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Replacement ('backend') calendar app with advanced features?

I'm currently using Pure Calendar widget with the HTC Sense Calendar to create entries, etc.
But, the Sense calendar is so basic it is unbelievable! I've tried searching all the calendar apps but most seem to focus on the 'front end'/widget aspect of things. I'm not even able to put a 'priority/importance status'!
Can anyone please recommend a decent replace app? Something akin to Pocket Informant or Agenda Fusion on the WinMo platform.
EDIT: I see Pocket Informant may be releasing for Android in the near future.

Yeah, I'd love to see a fully featured calendar app as well. I'm currently using CalendarPad on my X10, as it has a better interface than the stock SE calendar. However, it uses the stock event entry interface, which could definitely use some enhancements.
Biggest thing of interest for me would be for it to have an auto-entry list for the fields, so I'm not manually typing something like "Mom & Dad's" every time I have an event at their place. On my old iPAQ (running WinMo 6.1) I had a calendar app (SBSH Calendar, iirc) where I could build a list of commonly used locations, events, etc, and then pull from that when entering a new event.

@sh500
You can try Jorte. It at least as the important/non-important status for an event.
@saltorio
When making a new event in Jorte, you can choose existing event names to use or modify. Same goes for the location field. It's also ridiculously customizable (you can color code based on day of week or type of event or both) so I'm sure you can get the interface the way you want.
Check it out http://www.jorte.net/english/jorte.html

I recommend Jorte too. It is the best calendar application I have ever tried. When you customize the look it looks just incredible too .

c00ller said:
@sh500
You can try Jorte. It at least as the important/non-important status for an event.
@saltorio
When making a new event in Jorte, you can choose existing event names to use or modify. Same goes for the location field. It's also ridiculously customizable (you can color code based on day of week or type of event or both) so I'm sure you can get the interface the way you want.
Check it out http://www.jorte.net/english/jorte.html
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Thanks for the suggestion. I've installed the app and played around with it a bit. A few things noted:
- Doesn't integrated with Pure Calendar Widget (?).
- The widgets are not customisble (colour, etc).
- A very basic Task application. I currently use Astrid for this and it works well.
- Integration with existing calendar other than Google is very limited (important when it comes to sync'ing).
Definitely better than the HTC Sense Calendar in terms of interface and certain features.
I guess, just like anything else, when you're used to using something that almost does everything (Pocket Informant) any else will just not do

Thanks for the tip on Jorte. Wish it had a more interesting widget layout but other than that it looks to be what I can live with. Smooth Calendars 3 even outlook was bad considering I hold baseball games on my calendar.

Widgets in Jorte are totally customizable... infinite possibilities of recolouring. To get into settings you must choose a scheme first, then you can edit it. It is a kind of minigame first but you will quickly get it right.
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gobak said:
Widgets in Jorte are totally customizable... infinite possibilities of recolouring. To get into settings you must choose a scheme first, then you can edit it. It is a kind of minigame first but you will quickly get it right.
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I think I found what you're talking about: choose a style, then customize. But the only things I saw adjustable for the widget were 2 things, one of which was the widget border color. I just want to enlarge the text on the widget! IMO it's way too small.

I have three issues with Jorte as a replacement for google calendar.
The text in the widgets needs to be adjustable.
If you copy your existing calendar(s) from google you can not edit the events
It does not import ics files

Yep, agreed with many of the issues raised. We need the best bits from all existing apps rolled into one and then just a few features thrown in for good measure.
Many argue that the Android is not a 'business phone' (hence the basic functionality) and also not have features such as proxy settings. I totally disagree with that reason, many 'business' functions seem quite simple to implement and the OS is more than capable. Oh sync'ing is another one where WM wins (!)

I need a better calendar app too. My needs are better notification options. Ability to change length of snooze for an eventis one feature I need.. and to be able to snooze specific notifications while being able to dismiss others..
Needs to be more blackberry like.

Claystone 1.0 Release (no more beta) New Android home screen replacement and launcher

** Claystone Launcher- A quick update and we just launched our first theme pack **
- A lot has been happened over the last month with Claystone Launcher
- We have now had over 14,000 downloads combined from the following App Stores:
Android Market
Android Freeware Market
Handango / Appia
SlideMe
MobiHand
GetJar
Handster
Aproov
** Themes **
- We just launched our first theme called BlueBerry and added skinning to the features
- We designed and launched a solid business user theme with a clear, crisp interface and colour scheme
- Our goal is to release many themes over the next few months (catching up wit the other launchers)
- Search Android Market fore the keyword "claystone" to install and see all the latest.
** New Features ***
- Besides themes we added sharing functionality and more customization and preferences (a big request from our users)
- Performance and memory management was tweaked and enhanced over a challenging 5 week period of intensive testing, retesting, and responding to user feedback and suggestions
- Launching a new home screen replacement has really been challenging because there are so many solid options already available
- Claystone works on more devices and adjust performance settings to match the hardware capabilities
- Performance can also be adjusted through Preferences if you want to tinker with speed and performance
** We Debuted Claystone on XDA Forums and your feedback is welcomed **
- We welcome your comments, feedback, suggestions and requests for additional Claystone themes.
- Inside the App you can conveniently "Share Claystone" item on the options menu to share Claystone with your friends.
- You can also conveniently rate Claystone and send the Claystone Team a feedback email from Claystone preferences
*** Thanks ***
- I thought I would take some time to reconnect with the XDA forum community and say thank you for all your support and feedback over the last two months.
- I have uploaded some of the latest screen shots and the current APK if you would like to see all the latest changes.
### Minimum Requirements
- Android smart phone or tablet
- Android 2.1 and higher
- OpenGL 1.1 and higher
- Normal screen size or higher
- Medium screen density (160 mdpi) or higher
Claystone Is Now Available in the following App Stores:
- Android Market
- Amazon Android App Store (soon)
- Android Freeware Market
- SlideMe App Store
- Handango App Store (Appia)
- GetJAR App Store
- Search for the keyword "Claystone" to install Claystone from Android Market
- To get the latest version use Android Market updates

Sound amazing and would live to help you test it, but where's the link?
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Sounds sweet
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Initial impression is that its very confussing and difficult to use... it took me a while to work out what I was looking at. Don't get the widget folder as it negates what a widget is. I do like the potential concept, but this really needs a lot more thought into user experience.
To start with look at changing the folder controls to make them easier to select.
This is a very original approach and I'll going to watch this one with interest...
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Often only shows black screen on HTC legend.
The dock icons are too big and there is hardly any customization possible.
But it is a really interesting idea and different from other launcher. I'll stay tuned.
Sent from my HTC Legend

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pantera70 said:
Initial impression is that its very confussing and difficult to use... it took me a while to work out what I was looking at. Don't get the widget folder as it negates what a widget is. I do like the potential concept, but this really needs a lot more thought into user experience.
To start with look at changing the folder controls to make them easier to select.
This is a very original approach and I'll going to watch this one with interest...
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We would really appreciate any more detail you can provide about Widgets. We are tweaking the UI throughout the beta program and any additional ideas or recommendations would be really helpful.
Kevin

Can someone post screen shots?
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claystoneinc said:
We would really appreciate any more detail you can provide about Widgets. We are tweaking the UI throughout the beta program and any additional ideas or recommendations would be really helpful.
Kevin
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Unless I'm missing something the only place to add widgets is in the folder at the top of the screen. This limited the use of widgets... for example if I add a 2x2 clock thats all I can see and use unless I expand the folder. This is compounded by the difficulty in using the folder controls. Widgets are supposed to provide quick and easy access and viewing of apps and info you use most, currently this is lost in Claystone... If you could make widget use a little more traditional it would go a long way...
Like I said previously though the whole user experience would be vastly improved if you added larger controls to the folders making it quick and easy to expand/close etc.
Like ms_green says the dock is a little large and it makes the screen feel a little cramped.

A very short review, sorry for being blunt:
* On my Droid Incredible: great, now applications are even smaller/hard to read. UI is not very responsive. Toolbar buttons are too small but making them any bigger would mean even less real estate.
* Tablet: Ooooh now you're talking! The layout makes much more sense, especially in landscape mode. This is actually getting closer to WebOs' take on multitasked UI.
I think this app has a great future on tablets.

Ima dl right now
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Can someone post screenshots? Thanks

This is great!!! VERY GOOD!!! the concept is amazing
things u might want to improve:
The loading speed of panels are slow. Even opening the appdrawer takes no less than 3 seconds, not to mention browser etc
When u scroll vertically but a bit sideways on a panel it just pops u into another panel, very excruciating
Panels. seriously, all u can have is a home panel and a widget panel? i want to make my own (not just folders) for example media, games etc
"items" u can add. to be honest all there is is file explorer, browser and youtube (not to mention the youtube one really sucks). U need more of these "items", but i understand this is a beta
lol no offense

I could see this possibly having potential on a bigger screen, like a tablet maybe. But as it stands things feel too cramped on my 3.7 inch screen. Also things are a bit slow atm.

It's an interesting concept, but implemented in a moderately confusing fashion. The widget box resizes widgets oddly, making things look bulky, etc.
Great idea, though.

Opening the inbuilt contacts force closes the app for me.
But apart from that, a brilliant concept! I can't wait for new additions! Great job

Misleadingg said:
This is great!!! VERY GOOD!!! the concept is amazing
things u might want to improve:
The loading speed of panels are slow. Even opening the appdrawer takes no less than 3 seconds, not to mention browser etc
When u scroll vertically but a bit sideways on a panel it just pops u into another panel, very excruciating
Panels. seriously, all u can have is a home panel and a widget panel? i want to make my own (not just folders) for example media, games etc
"items" u can add. to be honest all there is is file explorer, browser and youtube (not to mention the youtube one really sucks). U need more of these "items", but i understand this is a beta
lol no offense
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Thanks for the great feedback!
You can create more panels ("folders") as well, you can copy and paste any item in any panel. In our next drop we are going to make it simple by adding applications to the "create" menu.

Meltus said:
Opening the inbuilt contacts force closes the app for me.
But apart from that, a brilliant concept! I can't wait for new additions! Great job
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Do you mind telling us what phone/version you are using? We'll look into it. Thanks.

downloaded and will try it out on my Viewsonic G Tablet when I get home tonight

I'm a visual person. Anyone got screenshots?

Nothing to see here...

[App][2.1+][26.08.2011 Version 0.94] Bristen Calculator - simple good looking calc

Bristen Calculator
This is a calculator that tries to replace stock android calculator.
Its look and function aims to be simple yet fully effective. Current look is modeled after HTC_ime keyboard
Features
Percent calculation
History panel - display list and restore values
Vibrating keys
Prevent sleep feature - keeps display awake
Display font is resized automatically to display long equations
Custom calculator styles (display color and background)
Set to system wallpaper option
Features planned:
currency conversion
easy percent calculation
history saving&sharing
Let me know - what do you like, what do you dislike, what you see this app needs
market link:
https://market.android.com/details?id=pl.bristen.calculator
UPDATE - version 0.94
clear history button
bugfix: added support for qHD and FWVGA devices ((HTC Sensation, Motorola Photon, SE X10 etc)
improved layout for every device
Screenshots (updated to 0.94):
(last screenshot is for Android 3.0+ with system wallpaper set)

looks great, downloading now!
EDIT:
I uninstalled the stock calculator forever ago in favor of RealCalc, because of the crippled functionality of the stock calculator. My first thought when i saw this app was "hey! i can finally replace realcalc with something less ugly!" bat, sadly, i'm keeping realcalc.
you have an awesome app here, devein, but for it to replace realcalc for me, you'll need to add exponent and root (eg, square and cube roots, not android roots ) functions.
That being said, it IS a wonderful app, and i know a lot of people will love it.

just installed. looks great!
would it be possible to create a version for higher resolution screens in the future? (e.g. 960×540)

mcquill said:
just installed. looks great!
would it be possible to create a version for higher resolution screens in the future? (e.g. 960×540)
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it's done in version 0.94

good application
thanks

I am using this calculator but i have to use other calculator when i have to x²

mr.mydoom said:
I am using this calculator but i have to use other calculator when i have to x²
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I'm sorry. The next version most probably wouldnt have that. It will have real time currency translation instead.
I hope that you wont stop using it and please send and error reports!

I am and will definitely use this calculator. Waiting for next upade with real time currency converter.
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This looks like a great calculator, but the market says it's not compatible with the Nexus 7?

[APP] Penocle 1.5.2 - notepad/planner/organizer for Galaxy Note devices

If you want to use Galaxy Note and its S Pen to make notes, keep thoughts, plan and manage your tasks, events, and whatever else, including complex recurring activities, in a simple and organized way - you can take a look at Penocle.
It is being actively developed, so your comments and feauture/UX suggestions are highly appreciated!
Features:
+ Simple and clean interface, pastel palette and custom note colors.
+ Pressure-sensitive handwriting, as less typing as possible, set up time in two clicks.
+ Notepad mode: organized storage of notes; reminders, sorting, and filtering are available.
+ Planner mode: notes, events, activities, tasks - everything is on the calendar.
+ Quick and simple handwritten and text notes.
+ Single and *recurring activities with multiple options.
+ Planning flexibility: activities with or without specific time or date, drag-and-drop ordering within a day.
+ Notes, tasks, single activities, recurring activities can be easily transformed into each other.
+ Rich notification/reminder options (any time, postponement, status bar or pop-up notifications, different sounds).
+ Calendar with month, week (multiple layouts), and day views.
+ *Search with multiple filters for calendar and undated notes.
+ *Calendar month widget and widget for upcoming events and notes.
+ *Backup and restore using Google Drive.
* - Available in full version only.
You can download the free trial version of Penocle on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zmiterfreeman.penocletrial
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Will give a shot. .. Thank you for posting.

bought and installed it.Looks good so far and is easy to use, but I´m missing a (Google)Calender sync to have all my old notes back.
Things like birthdays and so on(Sorry for my english). Also option to mark weekend and feast days would be nice.
And why did I have to set a concrete year when I set "every year"
Hope you continue your developement, this could be a great, very helpfull app.
Thank you very much so far
...........................................cheers:laugh:

raehs99 said:
bought and installed it.Looks good so far and is easy to use, but I´m missing a (Google)Calender sync to have all my old notes back.
Things like birthdays and so on(Sorry for my english). Also option to mark weekend and feast days would be nice.
And why did I have to set a concrete year when I set "every year"
Hope you continue your developement, this could be a great, very helpfull app.
Thank you very much so far
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You are right, there is no Google/Samsung calendar synchronization, and there is no ability to mark weekends/holidays. And I agree, most cases with "every year" recurring rule do not require setting the end year, so I will try to fix it soon. Thanks for your feedback, I added your thoughts to my list of other requests of new features. Let me know if you have any other thoughts later!

Agree with the comment above: add calendar sync to the features and we have a winner
Sent from my brain through neural networks.

Can we have resizable widgets for the memos?
I miss the ooold SMemo widgets, which we could spread, 3 or 4, over the screen, not the new ones, too big & heavy.
From the ICS era, I must carry with the GNote app, a simulator of SMemo....
I will try yours, in any way.

cybriks said:
Agree with the comment above: add calendar sync to the features and we have a winner
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Do you mean Google Calendar? It would be a partial (no guests, no sharing options, no event color, no location) one-way (Google Calendar -> Penocle only, because most Penocle items are based on a graphic notes) sync. Thanks for your comment.

aftnoon2 said:
Can we have resizable widgets for the memos?
I miss the ooold SMemo widgets, which we could spread, 3 or 4, over the screen, not the new ones, too big & heavy.
From the ICS era, I must carry with the GNote app, a simulator of SMemo....
I will try yours, in any way.
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You are the first one who asked for widgets, but I agree, it is a good point. What widget would you like to see first? I guess agenda/current week would be the most useful one.

Thanks for this good project Yes a Google synch + a widget agenda/current week ,are perfect

Zmiter Freeman said:
Do you mean Google Calendar? It would be a partial (no guests, no sharing options, no event color, no location) one-way (Google Calendar -> Penocle only, because most Penocle items are based on a graphic notes) sync. Thanks for your comment.
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This would be a great improvement
thx for beeing open for suggestions
good luck......

Zmiter Freeman said:
Do you mean Google Calendar? It would be a partial (no guests, no sharing options, no event color, no location) one-way (Google Calendar -> Penocle only, because most Penocle items are based on a graphic notes) sync. Thanks for your comment.
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Exactly. Some way to display GCal events at least. But wouldn't it be possible to store the graphical note as image attachment to a GCal-event as well, so that events created in Penocle at least could be indicated in The Google Calendar?
Don't get me wrong: I really do like what you have come up with so far – but in order to be fully usable, at least (one-way) display of existing Google Calendar events would be essential, IMHO.

Nice app, and a good idea. For me, Google calender sync and a reziable widget is essential for purchase the app.
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Working on two widgets now: Notes and Agenda.

Home screen widget should be available soon...

Penocle 1.5.0 has finally been released with new home screen widget displaying the upcoming calendar events and notes!

Thanks for share

I loved the app idea, but I can't see any widget either my on Note 3 N9005 or my Note 10.1 N8010 both with stock rom 4.4.2 and 4.2.1 respectively.

thejalma said:
I loved the app idea, but I can't see any widget either my on Note 3 N9005 or my Note 10.1 N8010 both with stock rom 4.4.2 and 4.2.1 respectively.
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Are you sure? Please let me know if you have any problems.

Doesn't appear to me. ;/

thejalma said:
Doesn't appear to me. ;/
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Do you have the latest version installed? You can go to Change Log and make sure the very top section refers to 1.5.0 version.
Update: I guess I know the reason: you are using the trial version with limited functionality and widget is available in full version only. Sorry about that.

[APPS][4.0+] M-Calendar 1.86

Google Play Market: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maramsin.mcalendar
«M-Calendar» application — it is calendar with organizer with Google Tasks support.
Version 1.84
- Full support Google Tasks.
- Sync with Google Tasks.
- Support Google and other calendars.
- Sync with Google and other calendars.
- Remind of events (ringtone, vibrate, notification icon, light indicator).
- Support recurring events. Flexible settings of recurring events.
- Changing colors of calendars and events color (if systems support this).
- Changing name of calendars (if system supports this).
- Agenda and month views.
- Show birthdays of contacts.
- Remind of birthdays of contacts (notification icon and light indicator).
- Many flexible settings.
- Three color themes.
- Compatibility with any android devices version 4 and higher.
- Simple, easy, useful and user friendly interface.
- Amazing and flexible configuring desktop widget.
The developer's crew will glad to receive your wishes and comments. Please, write us about bugs and send your wishes of the interface and functionality. We will answer you.
Thanks for using M-Calendar!

this is very very nice! reminds me of day by day. Love the widget too.
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Like the layout and everything. Seems really solid.
But haxsync doesnt work somehow with this. I have there showing visible and synced "haxsync birthdays" but no entries on calendar. Currently using Today Calendar and everything is there.
I tested with few local calendars and "important events" calendars. All showing in m-calendar but this haxsync.

Thanks, looks nice. I like having a dark theme option.
A couple of suggestions to consider. The notification icon could be a little bigger and bolder. It is hardly noticed next to other icons. The other suggestion is to add a little space between items, and days, in the agenda view.

Many thanks for this great app :good:
For next release, it will be possible to change the size of font?

[APPS][4.0+][FREE] M-Calendar 1.82
- Bugs fixed
Harry Maramsin said:
«M-Calendar» application — it is calendar with organizer with Google Tasks support.
- Full support Google Tasks.
- Sync with Google Tasks.
- Support Google and other calendars.
- Sync with Google and other calendars.
- Remind of events (ringtone, vibrate, notification icon, light indicator).
- Support recurring events. Flexible settings of recurring events.
- Changing colors of calendars and events color (if systems support this).
- Changing name of calendars (if system supports this).
- Agenda and month views.
- Show birthdays of contacts.
- Remind of birthdays of contacts (notification icon and light indicator).
- Many flexible settings.
- Three color themes.
- Compatibility with any android devices version 4 and higher.
- Simple, easy, useful and user friendly interface.
- Amazing and flexible configuring desktop widget.
The developer's crew will glad to receive your wishes and comments. Please, write us about bugs and send your wishes of the interface and functionality. We will answer you.
Thanks for using M-Calendar!
You can found this app on Google Play Market by search "com.maramsin.mcalendar"
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thank you !!!

Sick1 said:
Like the layout and everything. Seems really solid.
But haxsync doesnt work somehow with this. I have there showing visible and synced "haxsync birthdays" but no entries on calendar. Currently using Today Calendar and everything is there.
I tested with few local calendars and "important events" calendars. All showing in m-calendar but this haxsync.
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Maybe haxsync birthday format is differ than m-calendar can recognize.
The programm in attachment (Birthday) shows all contact's birthdays in your phone. You can run it, and find in list your haxsync contacts, and write here birthsday string of this contact.
If there are no haxsync contacts in this list - this mean that haxsync do not add its contacts to android contacts or haxsync do not add birthday of its contacts to birthday field in android contacts.
Thank you!
Harry

A problem I found yesterday is with editing recurring events. M-Calendar does not offer the option to edit only one occurrence, so it changed my entire series when I only wanted to change one occurrence.

scottjb said:
A problem I found yesterday is with editing recurring events. M-Calendar does not offer the option to edit only one occurrence, so it changed my entire series when I only wanted to change one occurrence.
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Yes, that is right. We are working on it.

Thread title edited to remove [free]
See this sticky please,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1203141
Thanks!

First I Absolutely love the app thank you for making it. Second I have one very minor complaint. At least on the widget holiday events will appear on the day after they happen rather on the day of. They say the right date on them, but are just filed under the next day.
Screenshot:
Look at the Thomas Jefferson's birthday entry
http://m.imgur.com/q0ig9As

jac0708 said:
First I Absolutely love the app thank you for making it. Second I have one very minor complaint. At least on the widget holiday events will appear on the day after they happen rather on the day of. They say the right date on them, but are just filed under the next day.
Screenshot:
Look at the Thomas Jefferson's birthday entry
http://m.imgur.com/q0ig9As
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You are welcome)))
Please, say what is your timezone?
And another question - is this bug only in wiget? Is in agenda view all ok or not?
Later: I can reproduce this error on my phone. But not the same. My error is - Thomas Jefferson's birthday is on 13 (!) april, and m-calendar shows this event on 13 april, but title of this event is 12 (!) april. Do you have the same error? Please check this!
And if you check "Show contact's bitrhdays" on right drawer menu - on which date will appear Thomas Jefferson CONTACT birthday (line in agenda with Quick contact badge)?
Thanks for cooperation!

Harry Maramsin said:
«M-Calendar» application — it is calendar with organizer with Google Tasks support.
Version 1.84
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New version (in first message or on Google Play Market).
- Work with until date of reccuring events
- Incorrect display date for "all day" events bug fixed
jac0708 - please check new version for bug you have been reported.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maramsin.mcalendar
New version 1.85
What is new:
- Enhanced work with android 5.1.
- Bug fixed.
Thanks for using M-Calendar!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maramsin.mcalendar
New version 1.86
What is new:
- Google Tasks libraries updated.
Thanks for using M-Calendar!
And you can help me to translate this app to your native language. Contact me: [email protected].
Thanks in advance!

Hi Harry Maramsin,
The new release 1.87 crash on my Omnirom LP :crying: