3.8157 released on June 15, 2016
- Substantial enhancements to TTS ( Text to Speech ). Biggest improvements are the ability to pause and resume and to go back/forward in the playlist from the “media notification”. When paused , in most cases pause button will change color to indicate it’s paused. NOTE: initial startup for audio is a little slow then previous method.
- Media notification redesigned in look and functionality for Android 5.0+ users
- (bugfix) NWS severe weather alerts not working due to NWS website formatting change
- WFO Text viewer ( ie AFD ) - added back/forward to view past text products
- New screen recording technology partially rewritten to avoid external dependencies
- New icon in Location settings for saving location via GPS
- Add experimental tag to GOES-14 SRSOR
- Bug Fixes ( certain AU locations not saving correctly )
NHC Note: If you are having issues with viewing NHC storm data with with NHC notifications and have submitted crash reports but have not seen resolution, please contact me. I am unable to replicate the issue or to resolve it with the data in the crash reports.
NOTE to Cricket Wireless users: UPDATE 6/3/2016 - After going back and forth with Cricket for a few weeks they closed my case and stated there was nothing more they could do for me. They failed to provide the IP Address for the DNS servers ( that I suspect are the problem ) that are advertised to subscribers to their network. At this point if you are a Cricket user and are experiencing issues in slowness on cellular networks with SPC, NHC, and GOES content and are unable or unwilling to root your phone ( so that you can use non-cricket DNS servers ) the only advice I can give ( advice that I am about to follow ) is to switch to a different cellular provider to resolve this issue.
This include me, in general there appears to be some sort of DNS resolution issue which impacts the ability to access
www.spc.noaa.gov, GOES images, and now binary radar data via the new URL advertised in the change notice above. I’ve personally overcome this issue by using a program that allows me to change the DNS servers my phone is using and then the problem goes away, unfortunately this requires rooting one’s phone. In the meantime I will continue to push Cricket wireless but I have my doubts on a quick resolution. If your phone is rooted and you want to change your DNS please contact me directly for some recommendations.
NOTE: It’s been requested I provide a FAQ ( frequently asked questions) so here is a first draft. Please do let me know if you think something else should be included:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OQrviP10XBvQZ7QKh5R4bsd72ZKffK5f0ISRuCaSk5k/edit?usp=sharing
FYI : this is an opensource project with the majority of the code under the GNU GPLv3 license:
For those who are not aware, wX is an open source project and the project as a whole is licensed under the GNU GPLv3 license:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License
This license was chosen so that the source code and project would have the best chance to succeed if I chose to abandon or leave this effort at any point in time ( I don’t plan to , this is just hypothetical ). As such any derivative work most also be licensed under the GNU GPLv3 ( or higher version) and if such work is distributed to the public, source code must also be made available for the greater good. The license falls into the broader category of “copyleft”.
Playstore summary: Enhancements to text to speech functionality. Minor visual enhancements. Bug fixes including fix for NWS severe weather alert text. Please see release notes for details on how to use new text to speech functionality.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZxPQRyxQpiP29By-at5ozoLnuG2wztaPFtxnBnn-Nkc/edit?usp=sharing
BACK DOOR to SETTINGS: If for some reason the app is crashing on start after a settings change or you suspect a roaming location is bad, there is a backdoor into settings. First, add the main wX widget to your homescreen and then tap the teardrop icon to access the hourly activity. In the submenu you can access settings and delete any bad locations or revert any settings made recently. I strive to keep wX bug-free as possible but it will always be a work in progress as long as new features are added. Additionally the dependence on a wide variety of upstream data sources that could change data formats at anytime will continue to pose challenges but thankfully it’s not that common. Thanks to those reporting bugs and helping to keep it a more stable program.
BUGS/CRASHES: If you are experience any crashes or bugs and have submitted crash reports but do not see resolution with this latest release please contact via email. It’s not always possible with the crash data automatically submitted or the comments to figure out what is going on. For now there was a crash with a comment that someone was trying to select a city but got a crash. The crash data didn’t provide enough detail to narrow this down and the comment didn’t specify what part of the program it was in. If someone continues to have issues with this please email me directly. Unfortunately the diversity of the android ecosystem causes folks to have issues that I don't see on my 3 devices.
Suggestions, bug reports always welcomed. thanks, Josh
wX @ Play Store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=joshuatee.wx
FAQ at:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OQrviP10XBvQZ7QKh5R4bsd72ZKffK5f0ISRuCaSk5k/edit?usp=sharing
wX ( and source code tarballs ):
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9OogdTO1kXqYzktaHZzdGdQSEk&usp=sharing
https://app.box.com/wX37