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Nov 24
7:25 PM
Mark M.
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7:30 PM
Micalet
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Micalet
Hi Mark
7:35 PM
Mark M.
hello, Micalet!
how can I help you today?
Micalet
I hope so
I have a problem with the google calendar api v3
Mark M.
you're welcome to ask
but the odds of my being able to help you on that is very slim
as not only have I never used that API...
...but I have never used any Google API (outside of a few tied into the Play Services framework)
Micalet
the problem is that I'm not a professional java developer
and there are some things that I can't understand
can you help me with this?
I don't know how can I parse the new protocol
Mark M.
my first question is: why aren't you using a client library for this API?
7:40 PM
Mark M.
if you really want to use the REST API directly, you're welcome to do so, but you'll apparently need to use a JSON parser
Micalet
as I told you, I'm not a developer. When I was developing my app, I found a tutorial that match with my needs and I used it
Mark M.
um, well, that's cool and all, but then when you run into problems (v2 vs. v3 API), you would need to go back to however you found the tutorial and add "v3" to your search to try to find something else that you can grok
Micalet
well, I'll try with it
Mark M.
also bear in mind that Android itself exposes calendars that users have set up in the Calendar app
7:45 PM
Mark M.
that wouldn't help you parse a public feed, unless the user added it to their Calendar app, AFAIK, but it might be relevant depending upon the overarching app that you're trying to write
Micalet
the calendar I'm trying to get the events info is a public calendar
so that the calendar provider is not a good solution for me
Mark M.
then I'd go with the Calendar API client library I linked to earlier
there's even an Android-specific sample for it: http://samples.google-api-java-client.googlecod...
Micalet
I'll try to follow the sample to see if I find a solution to my problem
7:50 PM
Mark M.
if you have other questions, go right ahead -- it's a quiet chat room tonight
8:05 PM
Micalet
Not now thank you. I'm dealing whith the sample
8:30 PM
Mark M.
that's a wrap for today's chat
the chat transcript will be posted to http://commonsware.com/office-hours/ shortly
the next chat is tomorrow, 7:30pm US Eastern Time
have a pleasant day!
Micalet
good night
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