How to add event in Android calendar, repeated every 3 days?

Question

I want to add an event to the Android calendar using this code:

cr = getContentResolver();
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
values.put(Events.DTSTART, startMillis);
values.put(Events.DURATION, "P3600S");
values.put(Events.TITLE, "MyTestNew");
values.put(Events.DESCRIPTION, "Group workout");
values.put(Events.CALENDAR_ID, calID);
values.put(Events.EVENT_TIMEZONE, "India");
values.put(Events.ALL_DAY, 1);
values.put(Events.RRULE, "FREQ=WEEKLY;WKST=SU;BYDAY=SA");
uri = cr.insert(Events.CONTENT_URI, values);

But I want to add this event which should repeat every three days than what will be changed in my (Events.RRULE, parameter. How might I do this?

All about [Calendar content provider](http://www.grokkingandroid.com/androids-calendarcontract-provider/). — Paresh Mayani, Nov 07 '12 at 11:37
let me clarify - you want the event to go like this: monday, thursday, sunday, wednesday,... is that right? — josephus, Nov 07 '12 at 11:38
yes @ Josephus Villarey exactly, and ahead Saturday,tuesday........ — Jignesh Ansodariya, Nov 07 '12 at 11:47
have a look at this issue: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28871921/add-weekly-event-to-calendar — Sun, Jul 01 '15 at 11:48

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 19 '13 at 05:55

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finally I found the solution.

values.put(Events.DTSTART, startMillis);
values.put(Events.DURATION, "P1800S");
values.put(Events.TITLE, "MyTestNew");
values.put(Events.DESCRIPTION, "Group workout");
values.put(Events.CALENDAR_ID, calID);
values.put(Events.EVENT_TIMEZONE, "India");
values.put(Events.RRULE, "FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=3");
uri = cr.insert(Events.CONTENT_URI, values);

edited Jul 19 '13 at 05:55

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answered Nov 08 '12 at 04:30

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How to add weekly repeating events to android native calendar, like Event for every Fridays only – Oreo Apr 21 '15 at 11:09
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what is this "P1800S" – ranjith Nov 09 '15 at 07:04
@ranjith: See https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2445.txt - section 4.3.6 "Duration": `P` is some sort of a divider, `1800` are 1800 seconds, `S` is the unit of time, here `seconds`. – hamena314 Apr 07 '17 at 14:23
After running this code, will i be able to see an event in Google Calendar App ?? – K Pradeep Kumar Reddy Apr 01 '20 at 06:44

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 19 '13 at 05:52

This code start the default calender of android and you can add event on it.

String dtStart = "2012" + "" + "06-11-01T10:50:00Z";
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
try {Date date = format.parse(dtStart);
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
//cal.setTime(date);

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_EDIT);                                        intent.setType("vnd.android.cursor.item/event");                     
intent.putExtra("beginTime", cal.getTimeInMillis());                            
intent.putExtra("allDay", false);                           
intent.putExtra("rrule", "FREQ=DAILY;COUNT=1");                         
intent.putExtra("endTime", cal.getTimeInMillis() + 60 * 60 * 1000);                     
intent.putExtra("title", "Booking Confirm Notification");                           
intent.putExtra("Description", "Please check details");                         
startActivity(intent);


Arun chandravanshi
Thanks.

Thanks Arun But I want add event without open calender. – Jignesh Ansodariya Nov 07 '12 at 12:03 — Jignesh Ansodariya, Nov 07 '12 at 12:03

How to add event in Android calendar, repeated every 3 days?

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