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I've created a mobile site that displays events retrieved from a Google Calendar. I would like to display a button on each event that allows the user to add the event to their own Google Calendar.
Google Calendar provides a simple way to do this with HTML snippets: (http://www.google.com/googlecalendar/event_publisher_guide_detail.html)
The url takes parameters so that you can populate the add event form. Here's an example: https://www.google.com/calendar/render?action=TEMPLATE&text=Brunch+at+Java+Cafe&dates=20060415T180000Z/20060415T190000Z&location=Java+Cafe,+San+Francisco,+CA&details=Try+our+Saturday+brunch+special:%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EFrench+toast+with+fresh+fruit%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EYum!&trp;=true&sprop;=+website:http://www.javacafebrunches.com&sprop;=name:Jave+Cafe&gsessionid=OK&sf=true&output=xml
Unfortunately I can't find a mobile equivalent of this page. If you go to the page with Android, it asks if you want to use the mobile version, but because there isn't one, it repeatedly displays the dialog until you finally cancel the dialog.
Does anyone know of a mobile version of this page, or suggest another way to do it? (Ideally without AJAX as it's causing some offline caching issues on iPhone in app mode).
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THE SHORT ANSWER To change your Google Calendar color, click the ⠇button next to the calendar you want to change the color for. From the subsequent pop-out menu, click a new color. Alternatively, click the grey plus button at the bottom, and choose a new custom color for your calendar.
If you sync via OAuth2, the icons must be accessible via https, otherwise they cannot be displayed in Google Calendar. Upload this text file to your web server, too. Tap “Settings”, “Icons”, “Download icon list”, enter the URL of your text file and tap “Done”.
The steps are the same for the Google Calendar app on both Android and iOS. Tap the menu button on the top left and select Settings near the bottom. Below the calendar you want to change, tap Events. Tap Color at the top and pick a new color.
I've been doing some research on this myself and I've come close, but I'm not 100% there yet. Here's a sample URL of a mobile "share event" link:
http://www.google.com/calendar/gp#~calendar:view=e&bm=1&action=TEMPLATE&text=Halloween+Party+2011&dates=20111101/20111202&details=Description&location=Millennial+Media&trp=false
It opens up the mobile version of Google Calendar and pre-populates it with details about the event your sharing.
The only problem I've encountered is when you're not already logged into Google Calendar. It takes you to the log in page, which is fine, but then after you log in it takes you to the home screen instead of the event entry page.
If you find or already found an answer to this, let me know.
~ TJ
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