First alpha version of weather App available

The last few weeks I was busy to develop my first Android App. It is a weather app which uses the same feed as the good old Marsware WeatherPanel for Windows Mobile.


I think WeatherPanel was the best weather program available on the Windows Mobile platform and I was really disappointed about all the available Android weather apps after switching over to the Android system.

My weather app will not be as good as WeatherPanel but it uses the same weather feed. Even the UI is somehow borrowed from the good old PhatPhinger IV WeatherPanel theme created by Storyr (thanks for your permission to use the graphics).

Be aware that this is currently an alpha version. This means it will have many bugs and many missing features. The weather feed it uses delivers some more data which will be integrated step by step into the user interface. Even more homescreen widgets with different layouts will be added in the future. The first step is to get the App stable and reliable. Then I will add new features.

Ok, here are the features for now:

• Homescreen widget with current weather condition and 4 or 5 day forecast
• App with current condition, and 10 day forecast
• Multiple cities can be configured (though only one will be displayed in all widgets)
• The app currently works in portrait mode only, the widget can be used in landscape, too
• Currently fixed update rate of 30 minutes for current condition and one hour for forecast data. Only the widget city will be updated automatically.

Download the APK here.

Write your suggestions and feature requests in the comments.

Thanks very much for testing.