Introduction

This simple Android app uses the OpenWeatherMap 5 day weather forecast API to retrieve the current 5 day weather forecast and display a part of it in a RecyclerView.

Running and Building

This app was built with Android Studio version 2.3.1. Before building and running, please insert your own Open Weather Api key in NetworkManager.java by altering the OPEN_WEATHER_API String.

Testing

I tested the app on my LG G2 and Samsung Galaxy S6.

Tidying up

4 hours is not a long time to come up with something good. Stuff was thrown together quickly here. The following is a list of things that need cleaning up:

• Strings are hardcoded
• Comments are lacking
• No error checking
• Exceptions not handled correctly
• Inconsistent variable naming
• Tidy up code
• Probably loads more...

More features with more time

Time ran out just when lots more features could be added such as:

• Use a different View for each of the 5 days. At present all the days are just displayed in one big view - we really need a date selector or something like 5 scroll views which can be scrolled horizontally not vertically. This would mean we could fit all 5 days on screen.
• Implement pull to refresh possibly
• Display far more data from the API such as wind, temperatures etc
• Be able to dig down on a date to display even more info that won't fit on screen
• Formatting is a thrown together mess - get this designed properly
• Detect GPS and use that instead of hardcoding
• Implement Navigation drawer, Settings etc
• Implement nice error popups
• tons more...

Third party libraries used

• Volley
• Glide

Author

Rob Smith - (https://github.com/robksmith)

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