfTheMonth:nil monthsOfTheYear:nil weeksOfTheYear:nil daysOfTheYear:nil setPositions:nil end:endDate];
event.allDay = NO;
event.recurrenceRules = @[repeatRule];
//[event addRecurrenceRule:repeatRule];
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
//NSError *erroOnSave = nil;
// [SINGLETON.eventStore saveEvent:event span:EKSpanFutureEvents commit:YES error:&erroOnSave];
[MBProgressHUD hideAllHUDsForView:self.view animated:YES];
[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:nil];
});
}else{
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
[MBProgressHUD hideAllHUDsForView:self.view animated:YES];
[SINGLETON alertViewTitle:@""
message:NSLocalizedString(@"Calendar setting alert", nil)
cancelTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"OK", nil)
doneTitle:nil
tag:0];
});
}
}];
}
@catch (NSException *exception) {
DLog(@"%@",exception);
}
}
Below is the event details I get in debugger:
EKEvent <0x7f94b1f19d00>
{
EKEvent <0x7f94b1f19d00>
{ title = TBW ;
location = ;
calendar = EKCalendar <0x7f94b439d280> {title = Calendar; type = Local; allowsModify = YES; color = #1BADF8;};
alarms = (
"EKAlarm <0x7f94b4352fe0> {triggerInterval = -7200.000000}"
);
URL = (null);
lastModified = 2016-04-25 05:18:27 +0000;
startTimeZone = Asia/Kolkata (GMT+5:30) offset 19800;
startTimeZone = Asia/Kolkata (GMT+5:30) offset 19800
};
location = ;
structuredLocation = (null);
startDate = 2015-09-20 18:30:00 +0000;
endDate = 2016-05-31 18:30:00 +0000;
allDay = 0;
floating = 0;
recurrence = EKRecurrenceRule <0x7f94b43e7110> RRULE FREQ=WEEKLY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20160531T183000Z;BYDAY=MO,TH;
attendees = (null);
travelTime = (null);
startLocation = (null);
};
Please suggest what I am using wrong or I am missing something.
I have found a solution of this question with help of this answer
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