Android Releases

Widgets:

• Added 'Widget Update' and 'Widget Sources' options to Advanced settings

• If you are having widget issues, try Widget Update = "Method 2" and Widget Source = "Grant". Please let me know if this fixes issues.

• Fixed High/Low calculation bug.

• Major update to UI and other libraries.

• Improved radar loading.

• More efficient data loading, more to come.

• Fixed blank regions at the ends of the graphs.

• NOTE: RainViewer data will stop JAN 2026. See forum for more details.

• Offline Mode is back.
• Far more efficient and fast data loading.
• A little polish and fixed other minor bugs.

Added more widget options. Email if you need help.

Major refactoring to speed up data loading and fix bugs.

Disabled app backups by the Android OS.

• CMC GDPS now has 1 hour time steps.
• CMC GDWPS waves now extends to 10 days.
• MeteoFrance Arome now has total cloud and MSL pressure.
• MeteoFrance Arome extends to 51 hours and updates every 3 hours.
• MeteoFrance Arpege now extends to 102 hours (~4 days).

Added the complimentary KNMI HARMONIE weather models for the Caribbean.

The 2.8km model covers the Leeward and Wayward Islands.

The 5.5km model covers the Caribbean including the top of North America.

Also added Dew Point Temperature to all KNMI HARMONIE models.

EXCITING!! We have a new data source, the HARMONIE 5km weather model which extends from Europe, across the UK to Iceland.

Also added the ability to add air quality, wave and marine gauges.

Travel Mode now updates your location if the GPS change is over 500m.

Widgets, which is an on-going pain, got several bug fixes.

Changes:

• Widget scaling now defaults to "Fill".
• Fixed wave direction zooming bug.
• Fixed double image in widget bug.
• Fixed flickering when closing Flowx.
• Several other minor bug and crashes.

Well, 4.100 seems like a nice round number to conclude the "Major Rewrite" releases.

I will now focus on new data sources and features instead of boring bug fixes.

Let's have some fun instead!

Mainly bug fixes:

• Fixed rare bug where place label didn't match the map location.
• Source label now matches map source when panning.
• Minor fixes to automatic widget updates.

We are nearly there. The last release had one crash in 5000 session and one in 800 users got a crash.

We have one significant bug with the wave direction layer and one occasional crashing bug.

Thanks again for your patience and understanding.

FEATURES:

• A Major rewrite of widget to be more robust.

Please let me know how the new widgets work, especially if you had issues in the past.

• Creating a video and sharing is back
• Major update to the UI library

Fixes

• Snap to current time fixed
• Fixed update to current time on open bugs
• Increased width of wind streams
• Slight improvement to precipitation spectrum
• Fixed several crash bugs

Thanks again for your patience and understanding.

FEATURES:

• Rebuilt the widgets. Let me know about any issues.
• Creating a video and sharing is back
• Major update to the UI library

Fixes

• Snap to current time fixed
• Fixed update to current time on open bugs
• Increased width of wind streams
• Slight improvement to precipitation spectrum
• Fixed several crash bugs

Ok, We are getting there. Thanks for your patience and understanding.

FEATURES:

• The much requested Fully Transparent Widgets (via Edit Widget)
• Added Date and Date/Time gauges
• Ability to clear deleted places
• Added Date and Date/Time gauges
• Ability to clear deleted places

UPDATES:

• Place indicator resembles Flowx 3 more including scaling with zoom
• Fixed timezone bugs
• Fixed sun/moon incorrect time bug
• Fixed more widget bugs
• Fixed some translations
• Added a bit more polish ... plus lots more...

Major Fixes:

• Widgets updates are more robust.
• Land/Sea outlines are back.
• Improved the timezones calculations.
• Added a grace period to Pro subscription to overcome Google Play problem is missing purchases on phones with multiple accounts setup.

Minor:

• Changed Arabic day names to English, e.g., "Mo Tu We Th..."
• Added Time as an option for gauges to add.
• Travel Mode will now report in the appropriate units, imperial or metric.
• And other polish.

Fixed black/blank graphs on Android 10 and 11.

Sorry about that.

Thanks for all the reports and suggestions. I've tried to address all of them.

• ECMWF time range is now at 6 days. Also added Dew Point.
• Support for Android SDK 29+
• Fixed adding legends in the Graph Editor.
• Fixed the opacity of the cloud layer to 70% like in Flowx 3.
• Added help links in Settings and Advanced Settings.
• Added some minor polish here and there.

• Fixed major bug where gauge and hi/low temperature did not match the graph.
• Old Pro Pack and Pro Subs now recognised.

Features:

• Added widget tweaks to Advanced to handle the Nova launcher bug.

Bugs:

• Alignment of weekdays in Portuguese language.
• Improved migration
• Improved widget loading.

WOW!! Thanks for all the bug report. There were a lot.

New Features:

• Share screenshot via the top-right menu.
• Reordering map menu items via the Edit Map Menu dialog.

Fixes:

• Double-tap on compare mode graphs selects the data source.
• Fixed graph ranging for temperature and dew point.
• Improved time formatting (fixed missing am/pm).
• Fixed adding elements to the top of the graph.
• Added humidity icon to graph legend.
• Added extra decimal place for inHg pressure.
• Fixed the temperatures on widget.
• Added some tests for Nova launcher and widgets.
• Fixed some page layout sizes.

Thanks for all the bug report. They were great.

Features:

• Added Sun and moon paths, phase, and rise/set times.

Fixed many bugs:

• Data values line (freeze line) is more visible on the graph
• Snap to current time now works in landscape mode
• Added "Email Debug Log" to Feedback dialog.
• Fixed the map background to be the correct colors.
• Fixed the dialogs that went off the bottom of the screen.

• Added Beaufort wind speed units.

• Added Place ordering and options in Settings > Advanced.

• Lots of bug fixes and polish.

Updates

• Fixed air quality scale bar values.
• Lots of minor polish and bug fixes.

Updates

• Translations to a couple of dozen languages. Let me know if there are any mistakes.
• RtL layout support (Android only)
• Fixed a couple of bugs.
• Updated a few libraries.

Updates

• Travel Mode - edit place and turn it on to lock on your location
• Color picker for editing graph element colors
• Fixed overlapping graph transition labels.
• Fixed several crash bugs.

Updates

Happy New Year everyone. 2025 is going to be a big year for Flowx!

• A major rewrite of many parts of the code.
• Super Sorry about the app occasionally hanging on launch. This release should fix this long-standing and annoying bug.
• Added the new KNMI HARMONIE 2km model which covers Europe.
• Major updates to sopport libraries.
• Major polish for more consistency.
• Added more decimal points for snow in in/hr.
• Fixed edit graph range bugs.
• Added OpenZones which provides all data for free in disaster zones.
• You can reset graphs to the defaults when editing graphs
• Added source transition labels to graphs.
• Layout changes are now saved properly.
• Plus many more minor changes.

If are any issue, please contact me via Feedback in the side menu.

This release is real exciting since it paves the way for some real cool features in the near future.

Cheers, Duane.