TinyWeatherForecastGermanyMirror/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

Version 0.62.1:

• simplify code calling the WelcomeActivity and returning the launch mode to the main activity
• fix wind speed in overview chart displayed too high when temperature was below zero
• fixed possible crash related to the overview chart when data about the precipitation amount was missing
• added optional display of the precipitation amount to the overview chart
• switch the rain radar layers from WGS84 (EPSG 4326) to Mercator projection (EPSG 3857) to fit the target map, thus displaying the rain radar with a better local accuracy
• Gadgetbridge support: fix wrong moon-phase in daily forecast
• turning the Gadgetbridge support off/on now always triggers a Gadgetbridge update
• fix some preferences missing when saving the whole preference instance
• fix wind unit in overview chart km/h instead of kn
• moved the wind options for the overview chart from "wind" to "overview chart" in the settings
• bold widget: align the current day to the left to prevent line breaks in temperature display when the values have two digits on some devices
• switched weather warnings activity map to use a static OpenStreetMap in Mercator Projection
• rewritten plot functions to draw warning polygons and administrative borders on Mercator projection (EPSG 3857)
• map legend moved below the map to not overlap with the rain radar
• depending on the device width in pixels, a higher map resolution is used
• fix a crash related to unknown pollen region when pollen data was not used before
• new setting to force use of the higher resolution map despite lower device specs
• fix wrong dates shown in the weather maps activity when bitmaps were recycled from present data
• fix rain data loaded twice when rain radar data outdated
• fix a lag related to loading maps
• rewritten code to display the rain radar slides, now running smoother and more reliable
• fix crash when reusing warnings and rain radar data
• add customizable location pin size on map
• stop rain radar when updating/processing warnings in onResume to avoid performance issues on older devices
• fix spinner not disappearing after update of warnings finishes

Version 0.62.0:

• added a PendingIntent.FLAG_IMMUTABLE to all intents on devices with sdk>=23
• exact alarms changed to inexact when battery saving present to keep compliant with the sdk changes
• added the missing permission ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION needed to properly check the location
• added the handling for the new permission POST_NOTIFICATION
• unified the permission requests to one call in onCreate
• fixed app icon being very small and items not centered in 1st welcome screen
• fixed some missing touch responses in the intro
• improved Gadgetbridge logging
• fixed WeatherSpec bug regarding air pressure
• improved app launch time by preventing multiple initializations of the stations list
• improved stability by introducing a lock to ensure that the area database is only built once
• added widget margins to avoid cropping of content in the rounded widget corners
• modified widget backgrounds to comply with new sdk recommendations
• the classic widget is now dynamic and shows the information of the former large widget if there is enough space
• the large widget got retired (merged with classic widget)
• added dynamic widget preview layouts and new widget descriptions
• modified the permitted widget sizes on api >=31 to improve the appearance
• widgets now better display on launchers allowing display rotation
• renamed the widgets to better reflect their information
• fixed date & time not updated correctly at various places inside the app when the locale changed while the app was running
• removed the data update logic based on AlarmManager and JobWorker using a foreground service for updates
• implemented new update logic based on sync adapter
• new necessary permissions to manage the sync adapter: AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS, WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS, READ_SYNC_SETTINGS
• syncs in the background won't waste battery when no suitable network is available or when the device is idle
• syncs won't occur when the user disables background syncs
• to better adapt to other apps and their data sync, the sync intervals are now inexact
• the user can now decide in detail which data should be synced in the background
• the settings for syncs are now unified in a new category called "sync settings"
• the user-triggered updates now only reload the data necessary for the view visible
• added dialog to ask if the favorites should be really deleted
• added button in welcome activity to optionally opt out from battery saving
• added setting to optionally opt out from battery saving
• the travel update now also does a force update for weather forecasts, weather warnings, texts, pollen count and maps
• add buttons to logging activity to scroll to the top & bottom of the text
• rewritten update logic for Gadgetbridge based on AlarmManager/JobWorker and widgets
• regular Gadgetbridge updates occur together with widget updates
• additionally, regular Gadgetbridge updates are now performed independently of data syncs, at least every 60 minutes, but not more frequent than every 30 minutes
• updates of widgets and Gadgetbridge from the main app are delayed, so that they do not slow down the user interface upon app launch
• added button in welcome activity to opt out from battery optimization
• added warnings in settings if sync is disabled, and/or battery optimization enabled and/or the data saver is enabled
• links and e-mail addresses are now clickable in the popups
• fixed sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, moon position on sky sent to Gadgetbridge shifted by 24h
• fixed wrong numbering of weather warning intervals in WelcomeActivity
• immediately request sync when location change detected in background, so that weather warnings are delivered immediately
• reduced padding in the compact weather widget to prevent line-breaks in current min. & max. temperature