How to create and save EKCalendar on ios 6

Question

I\'m having an issue where I create my EKCalendar and everything looks good but then when I go to list my calendars, it doesn\'t show up. I also go to check my calendar list

Answer 1

I had this same problem. I did as sixthcent suggested and had the app ask for permission. That solved one part but the calendar didn't show up still but was being created according to the NSLogs. I had an Exchange calendar (I didn't have iCloud) on my phone and had to turn it off. Once that was deleted it showed up as a Local calendar. When I went back to re-add Exchange it asked if I wanted to keep both and now both calendars are showing up. Here is my code below.

#import "ViewController.h"
#import <EventKit/EventKit.h>
#import <EventKitUI/EventKitUI.h>

@interface ViewController ()
@end

@implementation ViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];  

EKEventStore *store = [[EKEventStore alloc] init];
EKSource *localSource = nil;
for (EKSource *source in store.sources)
{
    if (source.sourceType == EKSourceTypeCalDAV && [source.title isEqualToString:@"iCloud"])
    {
        localSource = source;
        break;
    }
}
if (localSource == nil)
{        
    for (EKSource *source in store.sources) {
        if (source.sourceType == EKSourceTypeLocal)
        {
            localSource = source;
            break;
        }
    }
}

EKEventStore *es = [[EKEventStore alloc] init];
[es requestAccessToEntityType:EKEntityTypeEvent completion:^(BOOL granted, NSError *error) {
    /* This code will run when uses has made his/her choice */

    if (error)
    {
        // display error message here
    }
    else if (!granted)
    {
        // display access denied error message here
    }
    else
    {
        // access granted          
    }


}];

//NSString *identifier; //Use to create for the first time and store somewhere
NSString *identifier = @"704A1304-5213-4AB3-9C7B-F6B59E3454BB"; //Stored version

//Create the calendar
EKCalendar *cal;
if (identifier == nil)
{
    cal = [EKCalendar calendarForEntityType:EKEntityTypeEvent eventStore:store];

    cal.title = @"Demo1 Calendar";
    cal.source = localSource;
    [store saveCalendar:cal commit:YES error:nil];
    NSLog(@"cal id = %@", cal.calendarIdentifier);

} else {
    //Calendar already exists!
    cal = [store calendarWithIdentifier:identifier];
    NSLog(@"cal id = %@", cal.calendarIdentifier);
}

//calendar properties
NSLog(@"%@", cal);

//Add Event to Calendar
NSLog(@"Adding event!");
EKEventStore *eventStore = [[EKEventStore alloc] init];

EKEvent *event  = [EKEvent eventWithEventStore:eventStore];
event.title     = @"Event3";

NSDate *startDate = [NSDate date];
event.calendar = cal;
event.startDate = startDate;
event.endDate = [startDate dateByAddingTimeInterval:3600];

NSError *error = nil;
BOOL result = [eventStore saveEvent:event span:EKSpanThisEvent commit:YES error:&error];
if (result) {
    NSLog(@"Saved event to event store.");
} else {
    NSLog(@"Error saving event: %@.", error);
}

}