Saturday, April 30, 2011

Meteo.pl Alternative Zooming and Legend

Big patch for Meteo.pl Alternative. Not only most of the force close crushes ever submitted by the users are now officially fixed but also there's a massive new functionality added in latest release.


Verions 0.7

  • Updated Google libs fixing couple Force Close scenarios in 3rd party code
  • Fixed crush on Scroll View when no there were no image to scroll
  • Changed Scroll View startup focus to left top corner
  • Fixed Scroll View unused screen sections on high density devices 
  • Added Zoom (on screen control and pinch zoom if supported by device) for Scroll View
  • Added new View - Scroll + Legend. Legend explains how to read the charts (please mind that legend text language matches settings)
  • Fixed FC Crush when switching locations with Vol Up/Down during startup

Version 0.6 Beta

  • Fixed startup crush occurring on certain HTC devices (Desire HD and Desire Z) caused by HTC enabling WAL mode for SQLite.

Version 0.5 Beta

  • Fixed Scroll View landscape mode (now fills up whole screen)
  • Fixed vol up/down location switching (now titlebar is updated during vol up/down location switching)


Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Meteo.pl alternative location filtering

Another release of Meteo.pl alternative lands on android market. This time the list of changes is a short one but very much covering what's been most frequently asked for.



Version 0.4 Beta

  • Added location filtering (i.e. enter "awa" and it will list all locations with "awa" in the name like "Warszawa")


Thursday, October 28, 2010

Meteo.pl alternative 0.3 Beta



Brand new Meteo.pl alternative has just landed on Android market. Lots of changes this time - most noteworthy are introduction of settings and QVGA devices support. More details in changelog:


Version 0.3 Beta

  • Support for various screen resolutions (small, normal and large) which enables application on QVGA devices (like HTC Wildfire, HTC Tatoo, Motorola Charm, Motorola Flipout etc) 
  • Added "Settings" panel
  • Added configuration option - force UI language (so that application language can be different than system language)
  • Added configuration option - display name of current location on task bar
  • Added task bar caption for "Favorites" and "About" panels
  • Scroll View now limits scrolling to actual chart size
  • Meteograms (charts description) language now fits application language
  • "About" panel buttons moved to bottom
  • Added "Homepage" link button on "About" panel
  • Added "Quick Share" button on "About" panel which brings up program QR code
  • Last used meteogram "View" is stored as default

Friday, October 22, 2010









Meteo.pl alternative version 0.2 Alpha

One of the 1st publicly released revisions of Meteo.pl alternative project has just hit the market !


"Alternative (browser-free) UI for Polish weather forecast site Meteo.pl - great numeric weather forecast from ICM Warsaw University public site  
NOW BOTH IN POLISH AND ENGLISH"






Main features:


  • Huge database of location (even small polish towns are in)
  • Favorite locations list for easier navigation
  • Browsing freshest meteograms (very exact weather charts) in one of two modes - scaled to fit screen size and scrollable 1:1
  • Easy switching between favorite locations with vol+/vol-

Most recent changes:

Verions 0.2 Beta
  • Added changelog on first startup
  • Added changelog button on About
  • Added support for UI languages based on locale 
  • Added Polish localization
  • Fixed About tab layout (and removed junky ads)
Verions 0.1 Beta
  • Initial version !

SCREENS TAKEN USING POLISH LOCALE - NO WORRIES ENGLISH IS STILL THERE :)


Thursday, October 21, 2010

Visual Countdown 1.0.2

Changes coming to Visual Countdown. As promised new features will be landing on android market quite often. Stay tuned for next drop and configurable colors - in the meantime have a look what goodies just released version 1.0.2 brings.


Verions 1.0.2
Added changelog on first startup
Added changelog button on About
Added support for UI languages based on locale 
Added Polish localization

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Visual Countdown 1.0.1


First public version of Visual Countdown has just landed on android market. With much much more configuration options and operation modes coming in future it delivers the core idea behind application. Grab a free copy directly from Android market (use QR code attached or search for "Visual Countdown" on market).


Visual Countdown does exactly what its name suggests - it lets you track time progress in a friendly, amusing and visual way. Perfect for long pointless meetings, tracing your 9to5 daily progress or time spent at school.


Bored waiting for something? Why not ease your pain a bit and keep track of progress at the same time?