Swift 4.0 Eventkit Cannot get calendars and events correctly

Question

I\'m trying to use Eventkit to access Mac Calendar. Access is successfully requested but I keep getting nil or an empty array of calendar or events, even though I have several c

Answer 1

Try this method

Create and Get Calendar

func getCalendar() -> EKCalendar? {
        let defaults = UserDefaults.standard
    
        if let id = defaults.string(forKey:"calendarID") {
            return eventStore.calendar(withIdentifier: id)
          } else {
            let calendar = EKCalendar(for: .event, eventStore: eventStore)
    
               calendar.title = "Calendar Title"
               calendar.cgColor = UIColor.blue
               calendar.source = self.eventStore.defaultCalendarForNewEvents!.source
    
             do {
                 try eventStore.saveCalendar(calendar, commit: true)
                 defaults.set(calendar.calendarIdentifier, forKey: "calendarID")
    
                 print("Created calander")
               } catch let error as NSError {
               print("failed to Create calendar with error : \(error)")
               }
            
    
              return calendar
          }
      }