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Using EventStore, can I create a new iCal calendary type?



So in my app I rely heavily on iCal, and I can add events using EventStore, but only to the "defaultCalendarForNewEvents". I want to make a new calendar just for the events I create in the app, let's say MyApp calendar, which would behave much like the iCal calendars like "Home", "Work", etc.





Is there a way to do this progamatically?





Right now, I've tried this:







EKEventStore *eventStore = [[EKEventStore alloc] init];



NSArray *calendars = [eventStore calendars];

BOOL calendarHasBeenInitialized = NO;

for(NSCalendar *cal in calendars)

{

if([cal.calendarIdentifier isEqualToString:@"Workout Tracker"])

{

calendarHasBeenInitialized = YES;

}

}

if(!calendarHasBeenInitialized)

{

NSString *string = [[NSString alloc] initWithString:@"Workout Tracker"];

NSCalendar *workoutCalendar = (__bridge NSCalendar *)(CFCalendarCreateWithIdentifier(kCFAllocatorSystemDefault, (__bridge CFStringRef)string));

EKCalendar *ekcalendar = (EKCalendar *)workoutCalendar;

NSError *error;

[eventStore saveCalendar:ekcalendar commit:YES error:&error];

}







This is called in my App Delegate where if the calendar is not in the calendars array, I attempt to create it. This however, does not work.





Any help would be appreciated!


Comments

  1. According to the docs, use EKCalendar's +calendarWithEventStore: method to create a new calendar in the event store you specify. I expect it'd go like this:

    EKCalendar *newCalendar = [EKCalendar calendarWithEventStore:eventStore];

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