I have a use case where I need to identify the device's default calendar application. Please note that the device can be anything like windows, macOS, iPhone, or Android, and the calendar configured can also be anything like Apple, Google, Microsoft365 MicrosoftTeams, Outlook.com, or Yahoo according to individuals. I need a solution to find the default calendar configured in the device
Note: I have brainstormed several plugins or approaches to automatically add events to the default calendar. The problem is all these plugins (eg: https://jekuer.github.io/add-to-calendar-button/) ask users to choose the calendar type. I don't need that to happen and I need a way to automatically add an event to the device's default calendar.
Can someone tell me if this is possible to find the default calendar type configured in a device? The solution is not bound to javascript/jquery, any Java-related approach will also be of great help.
Hi there,
no, it is not. It simply does not work this way around. Especially since there is no standard over all the potential different devices and OS.
You could try to find the most common protocol/scheme/format, which triggers the calendar at every system. This would be (imho) iCal.
For the mentioned tool, you would then only define the iCal option. This would leave out the selection of calendars and directly trigger the ics file download, which than should work at every device and OS (more or less).
The "but": The user journey might not be ideal for all users. For example, on desktop (Windows), you would need to download the file, open it, which ideally opens your calendar, and then insert. But maybe the user is not using the calendar on the machine, but rather in the browser (e.g. Google calendar). He would have no chance to import the file there easily. And you see - the calendar in this case is no longer connected to the device at all (so, no way to identify this).
Bottom line: There is a bold reason for this selection of tool. Because it is not only the device and OS, but also about the user's individual workflow - and there clearly isn't any API for that yet ;) .
Best,
Jens