Well... I'll probably get smacked over this suggestion. But maybe you could try checking the SYNC_DATA* column values and see if one of them contains the event UUID. It is probably implementation-specific and maybe the app won't be granted read access by the ContentProvider but it may be worth a try.
On Thursday, February 21, 2013 10:40:48 AM UTC-6, Dawn Rhummy wrote: > > Thank you. I saw that as well, but so few people are on API 17 that's not > a viable option yet. > > I agree that adding a UUID to every description is not a great option as > the users might dislike that. Too bad there's isn't a universally accepted > "free-form" hidden field that could be used for this. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Nobu Games <[email protected] <javascript:>> > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Cc:* don rhummy <[email protected] <javascript:>> > *Sent:* Thursday, February 21, 2013 10:46 AM > *Subject:* Re: How identify calendar event across devices? > > What I did in one of my apps was adding a tag with a UUID in each event > description text. It's not really pretty but I could not find any other > solution to this problem. However, I just checked again and noticed that > API level 17 introduced an additional events column called > UID_2445<http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/CalendarContract.EventsColumns.html#UID_2445>. > > It's the iCalendar unique event id. A little late to the party, but better > late than never. > > > On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 8:21:28 PM UTC-6, Dawn Rhummy wrote: > > Is there a GUID that I can use to identify events across different devices > on the same calendar account? The "_id" seems to be a local Id. > > > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
