Lively Weather new update brings weather provider, GPS location and more!
Added 2024-01-05 14:37:22 +0000 UTCThis release adds new weather data source, GPS location, environment effects and enhancements.
The Journey
Implementing a new weather provider and adding support for multiple ones turned out to be more work than I initially anticipated 😅.
Some of the challenges faced:
- Forecast have different start, end time and intervals, so graph and data processing had to be modified.
- Different measurement units and standards, some conversions were not straightforward. For example US AQI
- Some of the data needed for app functioning were unavailable or missing and required some research and work.
Changelog
OpenWeatherMap
- New OpenWeatherMap weather provider implemented.
- Shows 5 day forecast and current weather.
- To use this weather provider free API Key is required. Learn more
GPS/Detect Location
- Windows location services can be used to detect current location (with user permission.)
- Managed by Windows permission settings.
- Uses GPS hardware if available.
Currently only available with OpenWeatherMap weather provider.
Weather Effects
- New 3 environment weather effects have been added.
Currently only available with OpenWeatherMap weather provider and in screensaver mode.
and more...
