Working with other Calendar apps

[ridmaur]

Fantastic app. Already a fan. Would really be great if it could open other calendar apps by default, e.g. Fantastical 2. Is this possible?

[mekentosj]

On mac it already works, simply change the default calendar app in the Calendar app preferences and Agenda should pick this up. On iOS it’s more complicated, see

Calendar link to open Fantastical, or other app

No because we can’t ask the system what your default application is. In theory we could ask the system whether an app is present that handles the fantastical2:// url and then call it, but I’m hesitant to do so as a) the user might have fantastical installed but is not really using it and prefers the calendar app or b) there might be other apps on the system that support this url scheme without being Fantastical itself.

[SM7]

@mekentosj

On mac it already works, simply change the default calendar app in the Calendar app preferences and Agenda should pick this up. On iOS it’s more complicated, see

I use Pocket Informant which is set as the default app in the Apple Calendar app. Agenda will only open the Apple Calendar…

[mekentosj]

We do need to explicitly support the various calendar alternatives, we’ll have a look if we can add Pocket Informant to that list.
Best wishes,
Alex

[SM7]

That works for me! Thank you!

I’m guessing it’s easier to implement on iOS than on Mac based solely on the fact that AirMail has integration with Informant (and several other apps) on iOS but not Mac? Is this a correct assumption?

[mekentosj]

It really all depends on whether they have some URL scheme to support opening the app at a certain date or event.