diff --git a/core/java/android/pim/RecurrenceSet.java b/core/java/android/pim/RecurrenceSet.java
index 1a287c8..7920543 100644
--- a/core/java/android/pim/RecurrenceSet.java
+++ b/core/java/android/pim/RecurrenceSet.java
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@
         return true;
     }
 
+    // This can be removed when the old CalendarSyncAdapter is removed.
     public static boolean populateComponent(Cursor cursor,
                                             ICalendar.Component component) {
         
@@ -292,6 +293,64 @@
         return true;
     }
 
+public static boolean populateComponent(ContentValues values,
+                                            ICalendar.Component component) {
+        long dtstart = -1;
+        if (values.containsKey(Calendar.Events.DTSTART)) {
+            dtstart = values.getAsLong(Calendar.Events.DTSTART);
+        }
+        String duration = values.getAsString(Calendar.Events.DURATION);
+        String tzid = values.getAsString(Calendar.Events.EVENT_TIMEZONE);
+        String rruleStr = values.getAsString(Calendar.Events.RRULE);
+        String rdateStr = values.getAsString(Calendar.Events.RDATE);
+        String exruleStr = values.getAsString(Calendar.Events.EXRULE);
+        String exdateStr = values.getAsString(Calendar.Events.EXDATE);
+        boolean allDay = values.getAsInteger(Calendar.Events.ALL_DAY) == 1;
+
+        if ((dtstart == -1) ||
+            (TextUtils.isEmpty(duration))||
+            ((TextUtils.isEmpty(rruleStr))&&
+                (TextUtils.isEmpty(rdateStr)))) {
+                // no recurrence.
+                return false;
+        }
+
+        ICalendar.Property dtstartProp = new ICalendar.Property("DTSTART");
+        Time dtstartTime = null;
+        if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(tzid)) {
+            if (!allDay) {
+                dtstartProp.addParameter(new ICalendar.Parameter("TZID", tzid));
+            }
+            dtstartTime = new Time(tzid);
+        } else {
+            // use the "floating" timezone
+            dtstartTime = new Time(Time.TIMEZONE_UTC);
+        }
+
+        dtstartTime.set(dtstart);
+        // make sure the time is printed just as a date, if all day.
+        // TODO: android.pim.Time really should take care of this for us.
+        if (allDay) {
+            dtstartProp.addParameter(new ICalendar.Parameter("VALUE", "DATE"));
+            dtstartTime.allDay = true;
+            dtstartTime.hour = 0;
+            dtstartTime.minute = 0;
+            dtstartTime.second = 0;
+        }
+
+        dtstartProp.setValue(dtstartTime.format2445());
+        component.addProperty(dtstartProp);
+        ICalendar.Property durationProp = new ICalendar.Property("DURATION");
+        durationProp.setValue(duration);
+        component.addProperty(durationProp);
+
+        addPropertiesForRuleStr(component, "RRULE", rruleStr);
+        addPropertyForDateStr(component, "RDATE", rdateStr);
+        addPropertiesForRuleStr(component, "EXRULE", exruleStr);
+        addPropertyForDateStr(component, "EXDATE", exdateStr);
+        return true;
+    }
+
     private static void addPropertiesForRuleStr(ICalendar.Component component,
                                                 String propertyName,
                                                 String ruleStr) {
diff --git a/test-runner/android/test/IsolatedContext.java b/test-runner/android/test/IsolatedContext.java
index 03d95b7..4bd9528 100644
--- a/test-runner/android/test/IsolatedContext.java
+++ b/test-runner/android/test/IsolatedContext.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import android.os.Looper;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.io.File;
 
 /**
      * A mock context which prevents its users from talking to the rest of the device while
@@ -101,4 +102,8 @@
             // do nothing
         }
     }
+    @Override
+    public File getFilesDir() {
+        return new File("/dev/null");
+    }
 }