Events are not getting displayed after reloaddata in Timelineview of Tapku Calendar - ios

Can any one help me with the issue that I am experiencing?
I am using the Tapku Calendar Library Day View in order to display events. Events are getting displayed properly when the calendar loads for the first time. If I change the date lets say either to yesterday or tomorrow, the calendar is not displaying the events.
I have implemented the following events.
- (void)calendarDayTimelineView:(TKCalendarDayView *)calendarDay didMoveToDate:(NSDate *)date
{
//Here is my logic to pull the data from db server.
//After this I am calling the method below.
[self.dayView reloadData];
}
- (NSArray *) calendarDayTimelineView:(TKCalendarDayView*)calendarDayTimeline eventsForDate:(NSDate *)eventDate{
self.myAppointments = nil;
NSFetchRequest *fetchRequest = [[[NSFetchRequest alloc] init] autorelease];
NSEntityDescription *entity = [NSEntityDescription
entityForName:#"Tasks" inManagedObjectContext:self.managedObjectContext];
[fetchRequest setEntity:entity];
NSError *error;
self.myAppointments = [self.managedObjectContext executeFetchRequest:fetchRequest error:&error];
if([eventDate compare:[NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:-24*60*60]] == NSOrderedAscending) return #[];
if([eventDate compare:[NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:24*60*60]] == NSOrderedDescending) return #[];
NSDateComponents *info = [[NSDate date] dateComponentsWithTimeZone:calendarDayTimeline.timeZone];
info.second = 0;
NSMutableArray *ret = [NSMutableArray array];
for(Tasks *apt in self.myAppointments){
TKCalendarDayEventView *event = [calendarDayTimeline dequeueReusableEventView];
if(event == nil) event = [TKCalendarDayEventView eventView];
event.identifier = nil;
event.titleLabel.text = apt.task_subject;
if ( [allTrim(apt.location) length] != 0 )
{
event.locationLabel.text = apt.location;
}
NSDate *startDate = apt.task_start;
NSDate *endDate = apt.task_end;
NSCalendar *calendar = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];
NSDateComponents *components = [calendar components:(NSHourCalendarUnit | NSMinuteCalendarUnit) fromDate:startDate];
NSInteger hour = [components hour];
NSInteger minute = [components minute];
info.hour = hour;
info.minute = minute;
event.startDate = [NSDate dateWithDateComponents:info];
components = [calendar components:(NSHourCalendarUnit | NSMinuteCalendarUnit) fromDate:endDate];
hour = [components hour];
minute = [components minute];
info.hour = hour;
info.minute = minute;
event.endDate = [NSDate dateWithDateComponents:info];
[ret addObject:event];
}
return ret;
}
I have debugged the code, the data is getting assigned to the events, however I am not able to view any thing on the calendar.
Pls.. help in fixing up this issue.
Regards,
g.v.n.sandeep

There has another way to solve this problem.
As you see, in the methods below:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
self.title = NSLocalizedString(#"Day View", #"");
self.data = #[
#[#"Meeting with five random dudes", #"Five Guys", #960, #0, #1000, #30],
#[#"Unlimited bread rolls got me sprung", #"Olive Garden", #7, #0, #12, #0],
#[#"Appointment", #"Dennys", #15, #0, #18, #0],
#[#"Hamburger Bliss", #"Wendys", #15, #0, #18, #0],
#[#"Fishy Fishy Fishfelayyyyyyyy", #"McDonalds", #5, #30, #6, #0],
#[#"Turkey Time...... oh wait", #"Chick-fela", #14, #0, #19, #0],
#[#"Greet the king at the castle", #"Burger King", #19, #30, #100, #0]];
}
self.data is loaded.
We can move the loading process to "viewWillAppear" methods to update data if you do some writing.
Note that, there has no method to add an event to a specific date. But we can add an event like this: #[#"Fishy Fishy Fishfelayyyyyyyy", #"McDonalds", #48, #00, #50, #0].
#48 means the event at the day after tomorrow.
So, first you should calculate the interval between the specific date and self.dayview.date(today).
Following codes may help:
- (NSArray *)getTimeFromNow:(NSDate *)startDate endDateTime:(NSDate *)endDate
{
NSDate *todayDate = [NSDate date];
NSTimeInterval startFromNowSeconds = [startDate timeIntervalSinceDate:todayDate];
NSTimeInterval endFromNowSeconds = [endDate timeIntervalSinceDate:todayDate];
NSNumber *startHour = [NSNumber numberWithInt:startFromNowSeconds / (60 * 60)];
NSNumber *startMinute = [NSNumber numberWithInt:startFromNowSeconds / 60 - startHour.intValue * 60];
NSNumber *endHour = [NSNumber numberWithInt:endFromNowSeconds / (60 * 60)];
NSNumber *endMinute = [NSNumber numberWithInt:endFromNowSeconds / 60 - endHour.intValue * 60];
return #[startHour, startMinute, endHour, endMinute];
}
Below should be commented:
if([eventDate compare:[NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:-24*60*60]] == NSOrderedAscending) return #[];
if([eventDate compare:[NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:24*60*60]] == NSOrderedDescending) return #[];
But pay attention to the timezone. I think it's not very easy to return a right time array calculated above.
More over, i think it is essential necessary to add the method that add event to a specific day in DayViewController.
Note: as i have do some coding, if your time is #900 hours from now, the event will not be showed in dayview... but #500 hours it works well.
What a terrible designs here!
Waiting a more complete dayviewcontroller ...

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I have a foursquare hours array (Foursquare API) that stores segments of hours when a specific venue is open. It looks something like this:
[{
"days":[1,2,3,4,7],
"includesToday":true,
"open":[
{"end":"+0200","start":"1000"}],
"segments":[]},
{
"days":[5,6]
,"open":[
{"end":"+0300","start":"1000"}],
"segments":[]}
]
How do I find out if the venue is opened or closed at current time?
I handle it like this: 4sq hours API gist
-(NSDictionary*)isVenueOpenDictionaryForHours:(NSArray*)hours{
// defaults and inits
NSCalendar *gregorian = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];
NSDictionary *lastSegmentYesterday = [[NSDictionary alloc] init];
NSDate *dateNow = [NSDate date];
NSString *venueOpenText = [[NSString alloc] init];
NSString *venueOpen = #"no";
// get components for today
NSDateComponents *compsNow = [gregorian components:NSWeekdayCalendarUnit|NSHourCalendarUnit|NSMinuteCalendarUnit|NSDayCalendarUnit|NSMonthCalendarUnit|NSYearCalendarUnit fromDate:dateNow];
// get weekday for today and yesterday so we can lookup 4sq API
NSInteger weekday = [compsNow weekday];
NSInteger weekdayYesterday = (weekday>1)?weekday-1:7;
// look for todays' segment
NSMutableArray *venueOpenSegments = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; // stores all the segments when the venue is open
for (NSDictionary *segment in hours){
// get today's segment (if it exists)
if ([segment[#"days"] containsObject:[NSNumber numberWithInteger:weekday]]){
for (NSDictionary *dictOpen in segment[#"open"])
[venueOpenSegments insertObject:#{#"end": [dictOpen[#"end"] mutableCopy], #"start":[dictOpen[#"start"] mutableCopy]}.mutableCopy atIndex:venueOpenSegments.count];
}
// check the day before if the venue is open past midnight
if (([segment[#"days"] containsObject:[NSNumber numberWithInteger:weekdayYesterday]] && [segment[#"open"] count])){
// get the last segment (that should be the one passing midnight)
NSDictionary *tempSegment = [segment[#"open"] lastObject];
// if it has more than 4 characters it's after midnight ("+02:00"), also, ignore if it closes at midnight
if ([tempSegment[#"end"] length] > 4 && ![tempSegment[#"end"]isEqualToString:#"+0000"]){
// create a new segment that starts at midnight and lasts till the time it closes (early AMs usually)
lastSegmentYesterday = #{#"start":#"0000", #"end":[tempSegment[#"end"] substringFromIndex:1]};
}
}
}
// add last night segment that passes midnight as the first segment of today
if (lastSegmentYesterday.count){
[venueOpenSegments insertObject:lastSegmentYesterday atIndex:0];
}
// go through all the segments and find out if the venue is closed or open
if (venueOpenSegments.count){
NSDateComponents *comps = [[NSDateComponents alloc] init];
NSDateFormatter *timeFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
timeFormatter.dateFormat = #"HH:mm"; // set time output format
int segmentNumber = 0;
for (NSMutableDictionary *segment in venueOpenSegments){
segmentNumber++;
// confing start date
[comps setDay:compsNow.day];
[comps setMonth:compsNow.month];
[comps setYear:compsNow.year];
[comps setHour:[[segment[#"start"] substringToIndex:2] intValue]];
[comps setMinute:[[segment[#"start"] substringFromIndex:2] intValue]];
NSDate *dateStart = [[[NSCalendar currentCalendar] dateFromComponents:comps] copy];
// config end date
// check if the segment goes to next day
BOOL closesTomorrow = NO;
if ( [segment[#"end"] length]==5 ){
segment[#"end"] = [segment[#"end"] substringFromIndex:1];
closesTomorrow = YES;
}
[comps setHour:[[segment[#"end"] substringToIndex:2] intValue]];
[comps setMinute:[[segment[#"end"] substringFromIndex:2] intValue]];
NSDate *dateEnd = [[[NSCalendar currentCalendar] dateFromComponents:comps] copy];
// add a day if it closes tomorrow
if (closesTomorrow){
NSDateComponents *nextDayComponent = [[NSDateComponents alloc] init];
nextDayComponent.day = 1;
dateEnd = [gregorian dateByAddingComponents:nextDayComponent toDate:dateEnd options:0];
}
// start checking if it's open or closed
// now < segment start
if ([dateNow compare:dateStart] == NSOrderedAscending){
venueOpenText = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"opens at %#",[timeFormatter stringFromDate: dateStart]];
venueOpen = #"later";
break;
}
// segment end < now
else if ([dateEnd compare:dateNow] == NSOrderedAscending){
if (segmentNumber == venueOpenSegments.count){
venueOpenText = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"closed since %#",[timeFormatter stringFromDate: dateEnd]];
break;
}
continue;
}
// segment start < now < segment end
else if ([dateStart compare:dateNow] == NSOrderedAscending && [dateNow compare:dateEnd] == NSOrderedAscending){
venueOpenText = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"open till %#",[timeFormatter stringFromDate: dateEnd]];
venueOpen = #"yes";
break;
}
// rare but possible... last minute of the venue being open (I treat it as closed)
else {
venueOpenText = #"closing right now";
}
}
}
else venueOpen = #"closed today"; // no segments for today, so it's closed for the dayæ
// return results
return #{#"open":venueOpen, #"string":venueOpenText};
}
and I update my UILabel like this:
NSDictionary *venueOpen = [self isVenueOpenDictionaryForHours:_arrayVenues[indexPath.row][#"hours"]];
label.text = venueOpen[#"string"];
if ([venueOpen[#"open"] isEqualToString:#"no"]){
label.textColor = [UIColor colorWithHexString:#"b91d47" alpha:1]; // red
} else if ([venueOpen[#"open"] isEqualToString:#"yes"]) {
label.textColor = [UIColor colorWithHexString:#"1e7145" alpha:1]; // green
} else if ([venueOpen[#"open"] isEqualToString:#"later"]) {
label.textColor = [UIColor colorWithHexString:#"e3a21a" alpha:1]; // yellow
}
BTW, I use pod 'HexColors' for colorWithHexString methods

Setting Reminder with a dueDate with Recurrence Rule iOS

Question: How do I properly set my reminder due date since I have a recurrence rule?
Here is what the reminder object looks like:
EKReminder <0x1700cf490> {title = Dickens's CANINE GOLD WELLNESS doses[1.00]; **dueDate = (null)**; **completionDate = (null)**; priority = 0; calendarItemIdentifier = D1D99FEA-2BFA-4DB1-9D86-7FB26246B50A; alarms = (
"EKAlarm <0x1780a9420> {triggerInterval = -79200.000000}"
)}
The error I am getting is:
Reminder Error=[A repeating reminder must have a due date.]
You can see in the code that I am fooling around with NSDateComponents as a solution since startDateComponents which I just set the month/day/year and local timezone of the reminder which will produce an all day reminder, which in this case is fine. I will probably move the date components and setting of the due date inside the recurrence section when it is done.
Here is my code:
-(void)setReminders:(NSString *)reminderText
andDate:(NSString *)reminderdate
andPetName:(NSString*)petName
andDose:(NSNumber *)dose {
EKEventStore *store = [[EKEventStore alloc] init];
NSDate * reminderNewDate = [self getDateFromString:reminderdate];
petName = [ConfigOps readProperty:kConfigOpsPetKey];
NSString *reminderTitle = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#'s %#", petName, reminderText];
NSUInteger doseCount = 0;
if ([dose integerValue] != 0 || dose != nil) {
doseCount = [dose integerValue];
}
else{
doseCount = 0;//NOTE: looks like purchases will have doses not reminders so set to 0 for now.
}
[store requestAccessToEntityType:EKEntityTypeReminder completion:^(BOOL granted, NSError *error) {
// access code here
EKReminder *new_reminder = [EKReminder reminderWithEventStore:store];
new_reminder.title = reminderTitle;
new_reminder.calendar = store.defaultCalendarForNewEvents;
//get the date components
NSDateComponents *comp = [[NSDateComponents alloc]init];
NSCalendar *gregorian = [[NSCalendar alloc]
initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];
NSDateComponents *weekdayComponents =
[gregorian components:(NSDayCalendarUnit | NSMonthCalendarUnit | NSYearCalendarUnit |
NSWeekdayCalendarUnit) fromDate:reminderNewDate];
NSInteger day = [weekdayComponents day];
NSInteger month = [weekdayComponents month];
//NSInteger weekday = [weekdayComponents weekday];//future reference
NSInteger year = [weekdayComponents yearForWeekOfYear];
//Month is dose+month = end of reccurence
month = month + doseCount;
[comp setYear:year];
[comp setMonth:month];
[comp setDay:day];
NSDate *date = [gregorian dateFromComponents:comp];
NSTimeZone *myNSTimeZone = gregorian.timeZone;
NSDateComponents *start = new_reminder.startDateComponents;
start.timeZone = myNSTimeZone;
start.month = [weekdayComponents month];
start.day = [weekdayComponents day];
start.year = [weekdayComponents yearForWeekOfYear];
new_reminder.startDateComponents = start;
new_reminder.dueDateComponents = start;
new_reminder.completed = NO;
//Create alarm 22 hours before
double alarmAmountInSeconds = 60.0*60.0*22.0;
EKAlarm *alarm = [EKAlarm alarmWithRelativeOffset:(-1.0*alarmAmountInSeconds)];
[new_reminder addAlarm:alarm];
//new_reminder.alarms = [NSArray arrayWithObject:alarm];
//create nice text for note.
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new_reminder.notes = reminderText;
if (doseCount != 0) {
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interval:1
end:[EKRecurrenceEnd recurrenceEndWithOccurrenceCount:doseCount]
];
new_reminder.calendar = [store defaultCalendarForNewReminders];
[new_reminder addRecurrenceRule:recurranceRule];
}
NSError *er;
//EKEventEditViewController
BOOL success = [store saveReminder:new_reminder commit:YES error:&er];
if (success) {
// Handle here
NSString *alertMessage = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Reminder Created for\n%#", reminderTitle];
NSString *alertTitle = #"Please check your Reminders";
UIAlertView *alertR = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle: alertTitle
message: alertMessage
delegate: self
cancelButtonTitle:nil
otherButtonTitles:#"OK",nil];
[alertR show];
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//log error
NSLog(#" Reminder Error=[%#]", [er localizedDescription]);
//log to error table in database &inform Flurry?
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}];
}
The method works if there is no recurrence set since it doesn't require a start date/due date.
After some fixing of the date (I found was returning nil), I found that I have to set and end recurrence rule when adding a dose amount.
Here is the code which gets rid of the error (which is pretty funny of Apple to have - kudos Apple!).
if (doseCount != 0) {
EKRecurrenceRule *recurranceRule = [[EKRecurrenceRule alloc] initRecurrenceWithFrequency:EKRecurrenceFrequencyMonthly
interval:1
end:[EKRecurrenceEnd recurrenceEndWithOccurrenceCount:doseCount]
];
new_reminder.calendar = [store defaultCalendarForNewReminders];
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EKRecurrenceEnd *endRec = [EKRecurrenceEnd recurrenceEndWithEndDate:date];
EKRecurrenceRule *recur = [[EKRecurrenceRule alloc]initRecurrenceWithFrequency:EKRecurrenceFrequencyDaily interval: 1 end:endRec];
unsigned unitFlags= NSYearCalendarUnit|NSMonthCalendarUnit | NSDayCalendarUnit | NSHourCalendarUnit |NSMinuteCalendarUnit|NSSecondCalendarUnit|NSTimeZoneCalendarUnit;
NSDateComponents *dailyComponents=[gregorian components:unitFlags fromDate:date];
[new_reminder setDueDateComponents:dailyComponents];
[new_reminder addRecurrenceRule:recur];
//add it.
[new_reminder addRecurrenceRule:recurranceRule];
}
Hope this helps someone get through this.
For those looking for Swift version:
func editReminder(r: EKReminder) -> Bool {
if(r.recurrenceRules.count > 0 && r.dueDateComponents == nil) {
let startDate = NSDate()
let dueDate: NSDate = NSDate(timeIntervalSinceNow: 31536000) // 1 year from now
let gregorian = NSCalendar(calendarIdentifier: NSCalendarIdentifierGregorian)
let unitFlags = NSCalendarUnit(UInt.max)
r.dueDateComponents = gregorian?.components(unitFlags, fromDate: dueDate)
}
var error: NSError?
return eventStore.saveReminder(r, commit: true, error: &error)
}

How can i put Day Event on particular Date using Tapku Library?

I have used TKCalendarDayView for showing day events on Specific date but problem is when i put any events on it it always display in current date.
so can anybody help me to sort out this problem using Tapku Library?
Thank you in Advanced.
SOLUTION
There has another way to solve this problem
As you see, in the methods below:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
self.title = NSLocalizedString(#"Day View", #"");
self.data = #[
#[#"Meeting with five random dudes", #"Five Guys", #48, #0, #50, #30],
#[#"Unlimited bread rolls got me sprung", #"Olive Garden", #-24, #0, #-22, #0],
#[#"Appointment", #"Dennys", #15, #0, #18, #0],
#[#"Turkey Time...... oh wait", #"Chick-fela", #14, #0, #19, #0]];
}
self.data is loaded.
Note that, there has no method to add an event to a specific date. But we can add an event like this: #[#"Meeting with five random dudes", #"Five Guys", #48, #0, #50, #30] in this #48 means the event at the day after tomorrow.
and
#[#"Unlimited bread rolls got me sprung", #"Olive Garden", #-24, #0, #-22, #0] in this #-24 means the event is before today(yesterday).
So, first you should calculate the interval between the specific date using following code.
- (NSArray *)getTimeFromNow:(NSDate *)startDate endDateTime:(NSDate *)endDate
{
NSDate *todayDate = [NSDate date];
NSTimeInterval startFromNowSeconds = [startDate timeIntervalSinceDate:todayDate];
NSTimeInterval endFromNowSeconds = [endDate timeIntervalSinceDate:todayDate];
NSNumber *startHour = [NSNumber numberWithInt:startFromNowSeconds / (60 * 60)];
NSNumber *startMinute = [NSNumber numberWithInt:startFromNowSeconds / 60 - startHour.intValue * 60];
NSNumber *endHour = [NSNumber numberWithInt:endFromNowSeconds / (60 * 60)];
NSNumber *endMinute = [NSNumber numberWithInt:endFromNowSeconds / 60 - endHour.intValue * 60];
return #[startHour, startMinute, endHour, endMinute];
}
Below code should be commented:
//if([eventDate compare:[NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:-24*60*60]] == NSOrderedAscending) return #[];
//if([eventDate compare:[NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:24*60*60]] == NSOrderedDescending) return #[];

EKEvent is not added according to given EKRecurrenceRule

I'm trying to add an event into calendar with recurrence rule RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=6,7;BYDAY=1TH
So according to this rule the event should be added yearly, each 1st thursday of june and july until expire date, which I've set in my project.
In my project, events are created but not according to the recurrence rule. With the following code the events added only on each 1st thursday of june. Why the events are not added on 1st thursday of each july also?
Here is .m file code
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
[self createEvent];
}
- (void)createEvent
{
EKEventStore *eventStore = [[EKEventStore alloc] init];
EKEvent *event = [EKEvent eventWithEventStore:eventStore];
event.title = #"testRecurrenceRule";
event.location = #"Dhaka";
[event setCalendar:[eventStore defaultCalendarForNewEvents]];
event.startDate = [self dateFromString:#"2013-06-18T21:00:00+06:00"];
event.endDate = [self dateFromString:#"2013-06-18T22:00:00+06:00"];
id recurrenceRule = [self recurrenceRuleForEvent];
if(recurrenceRule != nil)
[event addRecurrenceRule:recurrenceRule];
if ([eventStore respondsToSelector:#selector(requestAccessToEntityType:completion:)])
{
// iOS 6 and later
[eventStore requestAccessToEntityType:EKEntityTypeEvent completion:^(BOOL granted, NSError *error) {
if (granted)
{
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
[self saveTheEvent:event eventStore:eventStore];
//[eventStore saveEvent:event span:EKSpanThisEvent error:error];
});
}
else
{
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
//do nothing
});
}
}];
}
else
{
[self saveTheEvent:event eventStore:eventStore];
}
textView.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Event has been added with recurrence rule %#",recurrenceRule];
}
- (void)saveTheEvent:(EKEvent *)aEvent eventStore:(EKEventStore *)aStore
{
[aStore saveEvent:aEvent span:EKSpanThisEvent error:NULL];
}
- (EKRecurrenceRule *)recurrenceRuleForEvent
{
//just creating a recurrence rule for RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=6,7;BYDAY=1TH
// setting the values directly for testing purpose.
//FREQ=YEARLY
EKRecurrenceFrequency recurrenceFrequency = EKRecurrenceFrequencyYearly;
NSInteger recurrenceInterval = 1;
EKRecurrenceEnd *endRecurrence = nil;
NSMutableArray *monthsOfTheYearArray = [NSMutableArray array];
NSMutableArray *daysOfTheWeekArray = [NSMutableArray array];
NSMutableArray *daysOfTheMonthArray = [NSMutableArray array];
NSMutableArray *weeksOfTheYearArray = [NSMutableArray array];
NSMutableArray *daysOfTheYearArray = [NSMutableArray array];
NSMutableArray *setPositionsArray = [NSMutableArray array];
//BYMONTH=6,7
[monthsOfTheYearArray addObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:6]];
[monthsOfTheYearArray addObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:7]];
//BYDAY=1TH
[daysOfTheWeekArray addObject:[EKRecurrenceDayOfWeek dayOfWeek:5 weekNumber:1]];
endRecurrence = [EKRecurrenceEnd recurrenceEndWithEndDate:[self dateFromString:#"2018-12-15T22:30+06:00"]];
EKRecurrenceRule *recurrence = [[EKRecurrenceRule alloc] initRecurrenceWithFrequency:recurrenceFrequency
interval:recurrenceInterval
daysOfTheWeek:daysOfTheWeekArray
daysOfTheMonth:daysOfTheMonthArray
monthsOfTheYear:monthsOfTheYearArray
weeksOfTheYear:weeksOfTheYearArray
daysOfTheYear:daysOfTheYearArray
setPositions:setPositionsArray
end:endRecurrence];
return recurrence;
}
- (NSDate *)dateFromString:(NSString *)string
{
//check if the date string in null
if ([string length] == 0)
return nil;
NSString *dateString = nil;
NSString *modifiedString = nil;
BOOL secSpotMissing = false;
NSRange range = [string rangeOfCharacterFromSet:[NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:#"T"]];
if (range.location != NSNotFound)
{
dateString = [string substringFromIndex:range.location];
range = [dateString rangeOfCharacterFromSet:[NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:#"+-Z"]];
if (range.location != NSNotFound)
{
//seperate the time portion of date string and checking second field is missing or not. like is it HH:mm or HH:mm:ss?
if ([[[dateString substringToIndex:range.location] componentsSeparatedByString:#":"] count] < 3)
secSpotMissing = true;
//seperate the time zone portion and checking is there any extra ':' on it. It should like -0600 not -06:00. If it has that extra ':', just replacing it here.
dateString = [dateString substringFromIndex:range.location];
if([dateString hasSuffix:#"Z"])
modifiedString = [dateString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#"Z" withString:#"+0000"];
else
modifiedString = [dateString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:#":" withString:#""];
string = [string stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:dateString withString:modifiedString];
}
}
else
return nil;
// converting the date string according to it's format.
NSDateFormatter* dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
if (secSpotMissing)
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mmZZZ"];
else
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZZZ"];
return [dateFormatter dateFromString:string];
}
Can somebody please help me regarding this?
This seems a repeat of another question. Basically, according to "BYDAY" rule, the 1st for YEARLY frequency means the first week in the year - instead of 1st week each month.
#Shuvo, I did not read rfc. But here is Apple document EKRecurrenceDayOfWeek.
The EKRecurrenceDayOfWeek class represents a day of the week for use with an EKRecurrenceRule object. A day of the week can optionally have a week number, indicating a specific day in the recurrence rule’s frequency. For example, a day of the week with a day value of Tuesday and a week number of 2 would represent the second Tuesday of every month in a monthly recurrence rule, and the second Tuesday of every year in a yearly recurrence rule.
When you say "1st Thursday", that is correct - except in the context of yearly, it is 1st thursday of the year.
The bug was confirmed by Apple, at least until iOS 7.1.3 (which is the latest available version at this moment).

iOS: Tapku calendar library - allow selecting multiple dates for current month

I am using Tapku library for calendar implementation. I could see that there is a way to add Markers for predefined start and end date but I want to allow users to select/unselect any number of dates from current month only, and want to generate event for each action.
Moreover, I have switched off the month navigation functionality by returning nil for Left and Right arrow to display only current month but not able to remove events for few previous and next months Date tiles that gets displayed on current month. I can still select previous month's day 31st to navigate to previous month or select 1st on next month to navigate to next month. Can I restrict the date selection to only current month please?
Thanks.
The touches are handled in TKCalendarMonthView.m in the following method:
- (void) reactToTouch:(UITouch*)touch down:(BOOL)down
look at the block at row 563:
if(portion == 1)
{
selectedDay = day;
selectedPortion = portion;
[target performSelector:action withObject:[NSArray arrayWithObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:day]]];
}
else if(down)
{
// this is the important part for you.
// ignore it by adding a return here (or remove the following three lines)
return;
[target performSelector:action withObject:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:[NSNumber numberWithInt:day],[NSNumber numberWithInt:portion],nil]];
selectedDay = day;
selectedPortion = portion;
}
The selecting/deselecting perhaps doesn't work as you expect. It's not like setDateSelected and setDateDeselected.. instead there is a single UIImageView*, which represents the selected state. And that view is moved around to the current position. You can search for self.selectedImageView in the code to see, what is happening.
So its not that easy to introduce multiple-date-selection. The architecture isn't built for that.
In TKCalendarMonthView there is a method name
-(void) reactToTouch:(UITouch*)touch down:(BOOL)down
in that method comment this line
[target performSelector:action withObject:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:[NSNumber numberWithInt:day],[NSNumber numberWithInt:portion],nil]];
this wont allow you to change month.
You can store all selected date in an array and pass all the values in
- (NSArray*)calendarMonthView:(TKCalendarMonthView *)monthView marksFromDate:(NSDate *)startDate toDate:(NSDate *)lastDate
The above method is used to put tiles but if u want selection image then u can replace it with tile image
You can also try this code:
You can do this by first entering the dates in to an array. code for this is.
- (void)calendarMonthView:(TKCalendarMonthView *)monthView didSelectDate:(NSDate *)d {
NSLog(#"selected Date IS - %#",inDate);
[myArray addObject:d];
for (id entry in myArray)
{
if (inDate == nil && outDate == nil)
{
inDate = d;
outDate = d;
}
if ([d compare:inDate] == NSOrderedAscending)
{
inDate = d;
}
if ([d compare:outDate] == NSOrderedDescending)
{
outDate = d;
}
d = nil;
}
}
After this you have to use a button click action by which you can make the dates selected between these two dates. Code for it is:
- (IBAction)goBtn:(id)sender
{
NSLog(#"startDate is: %#",inDate);
NSLog(#"endDate is: %#",outDate);
[calendar reload];
inDate = nil;
outDate = nil;
}
}
Then in one delegate method you just have to make an array containing all the dates between these two dates. It will be called just after the button click. Code for it is:
- (NSArray*)calendarMonthView:(TKCalendarMonthView *)monthView marksFromDate:(NSDate *)startDate toDate:(NSDate *)lastDate {
//***********
NSMutableArray *tempData = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
NSDate *nextDate;
for ( nextDate = inDate ; [nextDate compare:outDate] < 0 ; nextDate = [nextDate addTimeInterval:24*60*60] ) {
// use date
NSLog(#"%#",nextDate);
[tempData addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",nextDate]];
}
[tempData addObject:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",outDate]];
//***********
NSMutableArray *marks = [NSMutableArray array];
NSCalendar *cal = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];
[cal setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT:0]];
NSDateComponents *comp = [cal components:(NSMonthCalendarUnit | NSMinuteCalendarUnit | NSYearCalendarUnit |
NSDayCalendarUnit | NSWeekdayCalendarUnit | NSHourCalendarUnit | NSSecondCalendarUnit)
fromDate:startDate];
NSDate *d = [cal dateFromComponents:comp];
NSDateComponents *offsetComponents = [[NSDateComponents alloc] init];
[offsetComponents setDay:1];
while (YES) {
if ([d compare:lastDate] == NSOrderedDescending) {
break;
}
if ([tempData containsObject:[d description]]) {
[marks addObject:[NSNumber numberWithBool:YES]];
} else {
[marks addObject:[NSNumber numberWithBool:NO]];
}
d = [cal dateByAddingComponents:offsetComponents toDate:d options:0];
}
return [NSArray arrayWithArray:marks];
}
I hope, this helped you. Please let me know if you face any problem.

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