Accepting Calendar Invites in ICS

[Khaz]

Hopefully it's just that I'm not looking in the right place and someone can point it out. On the Nexus I can't figure out where I go to accept/decline calendar invites. I'm coming from an iPhone where it was very nicely integrated into the calendar app. What am I missing here?

 

[ronx162]

Hopefully it's just that I'm not looking in the right place and someone can point it out. On the Nexus I can't figure out where I go to accept/decline calendar invites. I'm coming from an iPhone where it was very nicely integrated into the calendar app. What am I missing here?

yeah, i'm having the same problem. in pre-ICS versions of android, you could click "Yes" in the email and it would add the event to your calendar. First, make sure you have your calendar notifications set up correctly -- go to your google calendar from your computer, go to calendar settings, click the Calendars tab, and click the notifications link next to your main calendar. Make sure you have it set to send you an email for all the events (except daily agenda, optional). Actually, as I was typing this, I did some experimenting and figured some stuff out:

If the meeting organizer has shared their calendar with you, AND you have a check next to their calendar in your phone's calendars to sync, then clicking "Yes" in the invitation email will open *their* version of the event in Calendar, and you don't have the options to accept the meeting and add it to your calendar. I guess google figured that if you're syncing their calendar, you don't need to duplicate it in your own calendar. You do still have the option here to add a reminder so you will be notified when their event takes place. But that still doesn't let them know whether you accepted or not.

I found a workaround for this problem. Go back into your Calendar Settings on the web site from your computer. On the general tab, scroll down and look for "Automatically add invitations to my calendar:". Select either of the "yes" options. I selected "Yes, but don't send event reminders unless I have responded "Yes" or "Maybe"". Save your settings and then refresh your calendar on your phone. Now, when you get invited to a meeting/event, open your Calendar on your phone and navigate to the event date. You should see an empty box with just an outline (instead of the regular color-filled box). This is an unaccepted event. If you click on this event, you should have the options to set your attendance status.

The other "solution" is to uncheck that person's calendar in your phone's calendars to sync. If you do that, you will be able to click "Yes" from the invite email like normal.

I'm gonna look around to see if anyone has reported this issue to google. I definitely think you should be able to easily accept an invitation from someone that you also sync calendars with. Definitely seems like an oversight. Hope this helps.

 

[Brooke]

How about Outlook events? The email I get on the phone won't allow me to Accept. I have to go to my PC to read the email and click Accept. Would like to do that from my GNex.

 

[trmoney24]

are you trying to accept calendar invites from gmail or using the email app?

 

[taxableman]

yeah, i'm having the same problem. in pre-ICS versions of android, you could click "Yes" in the email and it would add the event to your calendar. First, make sure you have your calendar notifications set up correctly -- go to your google calendar from your computer, go to calendar settings, click the Calendars tab, and click the notifications link next to your main calendar. Make sure you have it set to send you an email for all the events (except daily agenda, optional). Actually, as I was typing this, I did some experimenting and figured some stuff out:

If the meeting organizer has shared their calendar with you, AND you have a check next to their calendar in your phone's calendars to sync, then clicking "Yes" in the invitation email will open *their* version of the event in Calendar, and you don't have the options to accept the meeting and add it to your calendar. I guess google figured that if you're syncing their calendar, you don't need to duplicate it in your own calendar. You do still have the option here to add a reminder so you will be notified when their event takes place. But that still doesn't let them know whether you accepted or not.

I found a workaround for this problem. Go back into your Calendar Settings on the web site from your computer. On the general tab, scroll down and look for "Automatically add invitations to my calendar:". Select either of the "yes" options. I selected "Yes, but don't send event reminders unless I have responded "Yes" or "Maybe"". Save your settings and then refresh your calendar on your phone. Now, when you get invited to a meeting/event, open your Calendar on your phone and navigate to the event date. You should see an empty box with just an outline (instead of the regular color-filled box). This is an unaccepted event. If you click on this event, you should have the options to set your attendance status.

The other "solution" is to uncheck that person's calendar in your phone's calendars to sync. If you do that, you will be able to click "Yes" from the invite email like normal.

I'm gonna look around to see if anyone has reported this issue to google. I definitely think you should be able to easily accept an invitation from someone that you also sync calendars with. Definitely seems like an oversight. Hope this helps.

Thank you so much for digging further into this issue! I've noticed the same problem. A user should be able to accept invitations from other users with whom he/she syncs calendars. In fact, this is exactly how invitations work using gmail with any desktop web browser right now. Sounds like Google needs to tidy this up a bit for the ICS apps.

In the pre-ICS days with my Motorloa Droid, you could accept the invitation from gmail, but it opened the web browser to complete the action. A bit dodgy, but at least it worked.

 

[yoen]

There are some applications that solved the problem. I found 'ics 2 android' as very helpful. It can be downloaded from the market:
https://forums.androidcentral.com/e.../details?id=com.pdac.icsparser&token=NrLnp5Zx

 

[samfromlv]

To accept invite right from Gmail Android app you can use Invitation Plugin application. It allows to click on the ics attachment and open event details in calendar.

Check it out:
https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...com.cleansoft.invitationplugin&token=5dq653Y0