Android Create Calendar Event always as Birthday

Question

I have a strange issue when i create a calendar event programmatically its always noted as Birthday Calendar (type) i don\'t have any clue why its noted like that.

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Answer 1

Some devices uses calendar id = 1 for birthdays but generally not. So to get the correct calendar id for particular device (corresponding to the email id configured with calendar app), use below code:

private int getCalendarId(Context context){

  Cursor cursor = null;
  ContentResolver contentResolver = context.getContentResolver();
  Uri calendars = CalendarContract.Calendars.CONTENT_URI;

  String[] EVENT_PROJECTION = new String[] {
        CalendarContract.Calendars._ID,                           // 0
        CalendarContract.Calendars.ACCOUNT_NAME,                  // 1
        CalendarContract.Calendars.CALENDAR_DISPLAY_NAME,         // 2
        CalendarContract.Calendars.OWNER_ACCOUNT,                 // 3
        CalendarContract.Calendars.IS_PRIMARY                     // 4
};

  int PROJECTION_ID_INDEX = 0;
  int PROJECTION_ACCOUNT_NAME_INDEX = 1;
  int PROJECTION_DISPLAY_NAME_INDEX = 2;
  int PROJECTION_OWNER_ACCOUNT_INDEX = 3;
  int PROJECTION_VISIBLE = 4;

  cursor = contentResolver.query(calendars, EVENT_PROJECTION, null, null, null);

  if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
    String calName;
    long calId = 0;
    String visible;

    do {
        calName = cursor.getString(PROJECTION_DISPLAY_NAME_INDEX);
        calId = cursor.getLong(PROJECTION_ID_INDEX);
        visible = cursor.getString(PROJECTION_VISIBLE);
        if(visible.equals("1")){
            return (int)calId;
        }
        Log.e("Calendar Id : ", "" + calId + " : " + calName + " : " + visible);
    } while (cursor.moveToNext());

    return (int)calId;
  }
  return 1;
}

Point to note : IS_PRIMARY_COLOUM which returns 1 in case of email id and not for bithdays and holidays.

Please refer: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/CalendarContract.CalendarColumns.html#IS_PRIMARY for details.

Answer 2

The question answered below is old please refer to Pkosta's answer which provides more accurate answer ...

You have to put CalendarId value as 3 instead of 1 which is default birthday calendar. e.g.

 values.Put(CalendarContract.Events.InterfaceConsts.CalendarId, 1);

change it to

values.Put(CalendarContract.Events.InterfaceConsts.CalendarId, 3);

It solved the same issue for me.

Answer 3

Pkosta is pointing in the right direction. You have to take the first calendar that is both VISIBLE and IS_PRIMARY.

long calId = 0;
String selection = CalendarContract.Calendars.VISIBLE + " = 1 AND " 
+ CalendarContract.Calendars.IS_PRIMARY + " = 1";

Uri calendarUri = CalendarContract.Calendars.CONTENT_URI;
Cursor cur = cr.query(calendarUri, null, selection, null, null);

if (cur != null && cur.moveToFirst()) {
  Get the field values
  calID = cur.getLong(CalendarContract.Calendars._ID);
}
if (cur != null) {
  cur.close();
}

return calId;