Calendar access on mobile

đź’¬ General Discussion
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Are there any mechanisms, preferably free or included out of the box (but non-free can be acceptable), that allow a user to use a Calendar app on their phone (preferably the native app) to interact with their CRM Calendar?

The goal is to provide 1-tap direct access to the schedule for mobile staff so they can quickly see where they need to go next; and when they need to go there.

Currently we use CalDAV and a CalDAV connector to provide this functionality to mobile staff, but we’d like to be able to move the calendaring function in to SuiteCRM.

2

The latest SuiteCRM versions (7.11) have complete Google Calendar 2-way sync. So you can just sync the Calendars and use the default Calendar app on mobile.

There are also a bunch of SuiteCRM apps that add functionality to this and allow for more things. QuickCRM, SuiteMOB, and a bunch of others (easy to find on Google Play). You can check how much they let you do in the free version.

3

Using Google Calendar as an intermediary isn’t acceptable, due to data privacy concerns.

4

Ok, so check out the mobile apps. For example QuickCRM seems to include Calendar in the Basic (free) version.

5

I found that the built in iCalendar publishing URL does provide this functionality after setting a Publish Key, but the associated security mechanism is too weak, relying on “security through obscurity” with the Publish Key.

So far the only other solution I’ve found is https://www.sugaroutfitters.com/addons/activities-sync

Any other options? The CRM apps available are not sufficient - they require more than 1 tap to get to the calendaring data.

Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for any input and suggestions.