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Me and a fewother developers are eagerly waiting for this as well.

One thing I've noticed that is stupid about the "Tasks" calendar on the desktop
version is that it only adds tasks to your calendar that exist in the current list.  
If you switch lists they disappear.  Those should probably appear as separate
"Calendars" instead, especially on the phone, but for that to happen on the phone it
would need to happen on the desktop version, so we can choose colors.  ;)

Just having a Google-sanctioned Tasks application on the phone would be better than
the current situation.

I agree. I have the Motorolla Droid and I am trying to intergrate into one device.
It would be nice to have one app for both calendar and tasks.

I agree - why is this not possible as it has been available and usable for years on
the palm and windows mobile os?

I'm using my phone for business, incredible this is not possible.
any changes it will become possile any time soon?

I'm using the HTC Tattoo - While it does not use the same Google Calendar app as other
android phones, its HTC Sense calendar app syncs with google calendar - but does not
allow anything more than the main calendar. I desperately need the ability to access
additional calendars and Google tasks for successful use of Mobile Google Calendar.

I have tattoo too and I think it's the same cal app as Hero. It works nicely with all my calendars.
Firmware Android says v1.6...

Unbelievable that this is not supported, total thumbs down for android

I should have specified - it does not show any of my shared calendars (which is one of
the best things about google calendar), as well as not show tasks.

Please Update!

HTC Sense Calendar app on the Hero running Android 1.5 supports multiple calendars
from multiple accounts of Google Calendar. It does this very well - perfectly, I
would say. Tasks is a separate Google (not Android) issue.

I totally agree it is weird that it is not possible yet

Definitely a big deal that they get this fixed. I need to get to my google tasks from my phone.

Try GTask

Please, Google fix this, otherwize I have to use my old HTC Wizard with WM6.5

Should be there as on the web, including task.

It's really disheartening that this discussion has been open since August 2009 with no
results

Please make it possible

I'd like to see this as well.  Just in case everyone doesn't know, you can still access your
Google Tasks by going to http://mail.google.com/tasks/

Please for Android 1.6 too. There are a lot of devices which have Android 1.6.

Please fix this!!!

Rather than post comments that sound rude...

Yes, I would like this available as well. The gTasks app is a decent alternative for
now, but since the Task List is part of Google Calendar/Gmail online, I would like to
see Google's solution for this as well. Although I'd have to say I'm not sure I'm
willing to pay for an app to sync with my Google Task list, but that's probably
because I'm spoiled by Google providing email, calendar and tasks online for FREE.
*hint hint folks*

Considering the way the Android is laid out, a separate app might be a better solution.

Yes please Google, add this feature in. The sooner the better, but I'm willing to be
patient especially since troy.murray gave a reasonable non-app alternative to
checking tasks.

@roeszler:  Regarding gtasks, I'm pretty sure the free version syncs, just not
automatically.  Update/complete a task, then tap sync.  Still easier than going to
the gtasks mobile site IMO.

There are two gtasks on the market: "SSI gTasks ToDo" (without autosync free), and
"e-Mobile GTask" ($ 9,99). Please specify which you mean.

People are confusing a Tasks app with Tasks being integrated into the calendar. These
are different things.

No one is complaining about the apps devoted to gtasks. The issue is that Tasks can
create a calendar which can be integrated into your regular Google calendar. Going to
the regular web version allows you to view your regular Google calendar with the
tasks calendar overlaid - tasks with a due date will be listed on the calendar under
that date.

The android version of Google Calendar does not allow you to overlay your tasks
calendar with the rest of your calendars. THAT is the issue - it has nothing to do
with other apps related to gtasks.

Exactly, tasks need to be a crucial part of Calendar. And 3rd party apps are only a
temporary solution.
Many things in life don't exactly have a "date" associated to them, they just need to
be done at some point. That's what the tasks are for. Also, if you have a list of
things you gotta do today - u'd probably keep them in tasks, not in Calendar.. it's not
an appointment, just a list of things to keep in mind (or in phone in this case).
Google! Integrate tasks into calendar in FroYo!

@darkdvr:
The reasons you laid out there lead me to believe it would be better to have a
separate Tasks app.  I agree that "dated" tasks should show in the calendar, but
"undated" ones should not.

Tasks need to be in the calendar _and_ separate.

Google tasks app is a must.  We need offline access!!

Agreed! Since I just got the Samsung Moment (which I have a love/hate relationship
with right now) I'm stuck not being able to access tasks from my phone - the most
important place I need them!

In the meantime, I'm going to have to find workarounds. I've discovered a simple free
app called OI Shopping (stands for OpenIntents), which allows me to create multiple
lists, each tied to a theme of your choosing. Very simple. Obviously ideal for
grocery shopping, but works for other lists too.

I also will be using Evernote. I eagerly await Google's resolution to this problem.

Atomicbunny: you might want to take a look at
gTasks (google tasks sync and offline support) and
http://m.gooogle.com tasks page ( https://
mail.google.com/tasks/android )

I agree this issue needs to be resolved

at0micbunnygirl: also perhaps try http://gmail.com/tasks

i'm planning on getting an android on top of my symbian fone, this is whats holding
me back.if this gets resolved, together with an ability to sync NOTES with google -
i'll get an android phone - pronto!

@bushfirewalker: you can use evernote, a great system to create and manage all sorts of
notes! www.evernote.com

Please go here and star it (Google says this is the wrong forum):

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=7a2a65b68a34862e

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Ah no need - the Google developer clarified about calendar issues:

"general bugs in the Calendar app itself can definitely remain in the bug tracker.
Issues related to Google's tools that sync your Google Calendar to the phone would
belong in the Help Forum [though]"

i'm waiting for this feature too

After one year requesting this feature it would be nice to get an official statement from Google. Are there any plans to add the missing function? I also really need it..

I stare at my nexus one every day in disbelief that tasks are not there. I am lost.

Issue # 1746 should be marked as a duplicate of this bug.

@brian.w.ney - Is it the same? gmail and calendar integration are differnet things, right? (issue 36906588 has been decline by Google).

I believe they are the same if you interpret the original bug reporter's
message as "GMail (app on Android) should support tasks".  The complaint of
course is that the task lists available through the username of your GMail
account, albeit actually through the Google Calendar service.  From the user
experience, it's easy to assume Google Calendar is just an extension of
GMail.  Hence, a request for "GMail tasks" isn't for the GMail team to
implement task, which is why the bug was declined.  The request is that
Android support the tasks which are available to the user through his or her
Google experience, which is authenticated via his "GMail" username and
password.  The intention of the original poster and all of the follow-ups
are undeniable because the literal translation of the original bug report is
much more absurd than my explanation.

I ended up starring bug 36906588 because I searched for "tasks" and that was the
earliest request and I translated from user-speak to code-speak
automatically.

Furthermore if you combine the two sets of stars, it puts this feature
enhancement request at #3 or #4, which seems about right.

Only really speaking for myself, but I  don't really care whether tasks are supported in the gmail app or calendar app or in a separate app. The core of the issue is that I can use tasks from my desktop and I'd like to have as good an experience using them on my phone as I already have for gmail or calendar.

I agree. Let's hope most votes on this issue are the same people or google merges issue 36906588 and 3705.

Tasks, like events and meeting, naturally belong to calendar, so they should just show up in the calendar/agenda app. Please add 'Fix tasks sync to Calendar app' to your tasks list.

The task feature in the Calendar is really useless if not integrated on Android...

I must use Pure Cal because of the missing gtasks in Milestone google? calendar.

I am using GTasks. Works fine, but it really should be integrated into the Android Calendar. I use tasks almost as much as the calendar.

Using Gtasx but would like to see this included as tasks are (for me) as important as appointment.  Thanks Google...

I'm about to buy a 2.1 phone.  It looks like I'll be very disappointed w/ this since I'm totally addicted to tasks *on* my calendar.

For tasks, I use Astrid on my G1/Dream Android phone, but would love to see tasks integrated into the calendar app.

would love this feature!!!

please add this feature

Use Gtasks but would love Tasks on calendar.

We have a google app for email, docs, etc, etc,on our computers. Why not on our mobile phones?  I much trust google to come-up with the app than a 3rd party. please create a direct google app for mobile phones!  My Vote. thanks for the link.

This is a must have!!!

Yes pleeeeez add tasks to the android calendar!

How do I get off this mailing list?

Comment #59 on issue 36908891 by hfahelp: Calendar app should support tasks


http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3705
We have a google app for email, docs, etc, etc,on our computers. Why not on
our mobile phones?  I much trust google to come-up with the app than a 3rd
party. please create a direct google app for mobile phones!  My Vote. thanks
for the link.

If you browse to gmail.com/tasks and bookmark it. You can then add that bookmark as a shortcut on your Android phone "desktop" for quick access. It basically is a web app and is usable this way. It is not as polished or as fast as a native app though, it would be nice to have tasks integrated into the gCal app.

@davidwkilgore

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Ooops, sorry guys :)

Yes, tasks AND notes should be natively supported by the OS and have APIs for developers!

Please add this support.

Exchange-Sync support for tasks and notes should also be added.

awelbers: I think Google Docs would do fine for notes if implemented correctly.

Please star/vote issue 36906807 :) and we'll hopefully get that note feature!

When I was trying to figure out how to add my tasks to a homescreen widget (either synced with the calendar or as a standalone list), I was shocked to discover it cannot be done, at least not without a third-party app. It is really unbelievable that with all the advances in mobile technology that have occurred, these phones cannot support something as simple as a task list.

AGirlLikeI5: Perhaps the tasks webpage can shown a widget (haven't tried adding a webpage to the homescreen though). Otherwise the app gTasks might have a widget included - consider writing Peter, the gTasks author about it.

gTasks by SSI has a widget, and is compatible with Android Agenda Widget by Everybody All The Time.

I don't want to have to use third party apps for a feature that could be easily integrated. I would love to have a separate app that integrates with the calendar for support with the calendar widget and notifications.

I don't have mobile internet, and want o be able to access my tasks when offline even if I did. So, loading a web page is not an option.

This is a ridiculous oversight by google. I can have a Buzz and Voice app, but not a tasks app!?

Have an app on my iphone called geetasks and is separate from calendar altogether, but links directly with tasks. No shortcut, live updates, and the best part is you can sort your tasks like you would do on your desktop by date etc...having said that- I would like an app similar to this for android 2.1

Any update on this issue.

Why can I not get my Google Tasks on my "Google" phone. Come on, Google.

@mattpost16 Look for gTasks by SSI in the Market

I got an Android phone because it was branded "Google phone" and safely (stupidly) assumed this would work seamlessly. Now I'm doubting Google's ability to make my calendar, email and online services simple and integrated.

same here , this need a fix

I use tasks a lot in Exchange, so with the 2.2 support now giving most other things (I've tried RoadSync and TouchDown and they both have their faults) having tasks support in the calendar becomes more important.

Ideally I'd be able to create/define/manage tasks independantly for Exchange and gCal (I use one for work and one personal/family)

My android device is the most custom device available but the limitations of its calendar are starkly limited. I'm looking for colors and tasks and a more customizable default view.

Please add task manager for android

Tasks, synchronized from Exchange and(!) Google Calendar!

Please fix this. I do not want to continue to use a 3rd party application to sync the tasks.

The would be a great asset to have on my android!

I am testing a Nexus One and Google Docs for possible roll-out company-wide replacement of Microsoft apps. How the Android Group could repeatedly miss seemless integration of Google Docs apps with Android is perplexing.

The only way a small business can compete is to leverage technology effective and efficiently. Google Docs offerings are competitive, but right now only if you sit at a desk with a PC all day. Google has some wonderful engineers but they have limited to no "real world" experience on how the average business uses Google's (potentially) great apps.

If what's offered on the desktop is not available via mobile, I'm not rolling out Google Docs for my company. Apps that are available on desktop MUST be available through Android mobile devices. In addition, this apps should look-and-feel consistently across device interfaces. For most of us non-Google people, our needs revolve around Task List, Contacts, Calendar, Docs, Presentations, Spreadsheets and Databases. Failure to make all Google Docs applications available though Android is frustrating for those of us struggling to free ourselves of MS.

Until app integration failures in Google office products is eliminated, many small businesses will not abandon Microsoft product offerings.

I think http://m.google.com/tasks works quite well but lacks reminders/pop-ups with Complete and postpone buttons.

@rjrkcorp: please star issue 36906807

off-topic: http://docs.google.com lets you view all your google docs but only edit spreadsheets.

"I think http://m.google.com/tasks works quite well but lacks reminders/pop-ups with Complete and postpone buttons."

It doesn't support offline use yet, does it?

I really what to see task integrated into android calendar as well.  It really is a necessary PIM function.

I think it will be useful to have solid support of cloud services.

it would be perfect if it implements the GTD method!

I just want it to show on the calendar, and give reminders.  It's a pain to have to run a separate app just for that.

If you have nothing useful to add besides "ME TOO" (which isn't useful), STAR the issue instead.

Can one of the devs please add "Restrict-AddIssueComment-Commit" to this issue?  I'm getting really tired of /so many/ worthless "OH, ME TOO" emails, and there's really not much else useful to say about this issue, unless it's a commit saying it's added.

this works great for apps users https://mail.google.com/tasks/a/yourdomain.com/android

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Of all the things, this should be so easy to add (in theory) given the simple structure used (as perceived on the surfact).  Given the platform growth, please add it ASAP.

There are several issues with cloud.

1. Lack of service near where I live as well as other areas such as airplane where service is not available.
2. Security and privacy issues with cloud.

TO expect the users to spend additional $$$ to buy apps for each function (calendar, address book, tasks, notes) is IMHO a highway robbery.

Like it or not, Outlook is a defacto standard and sync to that application should be a native feature of any smartphone.

please add tasks to android calendar.

Please add tasks to android calendar....

Please integrate tasks to the android calendar. I just switched from a Blackberry and this is very frustrating.

Please, add tasks support.

Please add tasks support and anycing tasks with ms exchange

Pretty please add tasks support to android calendar!!!!! or create another widget that will allow us the same functionality!

I cannot fathom how Tasks could be separated from the actual Calendar and not sync into the Android Calendar. This would greatly improve productivity for those of us who have a busy life to manage home and work projects.

Implementing this would vastly improve productivity and make Google integration with Android that much more seamless.

Please integrate tasks with android calendar

Thanks

trying gtasks out of desperation and no satisfaction.  Google, to the rescue...please?

Please integrate tasks into google calendar on android

Please make the tasks in Google Calendar available on my AndroidX

Yes, this would truly tranform my android phone into an irreplaceable PDA for my job!  Tasks are punctual in time, while events are a slot in time.  They should be treated equally inside the calendar app.  Thanks!

I really don't get it - google did the hard thing and implemented the whole calendar thing but didn't add tasks?
What are they thinking by leaving there product crippled so badly?

Please integrate tasks with android calendar

Thanks

I agree.  Task/calendar integration should be a feature.

Needed badly!

Really need this function. Amazing that it wasn't designed in from the get-go. Hurry, please.

This is a very basic necessity which should ave been there from the begining. Please try to rpovide this asap.

Thanks

Why does Google hate tasks so much? ;) It seemed to take about 3 years too long to get online tasks, now syncing them to the mobile calendar seems to again be a neglected priority...please fix

it is not usable without task integration.

A calendar app without tasks is like ndrd without vowels. It makes the calendar app look very unprofessional. And, after all, it's a core function of a smartphone. I'm a latecomer to android and it surprises me that such a basic thing is still not sorted out. Makes it look like a beta. Hope tasks and calendar will come together in one app where they belong soon.

I have a hard time understanding why such a fundamental and basic component is not supported natively on Android. As I've said before, using Google's services with the browser is an unbelievably bad solution compared to a solution that would be well integrated to the Android user interface.

Meanwhile I'm forced to use Astrid as a workaround until I find an open source solution.

I was using Remember The Milk and Astrid but they just aren't reliable.  Now trying Google Tasks and using the Android Browser.  LAME.

Agenda Widget syncs/integrates tasks with gtask & astrid tasks(those 2 apps sync with google tasks, iirc). workaround but it'll do

Agreed.  Does Google even look at these? 14 mos since the initial request, and still not addressed.

Take Remember The Milk, and add its functionality into Google Calendar task. Make this available through he calendar app!

This is a must to fix! I need to see my tasks in my calendar widget (CalWidget). How come there is no response from Google yet?

Integrating tasks into the calendar on android would really help me out. It's one of the reason I chose Android over other mobile operating systems. Was kind of suprised to see this has not been added yet.

Would be nice to see all tasks lists simultaneously in the calendar (this also goes for the desktop browser verion of the calendar).

what a shame google there is no owner handling this issue yet...this must be fixed in android 2.3

Please address this. This really should be a standard feature.

Tasks and notes synchronized with Exchange. That's what's really missing.

I miss the Palm OS Tasks app - if Google could come up with an Android app to do Tasks and display it in Calendar on mobile platforms, that would really improve Android! RTM just does not cut it - expensive/too cluttered.

I wish to see it too. It is one of features that will make the android mobiles great for managing tasks. Just imaging if I can see my tasks on the Calendar Widget.

Please add exchange tasks to android (including category- and confidentiality-fields etc.)

PLEASE do this!!!!! It would make it 100% more functional!

Need to sync tasks as optionl layer with other ms exchange business data on Driod x mobile calendar

Integrate Tasks into Android natively!  And have audible reminders like in GTasks!  Why third party devs need to do these things is way beyond me!  Should have been incorporated into Android 1.0!

You can do it!!! Ill wait please

PLease!

I would love this feature!

It is the one thing I really wish I didn't have to use a 3rd party app for.

Please add this feature!  It's really what I need in order to ditch my paper to-do list... Thanks!!

Would you like me to create a task for you so this can get put on your calendar? Oh wait.. never mind :)

Tasks using google voice tool for example"new task, january 7th 2010, send Mitchell birthday card"  and it shows up on your calendar

please add!!!!

... and if it's doing that we may as well add the notes to sync as well.

Come to think of it, a proper reworking of the Outlook sync process would allow for the user to define what syncs (selected Outlook email folders, tasks, notes, EVERYTHING).

This improvement in functionality would likely eliminate 4 threads on the limited sync capabilities with Outlook.

Consider this please Google!!!!

The way that the tasks are paired to days in Google Calendar on my computer is perfect.  If this were how things worked on Android, there would be no need for me to waste hours downloading unhelpful third-party applications.  So let's go!

Update for add tasks on Android Google Calendar, please

I really hope Google addresses this soon. We've been asking for overt a year now.

Please :)

Come on Google, put all that ad revenue to work!!

Good news :) Actually Google stated 1 month ago that - at last - they'll be enhancing/updating Tasks! (reminders, API, repeating tasks etc)

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/top-tasks-for-google-tasks.html

Please add tasks to android calendar!
Thx

I can't wait till the release... tasks to the android calendar would be golden and everything I EVER wanted from my droid

Please add google tasks to the calendar!

I would really love this as a feature for the calendar.

I'm waiting for this too!

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I'ld absolutely love this. The last platform I had that had decent, syncable support for tasks was Windows Mobile 6.1. The app for it was horrible, nevertheless.

The tasks app that WebOS 1.4.5 or 2.x had/has was a real nice example of how it could be done.

...and it should be integrated with different sources, just as the calendars are.

what about google gears on Android browser to support the web tasks offline? google please support these requests !

When this feature is coming soon?

The Tasks webpage app works (Browser > Google > More > Tasks), as well as GTasks app (offline support, free).

subscribing

So... I'm not the first to be saddened by this issue

All I want from tasks is:
- Syncing on Android's calendar
- Shared task lists
- Dates appearing on the calendar, no matter which task list is 'open' in Google Calendar

Considering it's been two years since Tasks was released, I don't think this is much to ask.

agree

Oh yes I need Tasks on Android please, sync'd to e.g. Google Calendar/Tasks! My Palm Centro just died and this sort of thing all just WORKED in Palm OS (except you needed a wire - the sync-to-cloud of Google Calendars is nice!). In many practical ways Android seems still far behind where Palm OS + Palm-Desktop was 10 years ago. I hope to see Android really mature soon please.

Please!

Definitely needed for business users

Yes. Gtasks should be shown in google calendar app

What a joke! What a step backwards and an insult to (Android) handheld users. That there isn't yet... after all this time; an integrated task / calendar app available for this platform. Palm had it right years ago! Pocket Informant was the king of the Windows Mobile world and did everything one could imagine, in an app that elegantly integrated Contacts, Calendar, Tasks & Notes... with recurring events, linking, searching, etc. Agenda Fusion was pretty great too! PI for the Android today isn't even a shell of what it is on WM. I love the Android platform but I (almost) get sick thinking about how dumbed down the calendar/tasks functions have become. Google... you've retarded all this in the name of compatibility with your web desktop. For little BS games though, you're the best! :)

A must-include for Google.

Two years running... it's good to know our complaints/suggestions go unheeded.

Unbelievable.

I just got myself an android and this really baffled me. This is quite fucked up...

Does anyone from Google read this? Please, please integrate GTasks and the Android Calendar. In the Calendar Settings, under "Manage Calendars", "Tasks" should be an option just like it is in the desktop version. I love GTasks, and the ability to add due dates. Those NEED to translate over to my Calendar, though, so we can see everything in one place.

No tasks is a dealbreaker. I'm gutted to find that my fresh new android phone doesn't have this. I'll bet even old PalmPilots had it. We need the calendar for scheduling, and tasks for - well - tasks! You know, all the stuff one needs need to remember - ordering plane tickets, feed the cat, pick up junior at kindergarden etc. I'll sue google for killing my cat, loosing my kid an not getting airborne if this isn't available soon :-P
Outlook has it, win mobile has it, Google don't?? Better check out that new win mobile 8 thing...

please!!!!

I use a free app called Gtasks (https://market.android.com/details?id=org.dayup.gtask&hl=en).  Problem solved for me at least.

Another request for tasks support on the calendar!

Another for Tasks on android

C'mon Google, tasks on ANdroid Calendar. Just got me my first Android and one of the first things I noticed missing was Tasks. No widgets, embedded and fully functional