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iCal - Beginner Tutorial and Docs?


I am working with an existing ical file at work. I'm not sure who is creating it, and I would like to become more familiar with ical before I contact them - so I can have an intelligent conversation.

Can someone point me to a good beginner tutorial for iCal?

Most of what I've found so far has been very vague, and assumes too much user knowledge. I need something that covers the basics (tags/parameters, setup, publishing, etc), but also explains things like synching iPhone, Android, and Blackberry with calendar updates on the server.


Solution

  • The Wikipedia page on iCalendar includes an overview of the history and basics of the format.

    RFC 5545 defines the detail of the format.

    Here's a Java library that may help which has Android support