react native - Expo-Calendar Permissions

Question

I am trying to use Expo-calendar in my project.

I want to use the Calendar.createEventAsync(calendarId, details) which is working fine when it has both Calendar and Reminder permission.

However, my concern is about the Reminder-permission.

I use Calendar.getDefaultCalendarAsync() for getting the default calendar-id and then I use Calendar.createEventAsync() method to just create an event in Calendar.

I don't want to use Reminder, why do I need reminder permission(for ios)? Is there any way that I can just ask for Calendar permission for creating an event?

This is the documentation in Expo: Expo Calendar

Answer 1

The solution is to use:

 return await Calendar.getCalendarsAsync(Calendar.EntityTypes.EVENT);
}```

and then trying to create an Event:

async function createEvent() {
 try {
   const defaultCalendar = await Calendar.getDefaultCalendarAsync();

   await Calendar.createEventAsync(defaultCalendar.id, {
     title: 'TEST',
     startDate: new Date('2021-01-25'),
     endDate: new Date('2021-01-26'),
   });

   console.log('Event was created.');
 } catch (e) {
   console.log(e.message);
 }
}