"wX" Android opensource/free weather app - new beta release 3.4

[Steve Burtis]

Enabled radar in main screen in updated app and it crashes on opening.

 

[Joshua Tee]

Enabled radar in main screen in updated app and it crashes on opening.

thanks Steve,
For now in the newer version we just need to leave that feature disabled. What I am most interested at this point is if you can open the radar interface from the lightning icon in the newest version! Unfortunately you'll need to repeat the downgrade, disable option process.

thanks,
Josh

 

[Steve Burtis]

Yes I can open the radar (lightning) in the new app. I added counties and still it functions corrrctly

 

[Joshua Tee]

Great, thanks again Steve - I'll focus on the embedded opengl component which seems to be causing issue.

 

[Joshua Tee]

Great, thanks again Steve - I'll focus on the embedded opengl component which seems to be causing issue.

The latest version 3.5609 has been uploaded to the URL below as "wX.apk". The next oldest version has been renamed to include the version number and place in the "OLD" folder:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9OogdTO1kXqYzktaHZzdGdQSEk&usp=sharing

Android 4.2 or later is required.

Changes:
- bugfix attempt the the issues discussed after today's noon release ( app crashes on startup when radar is shown on main screen ). Not 100% confident this will fix it.
- while doing code review and testing for issue above found another bug related to embedded opengl functionality
- backdoor into settings in case bugfix does not work. The hourly ( widget shows as tear drop icon ) activity now has a submeu added with settings as the only option.
If radar on main screen is still now working you don't have to downgrade but instead just have to add the main wX widget and then tap the teardrop icon to access hourly from which settings is availble.
- alpha feature - in radar->settings there is now a feature that will prevent the screen from turning off and will download radar content every 3 minutes. Will further enhance in the future.

Please let me know if you have any issues or suggestions on this new functionality.


thanks,
Josh

 

[Steve Burtis]

With the previous version. Activated "radar on main screen". Closed the app and downloaded the most recent update. Open the app and it functioned normally with radar on main screen. Thanks for the quick fix. Still testing but seems to be functioning normally. .

 

[Joshua Tee]

With the previous version. Activated "radar on main screen". Closed the app and downloaded the most recent update. Open the app and it functioned normally with radar on main screen. Thanks for the quick fix. Still testing but seems to be functioning normally. .

Steve,
Great - thanks for all your help narrowing this down and validating the fix.

Josh

 

[Joshua Tee]

The latest version 3.5623 has been uploaded to the URL below as "wX.apk". The next oldest version has been renamed to include the version number and place in the "OLD" folder:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9OogdTO1kXqYzktaHZzdGdQSEk&usp=sharing

Android 4.2 or later is required.

Changes:
- Level 3 radar data no longer uses the NWS FTP server but instead uses an NWS HTTP server. Performance (and reliability over slow networks ) for both single frame and animations is remarkably better. Changes were introduced just yesterday but testing has been fine so far. Over LTE I'm seeing less then 2 seconds from touch of lightning icon to getting a full render.
- SPC State level graphics are now available for Day 2 and Day 3.
- When saving a new location 2 pop-up messages are generated. One at the start and then one after all the location data is downloaded and save which may take some time. Previosuly a user was allowed to navigate back to the main screen and once the location is saved it's not in the dropdown list until one navigates away and back to the main screen. Now a broadcast mechanism is in place so the main screen "listens" for any completion of saved locations and then updates the dropdown list so user can see changes immediately after 2nd pop-up.
- Recent changes in WXOGL in support of OGL on the main screen caused a bug related to the favorite menu - fixed.
- WXOGL, hide highways after zooming out a certain level ( similar to counties )
- main screen - add long press item to reset zoom and center radar ( long press on status area )
- remove icons in US warnings interface which were not working correctly in Android 5.0 and not adding much value.
- In settings radar trigger an immediate "background data" run if options needed data collected in the background are selected ( warnings,wat/mcd/mpd, etc )
- Lock toolbars and show counties are now defaults for new users.

Please let me know if you have any issues or suggestions on this new functionality.


thanks,
Josh

 

[plreardon]

Hi Josh,

Been traveling the past week so didn't mention this sooner. The past two updates....last week's and today's update....crash on my Galaxy S5 (running 5.0). In fact today's update won't even open. Maybe I'm missing something with the replies you've received but couldn't detect a fix for the crashes. So still stuck on version 3.5585.

Is there a tweak I missed.

Thx,
Pat

 

[Joshua Tee]

Hi Josh,

Been traveling the past week so didn't mention this sooner. The past two updates....last week's and today's update....crash on my Galaxy S5 (running 5.0). In fact today's update won't even open. Maybe I'm missing something with the replies you've received but couldn't detect a fix for the crashes. So still stuck on version 3.5585.

Is there a tweak I missed.

Thx,
Pat

Pat,
No missed tweak. In setting - > radar is your radar choice WXOGL or something else? Please try WXOGL if not set to this.

Thanks, Josh

 

[plreardon]

Josh,

My radar setting was WX, so changed to WXOGL and that did take care of it. Seems to be running fine now. Did try to switch back to WX but app then crashes at startup again. So went through process again to make WXOGL primary and that worked.

Thx,
Pat

 

[Joshua Tee]

Josh,

My radar setting was WX, so changed to WXOGL and that did take care of it. Seems to be running fine now. Did try to switch back to WX but app then crashes at startup again. So went through process again to make WXOGL primary and that worked.

Thx,
Pat

Thanks Pat,
I'll have a bugfix out for that in a release next Friday. Please let me know if there is anything about the older "WX" option not found in the newer(default) "WXOGL" radar option that you need. Most development effort is going into WXOGL and not the older 3 choices ( WX, IOWA. COD ) which are basically legacy at this point.

Josh

 

[Joshua Tee]

The latest version 3.5636 has been uploaded to the URL below as "wX.apk". The next oldest version has been renamed to include the version number and place in the "OLD" folder:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9OogdTO1kXqYzktaHZzdGdQSEk&usp=sharing

Android 4.2 or later is required.

Changes:
- Storm tracks are now available in WXOGL. Option is not enabled by default. Color is configurable ( white is default ).
- Hail index markers are now available in WXOGL. Option is not enabled by default. For now, a marker is shown if probability of hail is greater then 50% and hail size is 0.50 inch or greater. If hail is estimated between 1-2 inches 2 icons will show and 3 icons for 2-3 inch. Color is configurable ( bright green is default ). Marker size will be configurable in an upcoming release. TVS will be implemented next.
- Bug mentioned by Pat is fixed. The OpenGL embedded is the only option on the main screen so if one has a non-WXOGL radar option the lightning icon will still use that activity bu the main screen radar presentation will be WXOGL. Supporting both OpenGL and bitmaps was making the code to complicated. As I mentioned before new development is only occurring in WXOGL so it's recommended to use that.

Please let me know if you have any issues or suggestions on this new functionality.


thanks,
Josh

 

[Joshua Tee]

Here is an example of both new features. The southern most warning polygon has a hail marker for 1-2inch hail on the right edge.

 

[Scott Bartholomew]

Josh, when starting the app, I slide from the LOCAL tab to the SPC tab and the bottom portion of the page is black. It's like it is cutoff... this occurs with the subsequent tabs, as well. I tap on the black area, it loads the full page corresponding to the tile for that area. I then hit the back button and everything is restored like normal, including the bottom toolbar.
I am using Galaxy Note 2 running 4.4.2.
I did a clean initial install with last week's release and that is where I first noted this. It stayed with this update today.

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