Respect a source's own event length, cap custom durations (#54)

An imported event no longer has its end rewritten by the default-duration
setting: an .ics file, a duplicate and an insert intent that names its own
end keep their span, while an intent that gives only a start now gets the
default instead of a hardcoded hour.

Also caps the custom-duration editor at 24 hours, which is what the setting
stores, and skips the calendar query when no per-calendar override exists so
a new event's end doesn't shift after the form is on screen.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   length underneath — 8 hours for the calendar you keep work shifts in, 30
   minutes for the one you book calls in. A calendar without its own length
   follows the default, switching calendars mid-form re-stretches the event, and
-  setting an end time by hand keeps it. All-day events are unaffected ([#54]).
+  setting an end time by hand keeps it. An event another app hands over with only
+  a start gets the default too; one that names its own end — an `.ics` file, a
+  duplicate — keeps that length. All-day events are unaffected ([#54]).
 
 ## [2.17.1] — 2026-07-30
 

app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/MainActivity.kt

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.common.LocalUse24HourFormat
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.WidgetNavRequest
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.common.CalendarView
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.detail.EventDetailViewModel.Companion.NO_OCCURRENCE_TIME
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.edit.ImportSource
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.floret.components.DebugRibbon
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.crash.CrashReportActivity
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.FontRole
@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@ import kotlinx.datetime.toLocalDateTime
 import kotlin.time.Clock
 import kotlin.time.Instant
 
+/** A prefilled create form from an external launch, with the source it came from. */
+private data class InsertRequest(val form: EventForm, val source: ImportSource)
+
 @AndroidEntryPoint
 class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
 
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
     // A prefilled new-event form from an external ACTION_INSERT launch (another
     // app/widget asking us to create an event, issue #30). Consumed once by
     // CalendarHost, which opens it in the create form for review.
-    private var requestedInsertForm by mutableStateOf<EventForm?>(null)
+    private var requestedInsert by mutableStateOf<InsertRequest?>(null)
 
     // An external "edit this event" (ACTION_EDIT on content://.../events/<id>):
     // opens the occurrence in the edit form. Same occurrence-key shape as the
@@ -100,7 +104,7 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         requestedDetailKey = intent.detailKeyOrNull() ?: intent.viewEventKeyOrNull()
         requestedNav = intent.navRequestOrNull()
         requestedImportUri = intent.importUriOrNull()
-        requestedInsertForm = intent.insertFormOrNull()
+        requestedInsert = intent.insertRequestOrNull()
         requestedEditKey = intent.editEventKeyOrNull()
         if (CrashReporter.shouldPrompt(this)) pendingCrashReport = CrashReporter.pendingReport(this)
         setContent {
@@ -151,8 +155,9 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
                             onWidgetNavConsumed = { requestedNav = null },
                             requestedImportUri = requestedImportUri,
                             onImportConsumed = { requestedImportUri = null },
-                            requestedInsertForm = requestedInsertForm,
+                            requestedInsertForm = requestedInsert?.form,
-                            onInsertConsumed = { requestedInsertForm = null },
+                            requestedInsertSource = requestedInsert?.source ?: ImportSource.Insert,
+                            onInsertConsumed = { requestedInsert = null },
                             requestedEditKey = requestedEditKey,
                             onEditKeyConsumed = { requestedEditKey = null },
                         )
@@ -192,7 +197,7 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         (intent.detailKeyOrNull() ?: intent.viewEventKeyOrNull())?.let { requestedDetailKey = it }
         intent.navRequestOrNull()?.let { requestedNav = it }
         intent.importUriOrNull()?.let { requestedImportUri = it }
-        intent.insertFormOrNull()?.let { requestedInsertForm = it }
+        intent.insertRequestOrNull()?.let { requestedInsert = it }
         intent.editEventKeyOrNull()?.let { requestedEditKey = it }
     }
 
@@ -219,9 +224,10 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
      * (issue #30), or `ACTION_EDIT` with no concrete event id (AOSP's "edit a new
      * event", i.e. create). The new event's fields ride as CalendarContract
      * extras; anything omitted falls back to the in-app "new event" defaults in
-     * [buildInsertEventForm].
+     * [buildInsertEventForm]. An intent that names no end time leaves the length
+     * to the default-duration setting ([ImportSource.InsertOpenEnded], #54).
      */
-    private fun Intent.insertFormOrNull(): EventForm? {
+    private fun Intent.insertRequestOrNull(): InsertRequest? {
         // ACTION_EDIT / ACTION_INSERT_OR_EDIT on an existing event route to the
         // edit form instead ([editEventKeyOrNull]); an id-less one is a create,
         // as is any plain ACTION_INSERT.
@@ -229,9 +235,11 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
             ((action == Intent.ACTION_EDIT || action == Intent.ACTION_INSERT_OR_EDIT) &&
                 editEventKeyOrNull() == null)
         if (!isCreate) return null
-        return buildInsertEventForm(
+        val beginMillis = longExtraOrNull(CalendarContract.EXTRA_EVENT_BEGIN_TIME)
-            beginMillis = longExtraOrNull(CalendarContract.EXTRA_EVENT_BEGIN_TIME),
+        val endMillis = longExtraOrNull(CalendarContract.EXTRA_EVENT_END_TIME)
-            endMillis = longExtraOrNull(CalendarContract.EXTRA_EVENT_END_TIME),
+        val form = buildInsertEventForm(
+            beginMillis = beginMillis,
+            endMillis = endMillis,
             isAllDay = getBooleanExtra(CalendarContract.EXTRA_EVENT_ALL_DAY, false),
             title = getStringExtra(CalendarContract.Events.TITLE),
             description = getStringExtra(CalendarContract.Events.DESCRIPTION),
@@ -240,6 +248,10 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
             zone = TimeZone.currentSystemDefault(),
             now = Clock.System.now(),
         )
+        // An end the intent didn't name — or one [buildInsertEventForm] drops for
+        // landing before the start — leaves the length to the setting.
+        val namesEnd = beginMillis != null && endMillis != null && endMillis >= beginMillis
+        return InsertRequest(form, if (namesEnd) ImportSource.Insert else ImportSource.InsertOpenEnded)
     }
 
     /** A Long extra's value, or null when the extra is absent. */

app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/InsertEventForm.kt

@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ import kotlin.time.Instant
  * calendar this way to create a new event, passing the fields as
  * [android.provider.CalendarContract] extras. Any field the intent omits falls
  * back to the same defaults the in-app "new event" uses — a timed start at the
- * next full hour and a one-hour duration. [EventForm.calendarId] is left null so
+ * next full hour, and a placeholder hour for a missing end that the form then
+ * stretches to the default-duration setting (the intent is opened as
+ * `ImportSource.InsertOpenEnded`, #54). [EventForm.calendarId] is left null so
  * it resolves to the last-used / first-writable calendar, exactly like the
  * `.ics` single-event and plain new-event paths.
  *

app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/CalendarHost.kt

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ fun CalendarHost(
     requestedImportUri: android.net.Uri? = null,
     onImportConsumed: () -> Unit = {},
     requestedInsertForm: EventForm? = null,
+    requestedInsertSource: ImportSource = ImportSource.Insert,
     onInsertConsumed: () -> Unit = {},
     requestedEditKey: LongArray? = null,
     onEditKeyConsumed: () -> Unit = {},
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ fun CalendarHost(
     // reveals on top of whatever was open without extra dismissal.
     LaunchedEffect(requestedInsertForm) {
         if (requestedInsertForm != null) {
-            importFormSource = ImportSource.Insert
+            importFormSource = requestedInsertSource
             importForm = requestedInsertForm
             onInsertConsumed()
         }

app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/RootScreen.kt

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ fun RootScreen(
     requestedImportUri: android.net.Uri? = null,
     onImportConsumed: () -> Unit = {},
     requestedInsertForm: de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventForm? = null,
+    requestedInsertSource: de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.edit.ImportSource =
+        de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.edit.ImportSource.Insert,
     onInsertConsumed: () -> Unit = {},
     requestedEditKey: LongArray? = null,
     onEditKeyConsumed: () -> Unit = {},
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ fun RootScreen(
                         requestedImportUri = requestedImportUri,
                         onImportConsumed = onImportConsumed,
                         requestedInsertForm = requestedInsertForm,
+                        requestedInsertSource = requestedInsertSource,
                         onInsertConsumed = onInsertConsumed,
                         requestedEditKey = requestedEditKey,
                         onEditKeyConsumed = onEditKeyConsumed,

app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/Picker.kt

@@ -365,7 +365,9 @@ private fun CustomDaysEditor(
  * [inheritLabel] adds an exclusive "use the default" row on top, for the
  * per-calendar pickers; picking it reports null. [selected] is null exactly when
  * that row is the current choice. [description] explains the setting above the
- * rows when it needs it.
+ * rows when it needs it. [maxMinutes] caps what the custom editor will confirm,
+ * for settings that clamp their stored value — offering a length the store would
+ * silently shorten is worse than refusing it.
  */
 @Composable
 fun DurationPicker(
@@ -377,6 +379,7 @@ fun DurationPicker(
     onDismiss: () -> Unit,
     description: String? = null,
     inheritLabel: String? = null,
+    maxMinutes: Int = Int.MAX_VALUE,
 ) {
     val inherits = selected == null
     // The current choice when it isn't one of the presets — the Custom row then
@@ -452,6 +455,7 @@ fun DurationPicker(
                 unit = unit,
                 onUnitChange = { unit = it },
                 label = label,
+                maxMinutes = maxMinutes,
                 onConfirm = { minutes ->
                     onSelect(minutes)
                     onDismiss()
@@ -472,7 +476,9 @@ private fun durationCustomAmount(minutes: Int): Int =
  * The expanded "Custom" duration editor: a tonal card connected to the Custom row
  * above it. A Minutes/Hours unit toggle, an amount field with a live preview of
  * the length it resolves to, and a tonal confirm enabled only for a valid 1–999
- * amount. [onConfirm] receives the final length in minutes.
+ * amount that stays within [maxMinutes]. Over the cap, the preview names the
+ * limit instead of a length the setting could not keep. [onConfirm] receives the
+ * final length in minutes.
  */
 @Composable
 private fun CustomDurationEditor(
@@ -481,21 +487,26 @@ private fun CustomDurationEditor(
     unit: ReminderUnit,
     onUnitChange: (ReminderUnit) -> Unit,
     label: @Composable (Int) -> String,
+    maxMinutes: Int,
     onConfirm: (Int) -> Unit,
 ) {
     val units = remember { listOf(ReminderUnit.Minutes, ReminderUnit.Hours) }
-    val amount = amountText.toIntOrNull()?.takeIf { it in 1..999 }
+    val entered = amountText.toIntOrNull()?.takeIf { it in 1..999 }?.times(unit.minutesFactor)
+    val amount = entered?.takeIf { it <= maxMinutes }
     CustomAmountEditor(
         amountText = amountText,
         onAmountChange = onAmountChange,
         unitLabels = units.map { stringResource(reminderUnitLabel(it)) },
         selectedUnit = units.indexOf(unit).coerceAtLeast(0),
         onUnitChange = { onUnitChange(units[it]) },
-        preview = amount?.let { label(it * unit.minutesFactor) }
+        preview = when {
-            ?: stringResource(R.string.reminder_custom_amount),
+            amount != null -> label(amount)
+            entered != null -> stringResource(R.string.duration_custom_max, label(maxMinutes))
+            else -> stringResource(R.string.reminder_custom_amount)
+        },
         setLabel = stringResource(R.string.reminder_custom_set),
         confirmEnabled = amount != null,
-        onConfirm = { amount?.let { onConfirm(it * unit.minutesFactor) } },
+        onConfirm = { amount?.let(onConfirm) },
     )
 }
 

app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/edit/EventEditViewModel.kt

@@ -57,23 +57,33 @@ import kotlin.time.Instant
 import javax.inject.Inject
 
 /**
- * Where a prefilled [EventEditViewModel.openImported] form came from — the two
+ * Where a prefilled [EventEditViewModel.openImported] form came from. The sources
- * sources want different reminder handling (#49).
+ * want different reminder handling (#49), and differ in whether they own the
+ * event's length ([ownsDuration], #54) — one that does is never restretched to the
+ * default-duration setting.
  */
-enum class ImportSource {
+enum class ImportSource(internal val ownsDuration: Boolean) {
     /**
-     * An external `ACTION_INSERT` intent (another app/widget, e.g. Google Maps).
+     * An external `ACTION_INSERT` intent that named both ends (another app/widget,
-     * It carries no reminders of its own, so the settings default is applied
+     * e.g. Google Maps), or an in-app duplicate. It carries no reminders of its
-     * automatically, exactly like an in-app new event.
+     * own, so the settings default is applied automatically, exactly like an
+     * in-app new event; its span, though, is the caller's.
      */
-    Insert,
+    Insert(ownsDuration = true),
+
+    /**
+     * An `ACTION_INSERT` that named only a start. Reminders behave as for
+     * [Insert], but the length is ours to pick, so the default-duration setting
+     * applies just like an in-app new event.
+     */
+    InsertOpenEnded(ownsDuration = false),
 
     /**
      * A parsed single-event `.ics` file. Its own reminders are respected; the
      * settings default is offered through [EventEditViewModel.importReminderPrompt]
-     * rather than silently applied or suppressed.
+     * rather than silently applied or suppressed. Its span is the file's.
      */
-    File,
+    File(ownsDuration = true),
 }
 
 /**
@@ -329,6 +339,12 @@ class EventEditViewModel @Inject constructor(
      *   settings default is configured and differs, [importReminderPrompt] offers
      *   to swap it in rather than silently deciding for the user.
      *
+     * The length is frozen the same way: a source that named the event's end
+     * ([ImportSource.ownsDuration]) keeps it, so the default-duration setting
+     * never silently rewrites a span someone else chose; only an
+     * [ImportSource.InsertOpenEnded] intent — a start with no end — gets the
+     * default applied.
+     *
      * No-op when a form is already open, so the prefill survives configuration
      * changes.
      */
@@ -336,8 +352,9 @@ class EventEditViewModel @Inject constructor(
         if (_form.value != null || _editTarget.value != null) return
         _revealed.value = form.populatedFields()
         _form.value = form
+        if (source.ownsDuration) _durationTouched.value = true else applyDefaultDuration()
         when (source) {
-            ImportSource.Insert ->
+            ImportSource.Insert, ImportSource.InsertOpenEnded ->
                 if (form.reminders.isNotEmpty()) _remindersTouched.value = true
                 else applyDefaultReminder()
 
@@ -400,7 +417,13 @@ class EventEditViewModel @Inject constructor(
         viewModelScope.launch {
             val global = settingsPrefs.defaultEventDurationMinutes.first()
             val overrides = settingsPrefs.perCalendarEventDuration.first()
-            val targetId = calendarId ?: resolvedCalendarId.first()
+            // Only resolve the calendar when an override could actually apply —
+            // that read waits on the provider query, and the stretch would then
+            // land after the user can already see (and accept) the end time.
+            val targetId = when {
+                overrides.isEmpty() -> null
+                else -> calendarId ?: resolvedCalendarId.first()
+            }
             // Re-check after suspending: bail if the form closed or the user edited.
             if (_editTarget.value != null || _durationTouched.value) return@launch
             if (_form.value?.isAllDay != false) return@launch

app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/settings/EventFormSettings.kt

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.compose.ui.res.stringResource
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.R
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.data.prefs.SettingsPrefs
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventFormField
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.common.CalendarColorChip
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.common.DurationPicker
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ internal fun EventFormScreen(
             // No inherit row on the global default, so a pick is never null.
             onSelect = { minutes -> minutes?.let { viewModel.setDefaultEventDuration(it) } },
             onDismiss = { showDefaultDuration = false },
+            maxMinutes = SettingsPrefs.MAX_EVENT_DURATION,
         )
     }
     durationTarget?.let { calendarId ->
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@ internal fun EventFormScreen(
             ),
             onSelect = { viewModel.setCalendarEventDuration(calendarId, it) },
             onDismiss = { durationTarget = null },
+            maxMinutes = SettingsPrefs.MAX_EVENT_DURATION,
         )
     }
 }

app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml

@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@
     </plurals>
     <!-- A mixed duration: %1$s is the hours part, %2$s the minutes part. -->
     <string name="duration_hours_minutes">%1$s %2$s</string>
+    <!-- Shown instead of the preview when a custom length exceeds what the setting keeps. %1$s is the longest allowed, e.g. "24 hours". -->
+    <string name="duration_custom_max">At most %1$s</string>
     <plurals name="duration_weeks">
         <item quantity="one">%d week</item>
         <item quantity="other">%d weeks</item>

app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/edit/EventEditViewModelTest.kt

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.data.prefs.CalendarPrefs
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.data.prefs.SettingsPrefs
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.CalendarSource
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventDetail
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventForm
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventInstance
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineDispatcher
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
@@ -249,6 +250,55 @@ class EventEditViewModelTest {
         job.cancel()
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `an imported event keeps the span its source named`(
+        @TempDir tempDir: Path,
+    ) = runTest(dispatcher) {
+        val fake = FakeCalendarDataSource().apply { calendarsResult = listOf(cal(1L), cal(2L)) }
+        val s = settings(tempDir)
+        s.setDefaultEventDurationMinutes(30)
+        s.setCalendarEventDuration(2L, 480)
+        val vm = viewModel(tempDir, fake, s)
+        val job = activate(vm)
+
+        vm.openImported(importedForm(end = LocalDateTime(2030, 1, 15, 11, 30)), ImportSource.File)
+        advanceUntilIdle()
+        vm.setCalendar(2L)
+        advanceUntilIdle()
+
+        // The file owns the length; a calendar switch must not restretch it.
+        assertThat(vm.state.value?.form?.end).isEqualTo(LocalDateTime(2030, 1, 15, 11, 30))
+        job.cancel()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `an insert intent with no end takes the default duration`(
+        @TempDir tempDir: Path,
+    ) = runTest(dispatcher) {
+        val fake = FakeCalendarDataSource().apply { calendarsResult = listOf(cal(1L), cal(2L)) }
+        val s = settings(tempDir)
+        s.setDefaultEventDurationMinutes(30)
+        val vm = viewModel(tempDir, fake, s)
+        val job = activate(vm)
+
+        // The placeholder hour buildInsertEventForm fills in for a missing end.
+        vm.openImported(
+            importedForm(end = LocalDateTime(2030, 1, 15, 10, 0)),
+            ImportSource.InsertOpenEnded,
+        )
+        advanceUntilIdle()
+
+        assertThat(vm.state.value?.form?.end).isEqualTo(LocalDateTime(2030, 1, 15, 9, 30))
+        job.cancel()
+    }
+
+    private fun importedForm(end: LocalDateTime) = EventForm(
+        calendarId = null,
+        title = "Imported",
+        start = LocalDateTime(2030, 1, 15, 9, 0),
+        end = end,
+    )
+
     @Test
     fun `an all-day event ignores the default duration`(
         @TempDir tempDir: Path,