Android 2.3.3 Calendar API - Get Events

Question

I am trying to develop a simple application that polls events from a User's Calendar every X hours or minutes and turns the phone on vibrate or silent.

How can I access a list of future events?

I'm reading all over the place that there is no public Calendar API, if this is the case, how does the application "In-Meeting Manager" work? It does exactly what I want to do, and it runs on my Android 2.3.6 device.

I'm not sure where to get started in retrieving those events.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Similar question here and tutorial here. Pre-ICS the calendar API isn't public but that doesn't mean that you can't use it, just that you shouldn't.