Add location to EKEvent IOS Calendar

8
votes

How to add the location not just NSString but with latitude and longitude ,so it shows a map too in the Calendar?

<EKCalendarItem>

https://developer.apple.com/LIBRARY/ios/documentation/EventKit/Reference/EKCalendarItemClassRef/index.html#//apple_ref/occ/instp/EKCalendarItem/location

@property(nonatomic, copy) NSString *location;

Code : 

 EKEventStore *store = [[EKEventStore alloc] init];
[store requestAccessToEntityType:EKEntityTypeEvent completion:^(BOOL granted, NSError *error) {
    if (!granted) { return; }
    EKEvent *event = [EKEvent eventWithEventStore:store];
    event.title = @"Event Title";
    event.startDate = [NSDate date]; //today
    event.endDate = [event.startDate dateByAddingTimeInterval:60*60];  //set 1 hour meeting
    event.notes=@"Note";
    event.location=@"Eiffel Tower,Paris"; //how do i add Lat & long / CLLocation?
    event.URL=[NSURL  URLWithString:shareUrl];
    [event setCalendar:[store defaultCalendarForNewEvents]];
    NSError *err = nil;
    [store saveEvent:event span:EKSpanThisEvent commit:YES error:&err];
    NSString *savedEventId = event.eventIdentifier;  //this is so you can access this event later
}];

Example

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Try doing what given in the ans stackoverflow.com/questions/16647996/… – Revinder
Found a solution for this yet? Im on the same boat – jsetting32
@jsetting32 Still no solution , i think its not possible maybe :P – Metalhead1247
Well I'm thinking that since you just type in a location when you create an event in apples calendar app, the location field is just a string. Nothing more. – jsetting32
@jsetting32 yes i think there might be some format for that string which the Calendar App uses, we need to create a string with same format with lat,long and the Place name while creating an event programmatically – Metalhead1247

3 Answers

15
votes

The property structuredLocation is available on iOS 9, though EKEvent documentation doesn't mention it (Update: it's finally here) , but structuredLocation does exist in EKEvent public header file, and you can check it inside Xcode. No need to use KVC to set it after iOS 9.

Swift version as follows:

let location = CLLocation(latitude: 25.0340, longitude: 121.5645)
let structuredLocation = EKStructuredLocation(title: placeName)  // same title with ekEvent.location
structuredLocation.geoLocation = location
ekEvent.structuredLocation = structuredLocation
6
votes

It's pretty bizarre that there is no documentation for this, but this is how you add a geoLocation to a calendar event.

EKStructuredLocation* structuredLocation = [EKStructuredLocation locationWithTitle:@"Location"]; // locationWithTitle has the same behavior as event.location
CLLocation* location = [[CLLocation alloc] initWithLatitude:0.0 longitude:0.0];
structuredLocation.geoLocation = location;

[event setValue:structuredLocation forKey:@"structuredLocation"];
0
votes

You might be able to use setValue:ForKey: on the EKEvent after creating a EKStructuredLocation, the key is 'structuredLocation'