Android™ Google Calendar: Create (Insert) a Calendar

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Creates a new calendar. (i.e. Adds an entry to the user's calendar list.)

Documentation: https://developers.google.com/google-apps/calendar/v3/reference/calendarList/insert

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();
    boolean success;

    //   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
    CkOAuth2 oauth2 = new CkOAuth2();
    oauth2.put_AccessToken("OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN");
    rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2);

    success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,true,true);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  The following code creates the JSON request body.
    //  The JSON created by this code is shown below.
    CkJsonObject jsonReq = new CkJsonObject();
    jsonReq.UpdateString("summary","test calendar abc");

    CkStringBuilder sbReq = new CkStringBuilder();
    jsonReq.EmitSb(sbReq);

    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

    CkStringBuilder sbJson = new CkStringBuilder();
    success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/calendar/v3/calendars",sbReq,sbJson);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Received error response code: " + String.valueOf(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()));
        Log.i(TAG, "Response body:");
        Log.i(TAG, sbJson.getAsString());
        return;
        }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.LoadSb(sbJson);

    //  The following code parses the JSON response.
    //  A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.
    String kind;
    String etag;
    String id;
    String summary;

    kind = json.stringOf("kind");
    etag = json.stringOf("etag");
    id = json.stringOf("id");
    summary = json.stringOf("summary");

    Log.i(TAG, "Example Completed.");

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}

Sample JSON Request Body

  {
   "summary": "test calendar abc"
  }
  

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "kind": "calendar#calendar",
  "etag": "\"BKjXnZpXR6E5ueFWG3UJk-2POYg/jb82ZwCZzTu1P_p3WnVVxDoJTeI\"",
  "id": "chilkatcloud.com_he3bfm0ljrl7p427u8vjmg9afo@group.calendar.google.com",
  "summary": "test calendar abc"
}