Android Weather App

By Meagan Olsen

Instructions

1. Navigate to repository
   
2. Clone locally git clone https://github.com/olsenme/WeatherApp.git
   
3. Obtain Open Weather Map API key here
   
4. Open up project in Android studio
   
5. Navigate to app->src->main->java->com->example->android->weatherwithsqlite->utils->OpenWeatherMapUtils.java
   
6. Replace OWM_FORECAST_APPID with your api key in between "".
   
7. Click "Run" at the top.
   

Discussuion

I used Java,Sqlite, and OpenWeatherMap API to create this app.

Requirements

• Build a baisc Android App to display scrollable weather data for a given location displayed at the top of the main page of the application.
• Displayed Data is pulled from Open Weather Map API's 5-day forecast and includes: date and time of calculation(UTC),the temperature(Kelvin, Metric),a genreal description of the weather.

A progress bar is displayed while data is feteched and hidden after it is fetched. If an error occurs while featching data, an informative error message is displayed.

• Handle user clicks on indivividual items in the forecast list.

When an item is clicked on,a new activity is started, which displays a deatiled forecast with a description of the forecast item.

• Incorates a feature into the action bar which allows user to see a map of the location for which the forecast is displayed.
• Incorates a feature into the action bar which allows user to share the contents of the detailed forecast.
• Handle screen rotations without reloading weather data.
• Handles viewing preferences for weather units(Imperial,Metric,Kelvin) and weather location(any valid city entry).
• saves previously viewed locations in SQLite database.
• Displays saved locations in navgation drawer in naviation bar on Main page.
• Handles clicks on a previously saved location from the navigation drawer and updates current viewing location.
• Provides a dialog for which a new location can be added to the database from within the navigation drawer.