Add event to Birthday calendar in iOS

Question

I wrote this code but it doesn't work, can you help me please? I'm stuck on it for last 2 hours.

- (IBAction)addBirthday:(id)sender {

    NSString *name = self.textField.text;
    NSDate *date = [self.datePicker date];

    EKEventStore *eventStore = [[EKEventStore alloc] init];
    [eventStore calendarsForEntityType:EKEntityTypeEvent];

    EKEvent *event  = [EKEvent eventWithEventStore:eventStore];
    event.title = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@’s Birthday", name];

    event.startDate = date;
    event.endDate   = date;

    NSArray *calendars = [eventStore
                          calendarsForEntityType:EKEntityTypeEvent];

    NSLog(@"ARRAY: %@", [calendars objectAtIndex:0]);

    [event setCalendar: [calendars objectAtIndex:0]];
    NSError *err;
    [eventStore saveEvent:event span:EKSpanThisEvent error:&err];
}

http://pastebin.com/e0KRaRvR check out this code. This code works for me. I think there is problem in setting the calendar. — Dinesh Raja, Nov 17 '12 at 11:51
How can I set it to save the even in Birthday Calendar, not in the defaultCalendarForNewEvents? — 1337code, Nov 17 '12 at 11:54
@1337code http://my.safaribooksonline.com/book/programming/mobile/9781617290015/using-event-kit-on-the-iphone-and-ipad/ch16lev1sec2 — Omarj, Nov 17 '12 at 12:20
You need to grand permission from user. refer my answer below, — Ramdhas, May 19 '14 at 09:50

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 17 '12 at 12:13

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The birthdays calendar is likely read only

answered Nov 17 '12 at 12:13

Daij-Djan

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or whatever is at index 0 of your array – Daij-Djan Nov 17 '12 at 12:15
Yes, it's birthday calendar. So I can't add event to it? – 1337code Nov 17 '12 at 14:37
check calendar.isSubscribed. you cant add stuff to supscriptions AFAIK – Daij-Djan Nov 17 '12 at 16:12

Add event to Birthday calendar in iOS

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