2.1.32 | Appy Weather

After 31 updates, this feels like the right moment for Appy Weather 2’s first .1 version bump. There’s a lot packed into this release, and the app is in a much better place because of it.

Many aspects I wasn’t happy with —especially around interaction and customisation — have now been addressed, alongside several issues that had been bothering me for some time. This update builds on the work of several previous releases that touched on similar themes. All of these changes have effectively combined into something that finally feels complete.

Today, I feel a genuine sense of relief: the first phase of Appy Weather 2’s development is done. On to the next!

New

Accelerators is a new UI that makes previously available functionality much more discoverable as well as accessible from the bottom right. It consists of two toggles:

1. Picker (different weather details to pick from the Layers toggle)
2. Switcher (locations and weather sources to switch between using the Broadcast toggle)

This replaces the not-as-easy slide-up sheet from previous versions, which consisted of two-states (with the second pull-up state, containing locations/sources, unknown to many).

The best — and new — part: they are both totally customisable! From the Accelerators section in Settings, you can reorder items and toggle their visibility too. This to ensure you only keep quick access to what matters to you.
There’s a new Section Navigation setting in the User Interface section that lets you choose how sections on both the Forecast and Subscription screens display. It continues to default to tab labels, but you can now replace it with page indicator dots. As long as you’re aware you can swipe between sections, and would like less UI and more weather displayed, then this is recommended.

Improvements

Various summary improvements for Later’s weather on the Timeline when it involves precipitation — should read more smoothly/clearly, also avoiding repetition.
When you change the point of focus via Picker, summaries throughout the UI (except on the Now card in the Timeline and the Hour screen) should not change — this should make things feel less jarring.
Should feel better when you switch between temperature and non-temperature points on an expanded Later card: chart change fluidly animates.
- X-axis labels on Later chart should be consistently and correctly positioned.
- Icons on Later chart should be positioned at a more optimal point on the line running through.
When a subscription consists of a single point, unit is not displayed in cells for a cleaner appearance.
If weather doesn’t load at start-up, layout tweaked for easier access to other providers, and you have access to Settings now too.
User Interface settings re-organised.
Icons in Daily screen’s range bar chart that covers a minimal change between max/min values remains correctly sized.
Appearance of precipitation chart on Now card when there’s a sudden shift should look more smooth.
Precipitation intensity and amount should show when relevant as chips on the Day screen.
When opening the Later card, the forecast alignment ring should be visible by default (and not appear suddenly causing layout to jump).
Precipitation amount chart markers should look right, with ”None” at the bottom, representing zero precipitation.
Space between summary and bar chart on Day screen reduced for a more compact feel.
Chart labels for sunrise, sunset, temp high/low are more prominent on Day screen chart.

Fixes

Reduced instances when the Later card’s summary may be blank.
When the Now card shows precipitation details for next 60 minutes, changing to a non-temperature data point from Picker will continue to show appropriate values besides the weather icon.
Won’t ever see city name duplicated underneath a location’s title (besides country name).
Xweather should show next 60 minutes of precipitation data when it’s going on.
Summary for next 7 days on Daily screen should not incorrectly state weather for the next few days is <x> followed by <y>, when <x> actually happens on the next day only.
Bar chart values on Day screen should be represented more accurately, stopping previous cases when nothing would sometimes show.
- Bottom marker on chart should be visible.
Dew point chip shows chart markers.