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Android

Michael Mealy
Michael Mealy
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Posted by Michael Mealy
Michael Mealy
13,247 Points

Need help with an Android Project

Can anyone help me, I am building android App that when a button is pressed it opens a calendar app already installed on the phone using intents. here is my Current Code so far.(Inside the OnClick Method).

 @Override
 public void onClick(View v) {

Intent calendarIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, null);
calendarIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_APP_CALENDAR);

PackageManager packageManager = getPackageManager();
List<ResolveInfo> activities = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(calendarIntent, 0);
boolean isIntentSafe = activities.size() > 0;

if(isIntentSafe) {
startActivity(calendarIntent);

}else{ Toast.makeText(this, "No Suitable Application is     installed",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }

This Code Works fine, if you have got a min API of 15, but mine is 10. is there anyway to access a calendar App using an API lower than 15.

2 Answers

Ben Jakuben
STAFF
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Jakuben
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher

Intent.CATEGORY_APP_CALENDAR is only available as of API 15. So you need to create your intent differenty for < API 15.

Kind of like this untested code:

Intent calendarIntent;
int apiVersion = android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;
if (apiVersion >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH_MR1) {
    calendarIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, null);
    calendarIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_APP_CALENDAR);
} 
else {
    calendarIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_EDIT);  
    calendarIntent.setType("vnd.android.cursor.item/event");
}

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4373074/how-to-launch-android-calendar-application-using-intent-froyo