iOS EventKit - Access My App From Calendar

Question

I have read the Calendars and Reminders Programming Guide, as well as the EventKit and related framework references, however have been unable to find the answer to my question - unless of course the answer is "it is not possible".

My question is this: If I allow users of my app to create calendar events from within the app, is it possible for the user to be sent to my app after tapping on the event (within the calendar app)?

Answer 1

While you can't have the Calendar App redirect to your App when the user opens the Event. However, you can probably drop a link in the description of the event, and clicking on that link will open your app using Custom URL Schemes.

Here's a link to the reference documentation on creating Custom URL Schemes.

Answer 2

Sadly not. This is a typical example of application sandbagging. You can send stuff out when Apple provides a framework to do so but you can't go the other way. This is by the way one of the core difference between iOS and Android.