public async Task <List <ViewModel.CalendarItem> > GetCalendar(Configuration.CalendarAndColor config)
        {
            List <ViewModel.CalendarItem> items = new List <ViewModel.CalendarItem>();

            try
            {
                string icsStr = await WebHelper.DownloadString(config.URL);

                string[] cal_array = icsStr.Split(new string[] { "\r\n", "\n", }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
                var      in_event  = false;
                var      in_alarm  = false;
                //Use as a holder for the current event being proccessed.
                ViewModel.CalendarItem cur_event = null;
                for (var i = 0; i < cal_array.Length; i++)
                {
                    try
                    {
                        string ln = cal_array[i].Trim();
                        //If we encounted a new Event, create a blank event object + set in event options.
                        if (!in_event && ln == "BEGIN:VEVENT")
                        {
                            in_event            = true;
                            cur_event           = new ViewModel.CalendarItem();
                            cur_event.TextBrush = config.Foreground;
                        }
                        //If we encounter end event, complete the object and add it to our events array then clear it for reuse.
                        if (in_event && ln == "END:VEVENT")
                        {
                            in_event = false;


                            items.Add(cur_event);
                            cur_event = null;
                        }
                        //If we are in an event
                        else if (in_event)
                        {
                            if (ln == "BEGIN:VALARM")
                            {
                                in_alarm = true;
                            }
                            else if (ln == "END:VALARM")
                            {
                                in_alarm = false;
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                //Split the item based on the first ":"
                                var idx = ln.IndexOf(':');

                                if (idx != -1)
                                {
                                    //Apply trimming to values to reduce risks of badly formatted ical files.
                                    var type = ln.Substring(0, idx).Trim();//Trim
                                    if (in_alarm)
                                    {
                                        type = "valarm_" + type;
                                    }
                                    var    val    = ln.Substring(idx + 1).Trim();
                                    string subkey = "";
                                    if (type.Contains(";"))
                                    {
                                        string t2        = type;
                                        int    subkeysep = t2.IndexOf(";");
                                        type   = t2.Substring(0, subkeysep);
                                        subkey = t2.Substring(subkeysep + 1);
                                    }


                                    //If the type is a start date, proccess it and store details
                                    if (type == "DTSTART")
                                    {
                                        cur_event.Start = GetDateTime(val);
                                        if (cur_event.Start == DateTime.MinValue)
                                        {
                                            cur_event.Start = GetDateTime2(val);
                                        }
                                    }
                                    //If the type is an end date, do the same as above
                                    else if (type == "DTEND")
                                    {
                                        cur_event.End = GetDateTime(val);
                                        if (cur_event.End == DateTime.MinValue)
                                        {
                                            cur_event.End = GetDateTime2(val);
                                        }
                                    }
                                    //Convert timestamp
                                    else if (type == "DTSTAMP")
                                    {
                                        cur_event.Stamp = GetDateTime(val);
                                    }
                                    else if (type == "SUMMARY")
                                    {
                                        cur_event.Text = val
                                                         .Replace("\\r\\n", "")
                                                         .Replace("\\n", "")
                                                         .Replace("\\,", ",")
                                                         .Trim();
                                    }
                                    else if (type == "DESCRIPTION")
                                    {
                                        int j = i;
                                        while (j++ < cal_array.Length && cal_array[j].StartsWith(" "))
                                        {
                                            i++;
                                            val += cal_array[j].TrimStart();
                                        }
                                    }
                                    else if (type == "RRULE")
                                    {
                                        cur_event.RRULE = val;
                                    }
                                    else
                                    {
                                        val = val
                                              .Replace("\\r\\n", "")
                                              .Replace("\\n", "")
                                              .Replace("\\,", ",")
                                              .Trim();
                                    }

                                    //Add the value to our event object.
                                    cur_event.Values[type] = val;
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    catch (Exception ex)
                    {
                        Log.e(ex);
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Log.e(ex);
            }


            if (items.Count == 0)
            {
                return(null);
            }

            List <ViewModel.CalendarItem> ritems = new List <ViewModel.CalendarItem>();

            foreach (var item in items)
            {
                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.RRULE))
                {
                    ritems.Add(item);
                }
                else
                {
                    try
                    {
                        RecurrencePattern r = new RecurrencePattern(item.RRULE);

                        var      duration = item.End - item.Start;
                        DateTime begin    = DateTimeFactory.Instance.Now;
                        DateTime end      = begin.AddYears(10);
                        foreach (var date in RecurrencePatternSerializer.GetDates(begin, begin, end, 2, r, false))
                        {
                            var nitem = item.Copy();
                            nitem.Start = date;
                            nitem.End   = date + duration;
                            nitem.RRULE = null;
                            ritems.Add(nitem);
                        }
                    }
                    catch (Exception ex)
                    {
                        Log.e(ex);
                    }
                }
            }



            return(ritems);
        }