Google calendar / iCloud calendar sharing

Hi --
I use iphone and my husband uses an Android. He is not interested in using icloud calendar, but we want to share calendars with eachother. I am able to see his google calendar, but when I shared my icloud calendar with him he was asked to sign in with an apple id. He is not interested in using icloud calendar does he have to have an apple id for me to share my calendar with him? It doesn't seem useful if I can't share my calendar with anyone who isn't an apple user. Please help!

http://help.apple.com/icloud/#/mm6b1a8694 say's:
Sharing works as follows:
Public calendars can be shared with anyone. To access public calendars, visitors need to use Calendar (or iCal with OS X v10.7.5) on a Mac, Microsoft Outlook on a Windows computer, or any other app that supports the iCalendar file format.
A public calendar can’t be edited by anyone but the calendar owner (the creator).
Private calendars can be shared with other iCloud users.
Participants can view the calendar using iCloud Calendar, Calendar (or iCal with OS X v10.7.5) on a Mac, Microsoft Outlook on a Windows computer, or the Calendar app on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think your husband would have to create an iCloud account to subscribe to private iCloud calendars then use something like SmoothSync (from Google Play) for them to appear on his phone. I can't test this so I can't be sure, but I know SmoothSync is required to view iCloud calendars on Android - I just don't know whether it applies to privately shared ones too.
You're probably better off just using public sharing. The calendars aren't publicly accessible on the web, it's just the calendar URL (which is obscure so can't be stumbled upon or guessed) doesn't require a password to subscribe to.

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