Great pykl3 replacement for me

[Joshua Tee]

Roger,
For Radar, go to settings -> radar and select "Remember location". For WFO, go to settings -> UI and select "WFO - remember location".

The next time you access nexrad via the lightning icon or AFD/local text products via the "i with circle around it", you can switch to your preferred site. When you exit the screen and then go back in later, it will always show you the last site you used.

For the radar on the main screen, go to "settings -> Homescreen" and delete "Radar: Local nexrad radar", then tap the lightning icon and you can add any nexrad site you like. You can then use the arrows to position it. Future versions will make the interface to add/move items less cumbersome. ( Ely's fork may already have this integrated )

Hope that is what you are looking for.

thanks, Josh

 

[Dave K.]

Pykl3 still does work.
Go to this page and download the apk.
PYKL3 Radar
You have to delete what ever version you have on your phone then download the apk.
After opening the app go to settings/data providers and choose NWS. Check the box to allow https access, and restart the app.
Using the app right now and everything is current.

 

[ScottCurry]

Pykl3 still does work.
Go to this page and download the apk.
PYKL3 Radar
You have to delete what ever version you have on your phone then download the apk.
After opening the app go to settings/data providers and choose NWS. Check the box to allow https access, and restart the app.
Using the app right now and everything is current.

If you still have PYKL3 installed, all you have to do is check the https checkbox for the NWS feed, and it works.

 

[ELY M.]

sadly, I never have pykl3 working at all even on my new phone.

I have been messing with android on my Nintendo Switch lately.
other day, I installed wX on my android switch and it was working great. I was shocked that it was able to get my GPS.
I was expecting to make another version for Nintendo Switch. so many people are running android on their Nintendo Switches nowdays.

 

[Dave K.]

Hey Ely.
Long time user of Wx.
What does your version have that Josh's doesn't.
Reluctant to uninstall since I have it set up just how I want.

 

[James K]

I got Pylk3 to work on an older Android tablet, but its slow to load, and somewhat crash-happy.

For the most part when I want to check the weather, I've been using Ely's version of wX. on a different tablet. Its worked nicely for my needs there (I originally tried it on the tablet that I ended up putting Pylk3 on, but it gave an error & refused to install)
notes:
I've only used it at home.
There are a ton of different options/views when you look at the sub-menus...I haven't looked at them all.

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other day, I installed wX on my android switch

Interesting (also cool). I didn't know you you could put Android on a switch.

 

[Joshua Tee]

James,
I'd be curious to see a screenshot of the error you got on install on the other tablet. As a data point I'd be curious to see if you can install my upstream version as well or if it still gives you issues. Hardware model and Android OS version might help troubleshoot:

wX - Apps on Google Play

Advanced US weather app - Radar, Models, Vis sat, Obs, SPC, WPC, NHC,..more

play.google.com

thanks,
Josh

I got Pylk3 to work on an older Android tablet, but its slow to load, and somewhat crash-happy.

For the most part when I want to check the weather, I've been using Ely's version of wX. on a different tablet. Its worked nicely for my needs there (I originally tried it on the tablet that I ended up putting Pylk3 on, but it gave an error & refused to install)
notes:
I've only used it at home.
There are a ton of different options/views when you look at the sub-menus...I haven't looked at them all.

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Interesting (also cool). I didn't know you you could put Android on a switch.

 

[Dave K.]

If you still have PYKL3 installed, all you have to do is check the https checkbox for the NWS feed, and it works.

That didn't work in my case. When I selected the http access box nothing happened.
It wasn't until I uninstalled the original version and installed the apk that I got it to work.
Android with its many phone models and versions can be a developers nightmare.

 

[James K]

That didn't work in my case. When I selected the http access box nothing happened.

It worked for me, I simply selected the box, then exited the app, then re-ran the app & it worked (but was slow)

James,
I'd be curious to see a screenshot of the error you got on install on the other tablet. As a data point I'd be curious to see if you can install my upstream version as well or if it still gives you issues. Hardware model and Android OS version might help troubleshoot:

It simply said "Parse error" "There is a problem parsing the package". No errorcodes or anything further. I just tried your version & got the same.
Tablet is an Acer Iconia Tab A200
OS is Android 4.0.3

I'm going to try attaching a pic of the err

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One other thing I had tried (with the Ely version) is installing on an windows android emulator, out of curiosity to see if it'd go on a computer .. in that case after a few minute delay, I simply got something like "install failed" (message appeared just briefly then disappeared, easy to miss)
. Interesting, just tried your version there, and it installed without issue (same .apk I tried on the tablet)

 

[Joshua Tee]

It's unfortunate that the android installer does not provide better error messages as the minimum version of Android supported by my program is 4.1. I'm surprised google play even allowed you to attempt install it.

thanks!

 

[James K]

@Joshua Tee:
Yep.. it could have given a more meaningful error like "this app requires a newer version of android" .lol.
I had downloaded it to a pc first, then transferred the apk file to the tablet.

I hadn't thought about just how 'old' that tablet is, until I started looking at it :lol:

 

[Brandon Skalniak]

A bit late to this discussion, but I recently found a working .apk file of PKYL3. It is malware-free and works surprisingly well.

 

[ELY M.]

I never bothered with pykl3. I am hoping that someday that the source code pykl3 gets released.

 

[ELY M.]

Hey Ely.
Long time user of Wx.
What does your version have that Josh's doesn't.
Reluctant to uninstall since I have it set up just how I want.

from my github readme:

Added in function to enable and disable showing radar. idea/request by Mike T. - very great idea! The radar show/hide function is in menu in tools section.
NOTE: the radar do not disappear or appear auto - you have to tap/move the screen then radar will disappear or appear.

reversed my old warning mod and cleaned up.
updated the code with Joshua many changes and added in zoom setting for conus radar to zoom out to (5-20-19) (Tornado day in OK!)
all watch crash bugs should be gone, hopefully!
updated the code with Joshuas changes with the warnings mod/settings (4-20-19).
updated the code with Joshuas changes (4-13-19).
Now, you can change the radar legend text color in the color settings - it was requested by Mike T.
Userpoints system is working but userpoints update/refresh is not done asap as you delete/add them. you have to wait few mins or close the app to see updated userpoints.
added in internet check on start with option to turn on and off internet check.
get MSL and AGL Beam Heights are available in long press now.
Sun/Moon data are calculated from SunCalc library now - No More loading/parsing from website with broken SSL.
Special Weather Statements Polygons are working! I had to create a list for SPS same way as how spotters are done in wX. you should see matching texts for sps polygons now.
added hail icons and text for showing hail sizes on radar, still testing
added backup urls in getRadarStatus function.
show MPD text within text is done and working.
Conus Radar is being worked on... right now, It is not being plotted right so keep it off in the radar settings
added base spectrum width - thanks to Joshua Tee for doing it first before me!
reading Watch texts within radar is working properly now.
reading MCD texts within radar is working properly now.
added setting for adjusting width of colorbar (color table on side if enabled) and text size too.
heading bug on GPS location is done and it have setting to enable and disable and can set bug size too.
added "displayhold" function as seen in pykl3 because I liked it and it helps very much with "GLThread" crashes!
added option to change default lines on radar in the radar settings.
added "show MCD text" in radar" - It only show last MCD right now.
added TVS Icon - replaced the tvs triangle with tvs.png - need more testing and adjusting - need more badass storms!
due to a bug in location dot size if not following gps, I added a new setting for location icon size
you are able to change location icon size now. I increased the location size to 530 in the settings.
the gps location is loaded by location.png now.
for now, I put in cod.edu url to load up for VAD Wind Profile.
The BackupRestore function now backup everything that are in wX folder even your icons and any files.
added pal files backup/restore function in BackupRestore function
the color table editor is saving txt to /wX/pal/ now
reading from pal files on sdcard are done! I had to redo checkfiles and permissions processing abit.
added enhanced vel color table - cool one that help you to see tornadoes.
fixed up my own vel table colors.
reverted the vel color table fix due to messed up color table in vel
added checkpalfiles function to check pal files and copy them if any missing * reading from files is not done yet! *
added Extreme Wind warnings (EWW) added conus radar image auto-download in radaractivity, need to figure out how to plot it when the radar map gets zoom out like in pykl3
android permissions are pita! I put in perm library for filechecking for custom icons later.
changed the icon to black and cyan color so one can tell which version wX is running.
added backup/restore settings/pallette like in pykl3
added third button for SRM on radar.
seperate warnings option on radar.. so can enable and disable indidvual warnings on radar. for example, you only want to see tor/svr and you can disable all others.
added SVS (severe weather statement)
added request for sn spotter info in the tap menu in the radar
Spotter Network intergretion for spotters (add your SN key in the settings)
seperate screen on and auto refresh into 2 options. easy!
zoom out bug fixed! obs / spotters / tvs disappear when you zoom out.

 

[ELY M.]

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Interesting (also cool). I didn't know you you could put Android on a switch.

There are guides on how to run android on Nintendo Switch.
first, your switch need to be exploitable and able to get in RCM (recovery) mode.

the guide is at [GUIDE] How to install Android on your Switch, step-by-step.