Hi, I'm pretty new to development,
I was just wondering if any of you guys know a possible way for me to download my calendar events from the Google Calendar servers to my custom app?
it doesn't need to save anything to the servers, it just needs to download my upcoming events to my device
(ideally not requiring that it interferes with androids built in calendar)
Thanx in advanced!
(Developing in Eclipse by the way)
SmilerOnline said:
Hi, I'm pretty new to development,
I was just wondering if any of you guys know a possible way for me to download my calendar events from the Google Calendar servers to my custom app?
it doesn't need to save anything to the servers, it just needs to download my upcoming events to my device
(ideally not requiring that it interferes with androids built in calendar)
Thanx in advanced!
(Developing in Eclipse by the way)
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Same here..even I need the same info..how to access calendar events and show as a feed?
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You can look at the online google calendar API. That is the official answer from google. Also, there are some non standard, undocumented ways, but those are subject to change and depend on which version of Android you are running on.
This lack of an API is a huge gap IMHO.
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I used Google Calendar Sync Adapter apk and was able to sync my calendar to my tablet
You can always access the calendar.db in com.android.providers.calendar. It has a bunch of tables and is locally stored.
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I'm a heavy user of Google Calendar and just bought my Galaxy Note yesterday. After setting up my Google Account (which has my Tasks and Events data) and synchronizing all the data, I found that the S Planner showed me only Events and not Tasks. I have tried testing if the problem is only one way ie. from Google Calendar server to Note but the problem persists the other way round. And because of this I'm forced to use the GTask app despite having such a wonderful app, the S Planner, for my task maintenance.
Please advice.
Thanks in advance.
ngr.hd said:
I'm a heavy user of Google Calendar and just bought my Galaxy Note yesterday. After setting up my Google Account (which has my Tasks and Events data) and synchronizing all the data, I found that the S Planner showed me only Events and not Tasks. I have tried testing if the problem is only one way ie. from Google Calendar server to Note but the problem persists the other way round. And because of this I'm forced to use the GTask app despite having such a wonderful app, the S Planner, for my task maintenance.
Please advice.
Thanks in advance.
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I also needed this but doesn't look like there is a way out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1554391.
Do reply back if you find a Solution.
The S Planner Task Widget is cool. It spans the whole Screen so you can use it effectively. But I need to be able to access the Tasks from my PC too preferebly in Google Tasks.
I'm happy with the gtask app. For the widget, you can use Pure Calendar, that shows both, events and tasks from gtask.
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Marshmallow (Android 6.0.1) was released recently for the Galaxy S5 in Australia.
All appeared well after the upgraded until I noticed that new calendar entries were were not being synchronised between the S5 and my Google account. I checked my Google account in the phone and found sync had failed for Contacts, Calendar and Tasks.
After a trying a number of different things with no success, I finally decided to do a factory wipe and reset. Everything looked OK until I installed Business Calendar 2. After a little time, I started to get sync errors again.
The only way to recover from this mess was to uninstall Business Calendar 2, remove my Google Account, delete both the Calendar and Contacts storage data and then reboot the phone. Once the phone finishes rebooting, sign in to my Google account. The phone starts to download calendar events and contacts. If you install Business Calendar 2 again, the sync function is again crippled and you have to go through the reset process again.
I have contacted the Business Calendar 2 developers but they haven;t been able to help. I also installed Google Calendar but found synchronisation unreliable. Sometimes calendar events would not synchronise. However, there were no error reported!
At this point, I have had to resort to using Samsung's S-Planner app which is very ordinary. Better than nothing I suppose.
I have done quite a bit of research and there are many Samsung S5, S6, S7 and Tab S2 user complaining about similar issues after a Marshmallow upgrade. Some have suggested disabling Power Saving but was not a solution for me.
Has anyone had a similar experience?
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John
There are so many alternatives in the play store, but sticking to the question, what do you all use, or would you use if you had to choose between the two, on your Galaxy S8/+
Samsung Messages -or- Android Messages
Samsung Internet -or- Google Chrome
Samsung Calendar -or- Google Calendar
Samsung Calculator -or- Google Calculator
Samsung Email -or- Gmail/Inbox
Samsung Clock -or- Google Clock
Samsung Notes/Reminder -or- Google Keep
Samsung Touchwiz -or- Google Now Launcher
Samsung Health -or- Google Fit
Samsung Pay -or- Android Pay
The only Samsung apps I use are Internet, Clock and Phone. I prefer Google apps for sms messages, calendar, notes (Keep), and contactless payments. I use Nova Launcher with a Pixel theme. For email I prefer Blue Mail since it looks and works so much better than Samsung email or GMail.
Now that you put this in perspective, I just realized that I feel that MOST Samsung Apps are superior to the Google Apps, when I use a Samsung phone like I'm doing now with the S8+ I use ALL of them except Samsung Email and simply because they haven't added the option to be able to delete the emails from the Notification shade or the lockscreen, I have reported this a couple of times now and I hope they do it, I'm having sync issues with gmail from quite some time now (I'm not the only one as I can see on the forums), it comes and goes, but it's getting into my nerves already, and with the huge amount of emails I receive daily because of my work, I can't keep going to the app to delete them. But again, for the rest, I always use all that you mentioned here except email. When I use other manufacturer then I use ALL Google.
Internet - lightning fast, adblockers and Biometrics for passwords (I can sync my Chrome Desktop Bookmarks with their extension)
Calendar - Simply great, easy to use and even easier at some tasks.
Email - Even when I don't use it, I haven't had any issues with sync even when Gmail is, plus it reads my email just like a SMS when in my car. Great for their Ecosystem and Gear S3 specifically.
Notes - I use Evernote most of the time but when I don't want to, I've been passing my Galaxy Notes' Notes through the years and they sync perfectly even with Evernote.
Samsung Health - This one is just not fair, how limited Google and Apple's implementations are, sure they have a lot of connections with some apps, but SHealth out of the box and its own add-ons is simply a great and complete health tool.
Samsung Pay - In my case, with all my cards accepted by Samsung Pay, it can't be a single reason why I may choose Android Pay over Samsung Pay, Tap to Pay works basically the same PLUS the MST on the Samsung Pay is the *hit.
About launcher, I don't like Google Launcher and I've used Nova for years now, I've been giving the new Touchwiz a break in the past couple of days, and I like it but still miss my Nova Gestures a lot. One option I prefer Google over Samsung is the keyboard, currently using Gboard, Samsung keyboard is disabled.
All of the above of course are my opinions...Just in case
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There are so many alternatives in the play store, but sticking to the question, what do you all use, or would you use if you had to choose between the two, on your Galaxy S8/+
Samsung Messages -or- Android Messages
Samsung Internet -or- Google Chrome
Samsung Calendar -or- Google Calendar
Samsung Calculator -or- Google Calculator
Samsung Email -or- Gmail/Inbox
Samsung Clock -or- Google Clock
Samsung Notes/Reminder -or- Google Keep
Samsung Touchwiz -or- Google Now Launcher
Samsung Health -or- Google Fit
Samsung Pay -or- Android Pay
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erasat said:
Now that you put this in perspective, I just realized that I feel that MOST Samsung Apps are superior to the Google Apps, when I use a Samsung phone like I'm doing now with the S8+ I use ALL of them except Samsung Email and simply because they haven't added the option to be able to delete the emails from the Notification shade or the lockscreen, I have reported this a couple of times now and I hope they do it, I'm having sync issues with gmail from quite some time now (I'm not the only one as I can see on the forums), it comes and goes, but it's getting into my nerves already, and with the huge amount of emails I receive daily because of my work, I can't keep going to the app to delete them. But again, for the rest, I always use all that you mentioned here except email. When I use other manufacturer then I use ALL Google.
Internet - lightning fast, adblockers and Biometrics for passwords (I can sync my Chrome Desktop Bookmarks with their extension)
Calendar - Simply great, easy to use and even easier at some tasks.
Email - Even when I don't use it, I haven't had any issues with sync even when Gmail is, plus it reads my email just like a SMS when in my car. Great for their Ecosystem and Gear S3 specifically.
Notes - I use Evernote most of the time but when I don't want to, I've been passing my Galaxy Notes' Notes through the years and they sync perfectly even with Evernote.
Samsung Health - This one is just not fair, how limited Google and Apple's implementations are, sure they have a lot of connections with some apps, but SHealth out of the box and its own add-ons is simply a great and complete health tool.
Samsung Pay - In my case, with all my cards accepted by Samsung Pay, it can't be a single reason why I may choose Android Pay over Samsung Pay, Tap to Pay works basically the same PLUS the MST on the Samsung Pay is the *hit.
About launcher, I don't like Google Launcher and I've used Nova for years now, I've been giving the new Touchwiz a break in the past couple of days, and I like it but still miss my Nova Gestures a lot. One option I prefer Google over Samsung is the keyboard, currently using Gboard, Samsung keyboard is disabled.
All of the above of course are my opinions...Just in case
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Yea man I feel torn apart by it all. This is what I use & feel about everything:
Samsung Internet: Much better than chrome with the included biometric scanning, ad block, and bookmark synchronization.
Samsung Email: Already integrates with Gmail should you decide to use your Gmail account. Meant for the S8
Samsung Calculator: Unit conversion and meant for the S8 with the infinity display
Samsung Clock: Meant for the S8
Samsung Keyboard: As much as I would like to use all-things-Samsung, I also swapped this out for the Google Keyboard. Gboard recognizes my swipes better. However Samsung recognizes that when I'm about to login into a site/app via email, it automatically populates my email as a keyword shortcut. Saves the time in typing out the entire email address.
Samsung Health: instant winner. No brainer
Samsung Pay: can be used basically everywhere. No brainer.
Samsung Notes/Reminder: I don't use this at all. I'm heavily invested into Google Keep, but there's no way to integrate Google Keep with the Samsung features, and the Samsung Reminders with Google Keep.
Samsung Launcher: I use the stock infinity launcher.
Samsung Messages: I love the unread notification icons and how the messenger is designed for the S8. I however don't like that voice recorded messages from the default app isn't supported by other Messengers, whereas Android messages has a couple more added features, that are support by more if not all phones and OS's, like gif images and location sharing.
I must be the only person that prefers chrome over the samsung broswer! I just think chrome looks so much better and its easier to use although admittedly i use chrome on my mac aswell so perhaps iam just so used to chrome that i find it hard to switch!! Not a massive fan of the stock email app but it does the job so its not a biggie for me! For the keyboard i use swiftkey simply because it knows me so well at this stage basically ha The samsung keyboard is great though. Stock messaging app is something i have never used on any phone and always opt for Textra but iam so far happy with the stock messaging app on the S8 and will continue using it for now!!
So, lets see...
Yup, contacts, browser, calendar, phone, messages, mail and lauuncher - all by Samsung.
From Google? I prefer photos over samsung gallery.
Bixby? Never, but also not Google assistant, not an ai person...
I think, the quality of Samsung apps has improved immensely, really like them now.
Two things to consider - the quality of the apps and how you feel about having your personal information sold to marketers for cash.
On the quality side I like Samsung's apps and they are well integrated with the UI and each other. I particularly like e-mail (I use Exchange), calendar, contacts, Internet, and gallery. All of those are backed up to Samsung Cloud which allows you to share them across Samsung devices (I have four besides my phone). You can get 50GB of storage for $.99 a month vs. the 15GB free provided. I like Samsung Cloud because of its tight integration. Your photos are virtually managed across all your devices so if I take a picture on my phone it appears in the gallery of my tablets. I love Scrapbook for grabbing business and personal things I want to save off the Internet and S Note for taking notes on my tablets and having them show up dynamically on my phone and PC. There's also a cool app called Cloud Together that allows you to have the files on your device shown side-by-side with all the popular cloud storage products. You can even have one cloud storage product shown side-by-side with another (EG: Dropbox<>OneDrive) to move files between them or your phone. Lastly, if you use a Gear (I do) you give up a ton of functionality when you don't use Samsung's native apps.
As for Google's apps, I'm not a fan. I don't think their designs and interfaces are that hot. But ultimately everything Google provides is done so for one reason only - to collect your data and sell it. Not only do I not use Google's apps I either uninstall or disable them. I'm kind of pissed because as of recently you can't use Android Auto without Google Music and Assistant enabled with all their location and awareness features active. Oh well, I need Android Auto more than I care about my data being harvested.
For some it's "pure Android" or bust and for others variety is good. To each their own.
This is a great thread, though admittedly I'm coming to it late in the game. I have long been a stock android kind of guy before coming to the Galaxy S8+. Suffice it to say, I stuck with the stock Google apps in the beginning. However, one week in, I'm slowly realizing that Samsung has done a really good job in some places. The browser is the best mobile browser I have ever used (chrome, brave, dolphin, link bubble, etc). The calculator is excellent. The alarm clock is fine, but I do prefer google's time selection method.
Meanwhile, I don't use Samsung or Google's keyboard; I use Swiftkey...and really miss Fleksy.
Google's calendar is vastly better. I love the way it populates locations.
Todoist is my task list. Their management is excellent but it's not free.
Evernote wines for a notepad.
Surprisingly mostly Samsung for me.
I use inbox for private mail and Samsung email for work mail. Switched from chrome to Samsung browser and am really happy with it.
I always use nova, because neither gnow not Sam's uh Ng provide the features.
All other apps I use stock samung. And they work really well.
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You can get 50GB of storage for $.99 a month vs. the 15GB free provided.
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I'm also a big fan of Samsung's Cloud, but I haven't been able to figure out how to increase my storage above the 15GB. What's the trick? I'm using a Note 8 (and was using an S8 before), and have never been able to find the option enabled in my Manage Cloud setting. Thanks in advance!
If I wanted to use Android apps I'd have gotten a pixel...
Samsung apps also offer more features and conform to installed themes instead of their own bright whites and random colors.