Google calendar widget

[sboulema]

Hello everyone!

I have just finished my Google calendar widget! It will show you the upcoming events in your google calendar.

The first time you will have to enter your gmail address and the private calendar string found by going to calendar.google.com -> Settings -> Calendar settings -> Calendars -> <your calendar> -> Private Address: XML
Dont worry you only have to enter it once

Let me know if you find any bugs or have any improvements!

Greetings
Sboulema

[Bonsitm]

What format does the private address have to be in?
1. The full URL
2. just the string after 'private-' or
3. 2. but with '/basic' after?

I'm getting calendar unavailable at the moment...

[sboulema]

it prefills the private- part so just add the rest, without the /basic part. If you get a calendar unavailable message, try opening the browser and go to calendar.google.com, login and then refresh the widget.

[sboulema]

Version 1.1:

- Better xml parsing of events
- Better options screen, with some more info on what you need to do to get the widget running

Looking into a proper Google Data API login but havent succeeded yet...

[Bonsitm]

Version 1.1:

- Better xml parsing of events
- Better options screen, with some more info on what you need to do to get the widget running

Looking into a proper Google Data API login but havent succeeded yet...

I'll give it a try!

EDIT: It works!, well, the events are there, but I'm not sure how they are supposed to be organised, because it is organised oddly. First event (that is in the past week' is under '0. Jun'

Then a mix of two event this week and one from January and one from two years ago under '01. Jun'

Then two from week after next and two from last year are under '02. Jun'

[sboulema]

Version 1.1:

- Better xml parsing of events
- Better options screen, with some more info on what you need to do to get the widget running

Looking into a proper Google Data API login but havent succeeded yet...

I'll give it a try!

EDIT: It works!, well, the events are there, but I'm not sure how they are supposed to be organised, because it is organised oddly. First event (that is in the past week' is under '0. Jun'

Then a mix of two event this week and one from January and one from two years ago under '01. Jun'

Then two from week after next and two from last year are under '02. Jun'

Can you send me your xml file so i can look at it... and can you send me a screenshot of your General calendar settings. Mostly the part: date format, time format and country. I think the bad sorting is because we use different settings which i did not take into account.

[designoo]

Version 1.1:

- Better xml parsing of events
- Better options screen, with some more info on what you need to do to get the widget running

Looking into a proper Google Data API login but havent succeeded yet...

Thanks for your work! But there is some main issue: The widget displays also appointments from the past, so the current appointments (like for today) dont even appear. So there must be a way to define from which date on the appointments are displayed. For example from today and tomorrow only. That would be enough and really nice.

Greetings

[sboulema]

Version 1.2:

- Better XML feed
   Should load a bit faster
   Better event handling, no more old events or weird sorting
- Cleaner code

Thanks for testing the widget!

[sollie]

I can't get it to work..
if you have my private address,

http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/jeroensollie91%40gmail.com/private-2347238947sfsdf73212ffg/basic

do I only need to enter the thick letters and numbers?

(I have changed the numbers and letters;))

[sboulema]

I can't get it to work..
if you have my private address,

http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/jeroensollie91%40gmail.com/private-2347238947sfsdf73212ffg/basic

do I only need to enter the thick letters and numbers?

(I have changed the numbers and letters;))

Yes, only enter the numbers and letters. The private- is already filled in, so when done entering the settings box should be private-2347238947sfsdf73212ffg

[sollie]

ah, great!

it looks very nice..
is there also a way to sync my calendar to google calendar from my phone?
through the Sync. menu? because I already have an other account in exchange..

[Kybou]

Any pictures of the widget in action?

[designoo]

Version 1.2:

- Better XML feed
   Should load a bit faster
   Better event handling, no more old events or weird sorting
- Cleaner code

Thanks for testing the widget!

First of all: Very nice work again! Works much better now! Thanks.

But only one small issue: When an entry is longer than the background width the line isnt broken. So there should be a line brak (see pics).

Also the Settings/Refresh/Calendar  Icons should be placed at the bottom to make maximum space fot appointments at the top.

Other than that i am perfectly satisfied with this brilliant widget  :thumbs:

Keep it up!

[sollie]

anybody knows how to sync google calendar to your phone?
trough the sync menu?

the widget is great!
I never used my google calendar, but I will now!

[sboulema]

anybody knows how to sync google calendar to your phone?
trough the sync menu?

the widget is great!
I never used my google calendar, but I will now!

The Sync menu option uses the SyncML protocol. This only allows to sync your google contacts, not the calendar. You can try some java apps to manually sync your calendar (but i haven't had any luck with them).

http://www.gcalsync.com/

Google calendar sync