iOS 6 Programming Cookbook

16.1. Retrieving the List of Calendars

Problem

You want to retrieve the list of calendars available on the user’s device before you attempt to insert new events into them.

Solution

Access the calendars array property of an instance of EKEventStore. Each calendar is of type EKCalendar:

- (BOOL)            application:(UIApplication *)application 
  didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions{
  
  EKEventStore *eventStore = [[EKEventStore alloc] init];
  
  /* These are the calendar types an iOS Device can have. Please note
   that the "type" property of an object of type EKCalendar
   is of type EKCalendarType. The values in the "CalendarTypes"
   array reflect the exact same values in the EKCalendarType
   enumeration, but as NSString values */
  NSArray *calendarTypes = @[
  @"Local",
  @"CalDAV",
  @"Exchange",
  @"Subscription",
  @"Birthday"
  ];
  
  /* Go through the calendars one by one */
  NSUInteger counter = 1;
  for (EKCalendar *thisCalendar in eventStore.calendars){
    
    /* The title of the calendar */
    NSLog(@"Calendar %lu Title = %@",
          (unsigned long)counter, thisCalendar.title);
    
    /* The type of the calendar */
    NSLog(@"Calendar %lu Type = %@",
          (unsigned long)counter,
          [calendarTypes objectAtIndex:thisCalendar.type]);
    
    /* The color that is associated with the calendar */
    NSLog(@"Calendar %lu Color = %@",
          (unsigned long)counter,
          [UIColor colorWithCGColor:thisCalendar.CGColor]);
    
    /* And whether the calendar can be modified or not */
    if ([thisCalendar allowsContentModifications]){
      NSLog(@"Calendar %lu can be modified." ...