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I wonder if the reason why they are asking for AppleID and password is because that's the only way they found to overcome the iCloud integration problem describ
by msantos 13y ago
I wonder if the reason why they are asking for AppleID and password is because that's the only way they found to overcome the iCloud integration problem described back in April/2013
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Why doesn’t Sunrise support iCloud/Exchange yet?
Every other calendar app seems to do it, what’s taking Sunrise so long?
To explain let’s breakdown a calendar app into two parts, the presentation layer and the storage layer. In the stock iOS Calendar app, Calendar is the presentation layer and EventKit is the storage layer, both developed by Apple. Other calendar apps in the App Store also follow this two layer design but only redevelop the presentation layer while continuing to use Apple’s EventKit storage layer. In other words, these apps quite literally take your data and dress it up in a different color. What we do at Sunrise is redevelop both the presentation layer and the storage layer.
You guys are crazy, why bother reinventing EventKit?
The storage layer is responsible for keeping your data in a structured format. If we were to use Apple’s EventKit storage layer, we would have no control over what can be stored and how to store it.
Okay, so what’s wrong with not having control over the storage layer?
The storage layer needs to be revolutionized. Why can’t my calendar store anything besides text? What if I wanted to attach a picture to an event? Better yet, why not a video? What about other rich media that I would want to be included?
Herein lies the problem, the current storage layer isn’t capable of storing anything other than basic data. Not only that, it only stores certain kinds of basic data: titles, descriptions, dates, etc. We want to break these barriers and let you store anything!
Revolutionary features are coming to your calendar. We’re working as fast as we can.
- coob 13y agoThe only stated way they're going to 'revolutionise' calendar storage is by adding rich media? You can hack on EventKit for that - just used the notes or URL properties on EKCalendarItem. Sorry, they're not getting my credentials.
- jaegerpicker 13y agoYeah, I'm not sure what exactly that is trying to justify but off the top of my head I can think of about 1/2 dozen different ways to tie rich media to the calendar entry. iCloud and EventKit have their issues but this just seems way wonky to me.
- kuschku 13y agoAnd even without hacking EventKit you could just base64 the media and add it as description.
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