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6 years after being reported, Android still doesn't support downloading .ics files. https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1257 https://code.google
by edent 12y ago
6 years after being reported, Android still doesn't support downloading .ics files.
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1257 https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1257
Makes it impossible to add events from websites.
It's very frustrating that there doesn't seem to be anyone at Google who looks at bugs. It's all about creating "cool" experiences without the tedious work of fixing bugs.
- runn1ng 12y agoThat seems like a feature request, not a bug, to me.
- hayksaakian 12y agoIf you can download everything else normally without an error, but downloading a file with .ics crashes then its a bug. If you want special functionality associated with .ics files as you download them then that's a feature. Which is this?
- fpgeek 12y agoUm, as the comment thread in the bug demonstrates, it isn't that simple. Android does support downloading .ics files, you just need to install a third-party app to handle the calendar integration. Is that ideal? Of course not. But it is bog-standard prioritization to close issues that have easy workarounds in favor of issues that don't (and that's before you get to the possible patent complications someone mentions late in the thread). More generally, I'd argue that this is a missing feature in the proprietary Google Calendar app, and not an OS issue at all.