Samsung Calendar : empty event when opened with ACTION_VIEW intent

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To open an existing event from its ID, I use an Intent to open the phone's default calendar app. Since November 2025, I have had many users with Samsung devices who have encountered an issue with Samsung Calendar: the event displayed is completely empty, as if it were a new event.

My code has been the following for years, opening Calendar with :

Uri eventUri = ContentUris.withAppendedId( CalendarContract.Events.CONTENT_URI, eventId ); Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW) .setData(eventUri) .setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP); intent.putExtra(CalendarConstants.RETURN_INTENT_CALENDAR, CalendarConstants.RETURN_INTENT_CALENDAR_VIEW); context.setResult(Activity.RESULT_OK, intent); context.startActivityForResult(intent, 1);

I tested versions of Samsung Calendar on Remote Test Lab and reproduced the problem:

Samsung Calendar version 12-7-02-24 does not work; the event is empty. Samsung Calendar version 12-7-01-12 works; the event opens correctly.

Official Android documentation : https://developer.android.com/identity/providers/calendar-provider#intent-view

Has any developer among you had this kind of feedback on the latest versions of Samsung Calendar?

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