Events nearby in a city for android application

Question

Android application should show Events happening in city as per day/month/year anywhere in the world.
Is there any API to use in android application ?
Few application providing events such as Poynt .
I'm not getting how they provide but if any one know this issue please suggest about it .

Answer 1

You will most likely have to use multiple API's somewhat split up in categories as follows, I doubt any open database with any decent API exists that contains anything close to "everywhere" or "every" event in the world...so you'd have to pick your battle, what do you really want to offer:

MUSIC

• Last.fm - http://www.last.fm/api

• Songkick - http://www.songkick.com/developer

• Jambase - http://developer.jambase.com/

• Gruvr - http://gruvr.com/developers/

SOCIAL

• Meetup - http://www.meetup.com/meetup_api/

• Plancast - http://plancast.com/api

• Facebook Events - http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/event/

I have not been able to find tried and true all inclusive and open database which also offers an API except for the following:

• Eventful - http://api.eventful.com/

and you may generally want to browse something like: the WebAPI Finder

That's a few to get you started. I really think you need to start small and grow large. How do you want to start or be seen as (audience, event type, etc). It will be easier to start off in specific geographic locations too. Start small and grow larger.

Answer 2

You can use every API you want from the internet. I think a very good one to start with is the API from facebook. More specific the Event part of the Facebook API, have a look at this : Facebook Event API

Answer 3

Its better that i wont purchase any APIfor events and its huge collection so as a begginner , i would try to go on writing few events in XML on my server and i would parse with it in android . Display it on android xml file with set text view .

On my server i should collect few events as per event name , date , venue and description. Later i would display it in my android application events . when user click on event button in my application they would get my details as entered.