How to open native calendar from titanium app?

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how to open native calendar from titanium app for android and iOS? As in, on the click of a button, i want to open the native calendar on the ipad.

yes, i have a button called 'View Appointments in Calendar'. on clicking that, the native calendar should open up — user2189878, Apr 08 '13 at 12:25

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 29 '20 at 09:51

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Just use:

Titanium.Platform.openURL('CALSHOW://');

edited Oct 29 '20 at 09:51

Tamir Abutbul

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answered Nov 26 '13 at 09:00

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This only works on iOS. See asanlo's answer for the android part of the answer. – minnow Nov 04 '14 at 02:30

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

In android you can open it using a native intent, as explained here

There's a difference between versions lower and greater than Gingerbread. There's also a difference in HTC devices because of the HTC Sense Software, as explained at the end of this question.

Here is my tested code for Titanium:

    if (Titanium.Platform.osname=="android"){

        //Params needed to create the android intent.
        var packageStr = "com.google.android.calendar";
        var classStr = "com.android.calendar.LaunchActivity";
        var actionStr = Ti.Android.ACTION_VIEW;

        var model = Ti.Platform.model;


        if ((model.indexOf("HTC") != -1) || (model.indexOf("htc") != -1)){
            //If it's a HTC device
            packageStr = "com.htc.calendar";
            classStr = "com.htc.calendar.MonthActivity";
            actionStr = Ti.Android.ACTION_MAIN;
        }
        else {
            //For android versions before Gingerbread (2.3)
            var version = parseFloat(Ti.Platform.version);
            if (version < 2.4) packageStr = "com.android.calendar";
        }

        //Launch native calendar
        var intent = Ti.Android.createIntent({
            action: actionStr,
            packageName: packageStr,
            className: classStr
        });
        Ti.Android.currentActivity.startActivity(intent);
    }

You can also open the "create event" screen of the native calendar by adapting this for Titanium in the same way as the code above

See Stef's answer for the iOS answer. – minnow Nov 04 '14 at 02:31 — minnow, Nov 04 '14 at 02:31

How to open native calendar from titanium app?

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