Retrieve the default calendar id in Android

Question

I have the following code for adding event to calendar.

The problem is that I don't know how to retrieve the default calendar id.

long calID = 3;
long startMillis = 0; 
long endMillis = 0;     
Calendar beginTime = Calendar.getInstance();
beginTime.set(2013, 3, 23, 7, 30);
startMillis = beginTime.getTimeInMillis();
Calendar endTime = Calendar.getInstance();
endTime.set(2013, 3, 24, 8, 45);
endMillis = endTime.getTimeInMillis();

ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver();
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
values.put(Events.DTSTART, startMillis);
values.put(Events.DTEND, endMillis);
values.put(Events.TITLE, "My Test");
values.put(Events.DESCRIPTION, "My Calendar Test");
values.put(Events.CALENDAR_ID, calID);
values.put(Events.EVENT_TIMEZONE, "Israel/tel-aviv");
Uri uri = cr.insert(Events.CONTENT_URI, values);

The line: long calID = 3; is the calendar id

Is it possible to get the default calendar id from Android, or do I need to show a list of calendars and have the user pick one?

If not possible, how to show the list of calendar accounts?

Answer 1

To get the list of calendars, you need to query the ContentResolver like this:

public MyCalendar [] getCalendar(Context c) {

    String projection[] = {"_id", "calendar_displayName"};
    Uri calendars;
    calendars = Uri.parse("content://com.android.calendar/calendars");

    ContentResolver contentResolver = c.getContentResolver();
    Cursor managedCursor = contentResolver.query(calendars, projection, null, null, null);

    if (managedCursor.moveToFirst()){
        m_calendars = new MyCalendar[managedCursor.getCount()];
        String calName;
        String calID;
        int cont= 0;
        int nameCol = managedCursor.getColumnIndex(projection[1]);
        int idCol = managedCursor.getColumnIndex(projection[0]);
        do {
            calName = managedCursor.getString(nameCol);
            calID = managedCursor.getString(idCol);
            m_calendars[cont] = new MyCalendar(calName, calID);
            cont++;
        } while(managedCursor.moveToNext());
        managedCursor.close();
    }
    return m_calendars;

}

Answer 2

I used following code to get the calendar ID.

private fun getCalendarId(context: Context) : Long? {
    val projection = arrayOf(Calendars._ID, Calendars.CALENDAR_DISPLAY_NAME)

    var calCursor = context.contentResolver.query(
        Calendars.CONTENT_URI,
        projection,
        Calendars.VISIBLE + " = 1 AND " + Calendars.IS_PRIMARY + "=1",
        null,
        Calendars._ID + " ASC"
    )

    if (calCursor != null && calCursor.count <= 0) {
        calCursor = context.contentResolver.query(
            Calendars.CONTENT_URI,
            projection,
            Calendars.VISIBLE + " = 1",
            null,
            Calendars._ID + " ASC"
        )
    }

    if (calCursor != null) {
        if (calCursor.moveToFirst()) {
            val calName: String
            val calID: String
            val nameCol = calCursor.getColumnIndex(projection[1])
            val idCol = calCursor.getColumnIndex(projection[0])

            calName = calCursor.getString(nameCol)
            calID = calCursor.getString(idCol)

            Log.d("Calendar name = $calName Calendar ID = $calID")

            calCursor.close()
            return calID.toLong()
        }
    }
    return null
}

So do not pass 0, 1 or 3 as Calendar ID. Use above function instead.

Also, check if Calendar ID is null and do not perform operations with it if it is null.

        val calendarId = getCalendarId(context)
        if (calendarId != null) {
        //Call operations e.g.: Insert operation
        }