Recurrence Rule Not working

Question

Hi,I'm having issues with setting up a daily recurrence rule.According to RFC page 124, FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1, should be everyday through forever. However, this does not work with the sfSchedule on Xamarin.Forms"FREQ=DAILY" will throw an error"FREQ=DAILY;" does nothing"FREQ=DAILY;COUNT=10", works but this is not the desired input.I'm currently working with another parties calendar, which also is iCal Standard. So the RRule should apply to both calendars.Anyone else experiencing this?Thanks,Pete

Swathi Gopal · Answer

Hi Peter, 
 
We have checked the mentioned issue with Recurrence in Schedule Xamarin Forms. We checked by setting the following Recurrence rule to schedule appointment in all Xamarin forms platforms (Android, iOS and UWP) and we are not able to reproduce the issue from our side.  
 
# “FREQ= DAILY; INTERVAL=1”  
# "FREQ = DAILY; COUNT = 10" 
 
We have prepared sample for the same, kindly find the sample below. 
 
Sample: ScheduleRecurrenceApp 
 
Recurrence rule should not be given like “FREQ = DAILY”, and if set as "FREQ=DAILY;” it does nothing as mentioned in your update. You can refer our online user guide documentation for more details regarding recurrence appointments. 
 
https://help.syncfusion.com/xamarin/sfschedule/data-bindings#recurrence-appointment  
 
If the provided solution doesn’t meet your requirement, kindly revert us by modifying the sample with its replication procedure. Also, kindly mention the schedule version you are working with. It will be helpful for us to analyze and provide you better solution. 
 
Regards, 
Swathi G

Peter Fournier · Answer

Hi Swathi,Thanks for you reply. I have a couple responses for you.1. You're incorrect FREQ=DAILY is VALID iCal formatting. Your scheduler should accept it. Read for yourself: iCal Standards. Page 40, INTERAL defaults to 1, so doing this "FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1", is redundant and not necessary.2 .The example you provided works because your appointment start time is Todays date by doing DateTime.Now. This is not how a recurring appointment will be in the database. If you subtract one day from your DateTime.Now, the schedule will not show the appointment. Since it's a forever recurring appointment it should still show up.E.g. I create a daily recurring appointment on 2/1/2018 for 0900. That appointment start time will be 2/1/2018 0900 with a recurrence rule of FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1. When I load my appointment list from the database on 3/1/2018, that appointment start time is still 2/1/2018, but since it's recurring, it should still show up.Working in your lastest and greatest: 16.1.0.24Thank you so much,Pete

Ganeshamoorthy Chandramoorthy · Answer

Hi Peter, 
  
Sorry for the inconvenience. 
  
We have checked with the provided information and please find the details below. 
  




Issue 

Comments 


No recurrence appointments are added when recurrence rule “FREQ=DAILY” is set. 

Since FREQ=DAILY is valid, we have logged issue report for this. 


Recurrence appointment is not loaded initially when start date of appointment is set earlier than current date with recurrence rule “FREQ=DAILY; INTERVAL=1”. 

We can reproduce the issue in Xamarin.Forms iOS only. It works fine in Xamarin.Forms Android and UWP.  
We have logged issue report for Xamarin.Forms iOS.  
Please find the attached sample. 
Sample: ScheduleRecurrenceApp 
  
If you are still facing issue in Android and UWP, could you please modify the sample based on your application? It would be helpful for further analysis.  
  
We will fix these two reported issues and the fix will be included in our upcoming Volume 1 SP1 release which is expected to be available by end of month March,2018. We appreciate your patience until then. 
  
Regards, Ganeshamoorthy C.

Peter Fournier · Answer

Sounds great, thank you for your great support!!-Pete

Ganeshamoorthy Chandramoorthy · Answer

Hi Peter, 
 
Thanks for your response. We will let you know once our Vol 1 SP1 is rolled out and appreciate your patience until then. 
 
Regards, 
Ganeshamoorthy C

Ganeshamoorthy Chandramoorthy · Answer

Hi Peter, 
 
We are glad to announce that our Essential Studio Volume 1, SP 1 2018 (v16.1.0.32) is rolled out along with the below mentioned issue fixes, 
 
# Schedule recurring appointments is not added when the frequency is set as daily in recurrence rule. 
# Schedule recurring appointment is not loaded when the start date of the appointment is set earlier than current date in Xamarin.Forms(iOS). 
 
You can download the same by the following link, 
 
https://www.syncfusion.com/forums/136746/essential-studio-2018-volume-1-service-pack-release-v16-1-0-32-available-for-download 
                                     
We thank you for your support and appreciate your patience in waiting for this release. Please get in touch with us if you would require any further assistance. 
 
Regards, 
Ganeshamoorthy C

Issue	Comments
No recurrence appointments are added when recurrence rule “FREQ=DAILY” is set.	Since FREQ=DAILY is valid, we have logged issue report for this.
Recurrence appointment is not loaded initially when start date of appointment is set earlier than current date with recurrence rule “FREQ=DAILY; INTERVAL=1”.	We can reproduce the issue in Xamarin.Forms iOS only. It works fine in Xamarin.Forms Android and UWP. We have logged issue report for Xamarin.Forms iOS. Please find the attached sample. Sample: ScheduleRecurrenceApp If you are still facing issue in Android and UWP, could you please modify the sample based on your application? It would be helpful for further analysis.