Automatically create event on iOS mobile when event is created on desktop
Currently, when an event is created on desktop, the event isn't created on iOS mobile until the app is opened on the phone.
The following use case recreates the problem on iOS
- Close Proton Calendar mobile app on phone
- Open Proton Calendar via a browser on a separate device such as a laptop
- Create an event for 30 minutes in the future with a reminder 15 min in advance of the event
- On the phone, when the time of the event / reminder occurs, a notification never renders on the screen at the appropriate time
Expected outcome
- On the phone, when the time of the event / reminder occurs, a notification should appear to inform the user about the event
Workaround (which has been the case for over a year)
- After creating the event via the web on the laptop, on the mobile device the user has to open the Proton Calendar app so that the event is written to the local device.
Additional information
- Apple, Google, and Microsoft calendar apps don't have this problem.
- This problem also occurs after waiting 24 to 48 hours
- The solution is to properly use silent notifications to wake up the app in the background on the iOS device. Proton has failed to achieve this for over 2 years (since early Cal beta program)
- This inconenience causes users to miss event notifications on their mobile iOS devices if they don't open the cal app.