PYKL3 Radar Ends Development

[John Wetter]

PYKL3 announced on their website Friday that they are ending development on their product due to unnamed new requirements by Google.

From their statement: “Given the magnitude of changes imposed on developers by Google, we have determined that it is not viable to continue development or support of PYKL3Radar.“

More information and their full statement can be found on their website.

 

[rdale]

Ugh - that's too bad... It was the best radar app and the thing I missed most when moving to iOS.

 

[Jeff Duda]

Well that's unfortunate. Takes a perfectly useful radar product off the market.

 

[Mark Blue]

I’ll surely miss it. Another good app bites the dust.

 

[Devin Pitts]

AFAIK it'll continue to function until either a future OS update from google kills it or the way NEXRAD data is sent changes. Might be worth downloading the APK from their website for when their website inevitably shuts down.

I absolutely love utilizing the real-time surface obs on Pykl3 and I'm sad to see it kick the bucket. Maybe Radarscope will eventually include surface obs in a future update!

 

[Mark Blue]

RadarScope is the obvious benefactor from PYKL3 closing up shop. I actually prefer RS as the feature set appeals to me more than PYKL3 did, but I used it for several years on my Android phones and appreciated having an alternative. I bit the bullet last night and bought another RS subscription for my Samsung S8, so I’m covered when PYKL stops functioning.

 

[Eric Friedebach]

This is a shame. I remember when it first came out, the developer was here on ST fielding questions and suggestions.

 

[Mark Blue]

I think it was Joe Jureka IIRC.

https://stormtrack.org/community/members/joe-jurecka.2657/

 

[ELY M.]

I really loce this app and it is my favorite app. I am android programmer.
I would like to take over pykl3 project. @Joe Jurecka contact me if you are interested.
Or put the source code of pykl3 on github so me or anyone can keep it alive.

 

[Jason Boggs]

I really loce this app and it is my favorite app. I am android programmer.
I would like to take over pykl3 project. @Joe Jurecka contact me if you are interested.
Or put the source code of pykl3 on github so me or anyone can keep it alive.

I HIGHLY doubt that is going to happen.

 

[Warren Faidley]

I like Radar Scope but also use My Radar Pro since it has detailed road maps.

 

[Mark Blue]

I haven’t heard of My Radar Pro. I’ll have to give it a look/see.

 

[Drew Terril]

I haven’t heard of My Radar Pro. I’ll have to give it a look/see.

I remember playing with the free version years ago. It seemed ok for what it was at the time, even the free version. I would imagine they've improved it significantly in the intervening years and have heard good things in the grapevine.

I haven't been on Android in quite some time, so I never had Pykl3. For me, RS is fine, primarily because I like to keep things as simple as possible on my radar screen and not have other things (surface obs, MDs, etc.) clogging it up. I keep other screens up for those things.

 

[ELY M.]

I just went to wX and it is very best app!!! I was able to work on the app and add my own color table and mods.
wX is best replacement for pykl3.

@Joshua Tee I will sent send my own mods later when I am finished.

Also Joshua have wX app for ios. I think it is on his google drive or other links.

 

[JamesCaruso]

I like Radar Scope but also use My Radar Pro since it has detailed road maps.

I have always used Radar Scope and haven’t heard of the app you mention but would like to try it for the road maps. Not sure if I am looking at the right app though, is the full name My Radar NOAA Weather Radar Pro??? You’re talking about an iOS app, correct?

Another one that has detailed road maps is RadarUS+