How do I respond to a meeting invitation on an Android device?

If a meeting invitation contains Accept and Decline options, then the meeting chair expects you to respond to the invitation. To perform advanced invitation features such as invitation delegation and proposing a new meeting time, use either the desktop IBM® Notes® client or iNotes®.

About this task

Note: The Accept Accept and Decline Decline menu options are available directly from the action bar.
The following table describes meeting invitation icons.
Icon Description
Invite Signifies a new invitation to which your response is requested.
Cancelled An existing meeting has been rescheduled to a new time and day and your response is requested.
Cancelled An existing meeting has been canceled and your response is requested.
Accept Indicates an invitation that you have accepted and to which the client is currently propagating the response to the chair.
Decline Indicates an invitation that you have declined and to which the client is currently propagating the response to the chair.
Tentative Indicates an attendee tentatively accepted your invitation to a meeting.
Confirmed Indicates an existing meeting has been confirmed.

Use the following steps to respond to a meeting invitation:

Procedure

  1. In your Inbox, open the meeting invitation.
  2. The following table illustrates the available functions. The Accept and Decline options are available on the action bar, while the Tentative option is on the action bar or overflow menu.
    Option Description
    Accept Creates an email response addressed to the meeting chair notifying that you have accepted. A calendar entry is added to your calendar. The next time syncing takes place, busy time is updated with your new calendar entry.
    Decline Creates an email response addressed to the meeting chair notifying that you have declined.
    Tentative Creates an email response addressed to the meeting chair. Busy time is not updated.