EventKit - App freezes when adding an EKEvent with 2 alarms (iOS 5)

Question

I have an app that programmatically adds reminders to your iOS device\'s calendar.

Previous to iOS 5, I could add a calendar item with two alarms thusly:

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Answer 1

I had the same error.

The problem seems that startDate shoudln't be the same as endDate... really silly iOS change!

Answer 2

If you take a look at the EventKit section in the iOS 5 changes from iOS 4.3 document, it mentions that some items are deprecated for EKEvent. The hierarchy has changed and a new abstract superclass has been added: EKCalendarItem.

Answer 3

have you tried calling addAlarm using a variable?

EKAlarm *alarm = [EKAlarm alarmWithRelativeOffset:60.0f * -5.0f]]; // 5 min
[event addAlarm:alarm];

EKAlarm *alarm2 = [EKAlarm alarmWithRelativeOffset:60.0f * -15.0f]]; // 15 min
[event addAlarm:alarm2];

Answer 4

Its a bug with Apple. If you set 2 alarms it causes the app to freeze. If you only set 1 it works just fine. This is fixed in iOS 5.1 .