saveCalendar doesnt appear in google calendar

[Shup04]

when i call saveCalendar, it gets added and i can fetch it with fetchCalendars, i can add events to it and it works well. The calendar/events never show up in google calendar or any other app, despite it being synced. This calendar also gets deleted after some inactivity so when i go back to the app i have to remake all the events and calendar. Adding events to an existing calendar works fine.

Environment

using expo so 'react-native info' doesn't exist

Steps to Reproduce

1. check/get calendar perms
2. create calendar:

`const source = {
name: 'xyz@gmail.com',
type: 'com.google',
isLocalAccount: false,
}

  if (!googleCalendar) {
    // Create a new calendar
    console.log("creating calendar...")
    const id = await RNCalendarEvents.saveCalendar({
      title: 'AquaFlora Reminders',
      color: 'blue',
      entityType: 'event',
      name: 'aquaflora',
      accessLevel: 'owner',
      ownerAccount: 'xyz@gmail.com',
      source,
    });`

3. sync google calendar
4. nothing shows up

Expected Behavior

i expect the calendar i create to appear in google calendars and not to get deleted after a while

Actual Behavior

self explanatory

[Shup04]

got it somewhat fixed, its less than ideal but the calendar has to be set to local

[parthkanani93]

Same issue Please tell me solution if anyone has solved

[parthkanani93]

const saveAllEventCalendar = events => {
ReactNativeCalendarEvents.requestPermissions().then(response => {
if (response === 'authorized')
try {
ReactNativeCalendarEvents.findCalendars().then(res => {
let phoneCalendars = res?.filter(c => c?.isPrimary)?.map(c => c?.id)

      const calendarId = phoneCalendars[0]

      const myCalendar = events
      myCalendar.forEach(cal => {
        let evtStartDate = moment(cal.start).toISOString()
        let evtEndDate = moment(cal.end).toISOString()

        ReactNativeCalendarEvents.saveEvent(
          cal?.label + ' ( ' + cal?.muhurta + ' ) ',
          {
            notes: cal?.short_description,
            startDate: evtStartDate,
            endDate: evtEndDate,
            description: cal?.long_description, // Only supported on Android
            calendarId: calendarId,
          },
          {
            sync: true,
          },
        )
      })
      Toast.show({
        type: 'successToast',
        text1: strings.allEventAddedSuccessfully,
        visibilityTime: 5000,
      })
    })
  } catch (error) {
    console.log('calendar error:', error)
  }

})
}

[Pathania777]

still not fixed

[Shup04]

still not fixed

Just use a local calendar, I never figured out what the issue was and this project doesn't seem to be maintained anymore

[kesha-antonov]

expo-calendar works as expected https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/calendar/

[Shup04]

expo-calendar works as expected https://docs.expo.dev/versions/latest/sdk/calendar/

Hey, I was able to just make a couple patches for my specific use cases for various things. Couldn't merge them because i only tested for android but that's okay

[kesha-antonov]

This code works with expo-calendar
Event gets added and synces as expected to google/apple right away

import { createEventAsync, EntityTypes, Event, getCalendarPermissionsAsync, getCalendarsAsync, PermissionStatus, requestCalendarPermissionsAsync } from 'expo-calendar'

export type AddCalendarEvent = Omit<Partial<Event>, 'id'>

...

const getPermission = useCallback(async () => {
    let res = await getCalendarPermissionsAsync()
    if (res.status === PermissionStatus.UNDETERMINED || res.canAskAgain)
      res = await requestCalendarPermissionsAsync()

    if (!res.granted)
      throw new Error('permission ' + res.status)
  }, [])

const addCalendarEvent = useCallback(async (event: AddCalendarEvent) => {
  try {
      await getPermission()
      const calendars = await getCalendarsAsync(EntityTypes.EVENT)

      if (!calendars.length)
        throw new Error('No calendars available')

      const calendar = calendars.find(c => {
        if (!c.allowsModifications)
          return false

        if (Constants.IS_ANDROID && !c.isPrimary)
          return false

        return true
      })

      if (!calendar)
        throw new Error('No primary calendar available')

      const eventId = await createEventAsync(
        calendar.id,
        event
      )
      ....

}