Public Calendar & Contacts on Android

I am setting up an Office 365 test environment and have a question regarding Public Calendar and Contacts being sync'd to Android and IOS. I know you cannot sync this information using Public folders and would like to know the best practice to get this done.
The two suggestions I have had are:
1. Create a Office 365 account called PB Contacts and and one called PB Calendar and share those calendars with users and these will show up on my mobile devices.
2. Use SharePoint- how do I configure this and is it as user friendly and robust as it is in Outlook?
Thank you!
Mark

I would go with First Option, as it looks simple and easy to implement and manage.
Not sure how will you do it in SharePoint
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