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

[Joshua Tee]

Caleb,
No problem ! Thanks for your bug reports... I've uploaded 3.5332 to restore the top toolbar with the back icon in this activity, this got missed in the conversion to native toolbars. Thanks for mentioning.

With regards to mesoanalysis overlays on the vis I assume this is the GOES and not the COD activity(s)? Which sector are you operating in or does it not matter ( I ask as GOES has some inconsistencies that are hard to address )?

If you are using GOES one thing I might recommend is in settings to switch to COD as the default. It used to be the default and I'm finding it still might provide a better overall experience. The advantage of GOES with regards to wX is NWS appears to be using a mapping projection that is already supported in wX and thus tor/tst/ffw polygon warnings are shown.

Josh

 

[Caleb Grunzke]

Switching to COD made the mesoanalysis work. Thanks.

 

[Joshua Tee]

Sounds good, I'll revisit GOES activity.

Also, uploaded 3.5333 to fix a bug introduced by rent changes in Models - text in upper left was not showing ( model run % complete )

 

[Scott Bartholomew]

Josh, this app is absolutely amazing! It has everything I've been looking for, without the crap. Thank you so much for your hard work on this and I look forward to subsequent releases!

 

[Joshua Tee]

Thanks for trying it and glad you like it ! Let me know if there is something you think could be added/enhanced.

Josh

 

[Scott Bartholomew]

Josh, what are the three numbers listed before the barometric pressure on the current conditions?

 

[Scott Bartholomew]

One possible enhancement is when viewing the animated radar, make an option available for continuous looping instead of animating once.

 

[Joshua Tee]

Josh, what are the three numbers listed before the barometric pressure on the current conditions?

Potentially there could even be 4:

temp ( wind chill or heat index ) / dew point ( relative humidity )

Thanks for feature request, I've added it to my list.

 

[Scott Bartholomew]

Another possible enhancement... An option for applying polygonal watch/warning overlays on the radar display.

 

[Joshua Tee]

Another possible enhancement... An option for applying polygonal watch/warning overlays on the radar display.

Thanks for the feedback, I do hope to bring SPC Wat/MCD polygons to more areas in the program, for now they are just in GOES. There is an option for warnings ( tst/tor/ffw ) under settings but not yet watches. However, there is more to it and I'll go into this morning in the next few days.

 

[Joshua Tee]

The latest version 3.5337 has been uploaded to the URL below as "wX.apk". The next oldest version has been renamed to include the version number:

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

Android 4.2 or later is required.

Changes:

- All animations now support zoom and pan.
- SPC Meso now supports toolbar hide and fullscreen on start mode.
- Help mode now supports the main screen with current conditions and 7day
- COD is once again the default for cloud icon.
- GOES mesolanalysis submenu is disabled ( but can be enabled via debug mode ) pending research into some issues.
- Legacy Nexrad radar choices ( COD/IOWA/WX ) converted to dual toolbar.
- bugfixs in uswarn and wxogl

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

thanks,
Josh

 

[Joshua Tee]

Thanks for the feedback, I do hope to bring SPC Wat/MCD polygons to more areas in the program, for now they are just in GOES. There is an option for warnings ( tst/tor/ffw ) under settings but not yet watches. However, there is more to it and I'll go into this morning in the next few days.

I went ahead and did a write-up on the varoius nexrad and mosaic/vis/ir/wv content used by wX. It's in a folder called "DOCS" at the normal download URL. Please let me know if you have anymore questions.

 

[Joshua Tee]

Another release out of band for an overdue improvement:

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The latest version 3.5343 has been uploaded to the URL below as "wX.apk". The next oldest version has been renamed to include the version number:

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

Android 4.2 or later is required.

Changes:
***Previously the only animation that did not loop was the Nexrad OpenGL animation ( lightning icon ). This release fixes that and makes it the default. Additionally zoom/pan was
not possible during the animation itself. That is now fixed as well. Once the animation is started the play icon changes to stop icon but selecting any other icon or overflow entry will stop the animation after it finishes the current cycle as well.
- PlayList settings now shows "mode" ( delete/play/up/down/text ) as a subtitle in top left instead of a short toast message. Mode no longer persists when leaving the activity.
- SPC Watches are now supported in PlayList
- Usability enhancements in GOES

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

thanks,
Josh

 

[Scott Bartholomew]

Josh, opened the new version and tapped the lightning bolt... and the app terminated ("Unfortunately, Wx has stopped ")

 

[Scott Bartholomew]

Another release out of band for an overdue improvement:

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The latest version 3.5343 has been uploaded to the URL below as "wX.apk". The next oldest version has been renamed to include the version number:

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

Android 4.2 or later is required.

Changes:
***Previously the only animation that did not loop was the Nexrad OpenGL animation ( lightning icon ). This release fixes that and makes it the default. Additionally zoom/pan was
not possible during the animation itself. That is now fixed as well. Once the animation is started the play icon changes to stop icon but selecting any other icon or overflow entry will stop the animation after it finishes the current cycle as well.
- PlayList settings now shows "mode" ( delete/play/up/down/text ) as a subtitle in top left instead of a short toast message. Mode no longer persists when leaving the activity.
- SPC Watches are now supported in PlayList
- Usability enhancements in GOES

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

thanks,
Josh