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This answers a question that's been bugging me: Why TF can I not find a Calendar app on the Play Store that does not depend on Google Calendar? I used to have o

This answers a question that's been bugging me: Why TF can I not find a Calendar app on the Play Store that does not depend on Google Calendar? I used to have one 5 years ago that was completely separate, but now I'm apparently not allowed to have a calendar app that does not send all my calendar info to Google. So now I have this very nice Android phone that does not have a Calendar app because Google won't allow such a thing to exist unless they get to see my appointments. Guess I'll have to write some kind of web app calendar thing if I want a freaking calendar on my phone.

josephcsible 3y ago
Doesn't LineageOS come with such an app? Even if you don't want to use LineageOS, you might be able to just extract that .apk from it and use it on stock Android.
dugite-code 3y ago
All the simple tools apps are good and the calendar is quite nice these days. You can sync with google calendar with it but it can be local only if you like. I sync to my Nextcloud server with Davx5 https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=9070296388022589266 https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=907029638802258926... Also helps they are open source and can be installed via F-droid if needed
saratogacx 3y ago
I know it is just trading one mega-corp for another but the Outlook app doesn't use Google calendar. I don't think the Samsung calendar uses google either unless you hook it up to gmail, I had mine against an exchange server.
- dreamcompiler 3y ago
  That explains it. My previous phone was a Samsung and it came with an app called "Calendar" that's not present on my current [non-Samsung] phone. Wonder if I could copy it over with ADB? Guessing it wouldn't work on a non-Samsung phone though.
yaky 3y ago
On F-Droid, there is Etar, a calendar app, and Offline Calendar, which is pretty much a script that creates local calendars not tied to Google or any other service. Worked pretty well for me a few years ago on LineageOS+microG. Etar: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/ws.xsoh.etar/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/ws.xsoh.etar/ Offline Calendar: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.sufficientlysecure.localcalendar/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.sufficientlysecure.local...

josephcsible 3y ago

Doesn't LineageOS come with such an app? Even if you don't want to use LineageOS, you might be able to just extract that .apk from it and use it on stock Android.

dugite-code 3y ago

All the simple tools apps are good and the calendar is quite nice these days. You can sync with google calendar with it but it can be local only if you like. I sync to my Nextcloud server with Davx5 https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=9070296388022589266 https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=907029638802258926... Also helps they are open source and can be installed via F-droid if needed

saratogacx 3y ago

I know it is just trading one mega-corp for another but the Outlook app doesn't use Google calendar. I don't think the Samsung calendar uses google either unless you hook it up to gmail, I had mine against an exchange server.

dreamcompiler 3y ago
That explains it. My previous phone was a Samsung and it came with an app called "Calendar" that's not present on my current [non-Samsung] phone. Wonder if I could copy it over with ADB? Guessing it wouldn't work on a non-Samsung phone though.

yaky 3y ago

On F-Droid, there is Etar, a calendar app, and Offline Calendar, which is pretty much a script that creates local calendars not tied to Google or any other service. Worked pretty well for me a few years ago on LineageOS+microG. Etar: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/ws.xsoh.etar/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/ws.xsoh.etar/ Offline Calendar: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.sufficientlysecure.localcalendar/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.sufficientlysecure.local...