Major breakthrough with calendar events!

Posted on by TheJoeFin

For years now Ink Calendar & Journal has been plagued with the unstable and frequently broken AppointmentManager as the method for adding events to calendars. This week I have been able to use the Microsoft Graph to bring in events from your Outlook calendars.

Using the Microsoft Graph API will enable a reliable experience for all users. The Graph API can be used to view events from all calendars, create/edit events, see event details and more! This API is already being used by Ink Calendar to do the OneDrive syncing so adding calendar permissions is simple permission accept screen.

Since Microsoft introduced the “New Outlook” the API was completely broken with no intention of fixing it. The previous API was used because it relied on the Mail & Calendar apps for authentication, and enabled multiple accounts. Version 1 of the Graph API will only support one Microsoft account.

Let me know how events on the calendar have been going for you? Also what are you looking for in a new events system?

Joe

#1 Requested Feature is right around the corner

Posted on by TheJoeFin

Easily the number one requested feature for Ink Calendar is existing Google and Outlook calendar integration. Soon with version 1.6 that will be possible.

I thought adding the calendars would involve lots of extra authentication and a refactoring of the codebase. However, as it turns out Windows 10 has an API for that. I can request a list of appointments from Windows and all the added calendars will stream in.

The feature works by getting the calendar data from the built-in calendar application. If you have added a calendar there then it gets pulled into Ink Calendar. I’ll be adding more granular control around which calendars you want to include, but I did not want to delay this highly requested feature. I’m excited to roll this feature out soon. Let me know what you think!

Thanks again for using Ink Calendar,

-Joe