I understand where you are coming from... In my app - Target Date Pro - it is possible now to do this quick event addition and also jump to a specific event. Inclusion of reminder to the quickly added event is a likely future enhancement.
On Jan 13, 8:26 am, Jonathan Epstein <[email protected]> wrote: > I am an experienced developer, but an Android newbie. I have a Droid > Eris (Android 1.5), and the awkwardness of adding events to a calendar > is driving me nuts. I already made a feature request, but wonder > whether (a) newer versions of Android already have something like this > OR (b) if I could get some implementation advice on the following > idea. In particular, I wonder if there is a hook available for me to > receive the necessary trigger when the user selects a time from the > Calendar Day View, as described below, along with the necessary > parameters (day and time that the user requested). > > Alternatively, perhaps the Calendar source code is available, and I > should modify that. > > Thanks in advance for your advice. > > ------------------------ > > When adding an event (in Android 1.5) from the Day View, we currently > get the full event-add dialog, say for Thursday at 4pm. An additional > simple interface would make it much easier to add events to calendars, > as described below. > > Assume that the event is being added to the default calendar (e.g., > your Google Calendar). > > The first line in the screen contains 5 buttons for times in 30-minute > increments around the initial time. E.g., in the 4pm example the > buttons read: 3:30, 3:45, 4:00 (highlighted), 4:15 and 4:30. > > The second line shows an event-duration. There are only four choices > (0, 30min, 60min, all day). > > Below that is the event description. > > Below that is a popup menu forreminders(same as on the current event > add-screen). > > Below that are the opportunities to Save&Cancel. > > Note that event location and event description are omitted. > > If there's room above, there could be a button to take you to the full- > blown event entry dialog. -- 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
