Calendar "sync now" from app

[cmweb]

Hi,

I would like to trigger a Google calendar sync from my app.

As it would happen when I select "sync now" at the Google account settings.

Is this possible?

Best regards,

Carsten

 

[Erel]

Not sure if this possible. The intents that the calendar support are listed here: Calendar Provider | Android Developers

 

[cmweb]

Not sure if this possible. The intents that the calendar support are listed here: Calendar Provider | Android Developers

I guess, I would need an intent for Google Account (Sync) rather than a calendar intent...!?

Best regards,

Carsten

 

[Erel]

I didn't find such an intent. If you find it I can help you translate it.

 

[cmweb]

I can only find this one:

Intent | Android Developers

But it seems that this intent is without any function...!?

Best regards,

Carsten

 

[Erel]

I don't think that this intent is related.

 

[pesquera]

hi, I also need to fire a "sync now".. did you find a solution? thanks

 

[Reviewnow]

Maybe this will help.. http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/calendar-provider.html#sync-adapter

 

[pesquera]

thank you for your help so much, but.. I have not idea about how to implement that with B4A.. is there some tutorial?

 

[eps]

@pesquera what are you trying to do? It is a little unclear.

Are you attempting to add dates from an App to your Calendar or to a Calendar?

 

[pesquera]

Ok. sorry.. I'm already adding dates from my App. Now, I would like to trigger a Google calendar sync from my App (like cmweb on the first post). The problem is the delay I have after editing a date on my Calendar (App) so, I want to do it by event. Updating dates on my Gmail account (via web) has not this delay, I can see the changes on my App instantly.. why?

 

[eps]

Ah I think I understand now. I'm not sure how you do that. Will have to dig a little in to the API and see what's there...

 

[eps]

This https://developers.google.com/google-apps/calendar/v3/sync

Any use? Maybe ask @lagore about the calendar library he developed.

 

[pesquera]

thank you for the link.. I have no experience on java, just B4A.. how can I translate this?

Sample code
The snippet of sample code below demonstrates how to use sync tokens with the Java client library. The first time the run method is called it will perform a full sync and store the sync token. On each subsequent execution it will load the saved sync token and perform an incremental sync.

  private static void run() throws IOException {
    // Construct the {@link Calendar.Events.List} request, but don't execute it yet.
    Calendar.Events.List request = client.events().list("primary");

    // Load the sync token stored from the last execution, if any.
    String syncToken = syncSettingsDataStore.get(SYNC_TOKEN_KEY);
    if (syncToken == null) {
      System.out.println("Performing full sync.");

      // Set the filters you want to use during the full sync. Sync tokens aren't compatible with
      // most filters, but you may want to limit your full sync to only a certain date range.
      // In this example we are only syncing events up to a year old.
      Date oneYearAgo = Utils.getRelativeDate(java.util.Calendar.YEAR, -1);
      request.setTimeMin(new DateTime(oneYearAgo, TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")));
    } else {
      System.out.println("Performing incremental sync.");
      request.setSyncToken(syncToken);
    }

    // Retrieve the events, one page at a time.
    String pageToken = null;
    Events events = null;
    do {
      request.setPageToken(pageToken);

      try {
        events = request.execute();
      } catch (GoogleJsonResponseException e) {
        if (e.getStatusCode() == 410) {
          // A 410 status code, "Gone", indicates that the sync token is invalid.
          System.out.println("Invalid sync token, clearing event store and re-syncing.");
          syncSettingsDataStore.delete(SYNC_TOKEN_KEY);
          eventDataStore.clear();
          run();
        } else {
          throw e;
        }
      }

      List<Event> items = events.getItems();
      if (items.size() == 0) {
        System.out.println("No new events to sync.");
      } else {
        for (Event event : items) {
          syncEvent(event);
        }
      }

      pageToken = events.getNextPageToken();
    } while (pageToken != null);

    // Store the sync token from the last request to be used during the next execution.
    syncSettingsDataStore.set(SYNC_TOKEN_KEY, events.getNextSyncToken());

    System.out.println("Sync complete.");
  }

 

[davfla]

I had the same problem and found a solution. I needed a few hours for this short code, but it works. The sync have a little bit delay for 3-10 seconds, but it is more faster as without than.

Try

Dim jo, jo1 As JavaObject
Dim cls As JavaObject = jo.InitializeStatic("android.content.ContentResolver")
Dim context As JavaObject = jo1.InitializeNewInstance("android.os.Bundle", Null)
cls.RunMethod("requestSync", Array As Object(Null, Null, context))

Run this code after every change.

 

[pesquera]

excellent! this works perfect!
big thanks davfla