How do I enable birthday reminders or view birthdays as events in Calendar on Nexus 4 Simple problem: I forget the birthdays of my friends. I have the dates saved in my contacts (CardDAV-Sync address book) and can view them with the People app. I have not found a way to set up an alert or reminder, though. Alternatively I'd like to see them as events in Calendar. I would hope there is some option in the stock Android 4.3 of my Nexus 4 to configure this, but if it is not possible, do you know of a simple reminder app that does not ask for full internet access?

Thanks in advance.
..., but if it is not possible, do you know of a simple reminder app that does not ask for full Internet access?

The topic is also discussed in the Google forum for the calender application and indeed there seem to be only workarounds.

There is also an app mentioned, which does provide the notifications for the birthdays and does not need Internet access: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.noyer.consulting.contactevents.pro

That is a paid app for a small amount, but there is also a free version with Internet access for advertisements: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.noyer.consulting.contactevents.free

If you just want to try the free version if it works for you, you could perform the following steps:


Download the free app in the Play Store
Turn your device into flight mode
Start the app
In Android 6 or higher: Grant access to adress book at first start
Check the app, widget etc. (Notifications are only raised at midnight)
Uninstall the app
Turn off flight mode
Decide if it worth to get the Pro version