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Weather Station

Weather Station

A-Minor

5,000 - 10,000 downloads

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Starting with Android version 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), Google introduced code for ambient temperature and relative humidity sensors. The Samsung Galaxy S4 (IV) has all three hardware sensors used by this app. Devices like the LG Nexus 4; Samsung Nexus 10, Galaxy S3, Note2, Note, and Nexus; Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX HD, DROID4, XOOM, XOOM 2, DROID XYBOARD 8.2 & 10.1, and XT928; Sony Xperia ZL, go (advance), and active; maybe others only have a pressure sensor (barometer).

FEATURES

• This is a free release with no ads
• Support for device thermometer, barometer, and hygrometer
• Graphs with details including 24 hour and 7 day hi & lo markers
• Notification alerts
• Records set by your device
• Share screenshots
• Unit choices for temperature/dew point (°F, °C, K), pressure (mb, inHg, kPa, atm, Torr, psi, hPa, mmHg), and absolute humidity (g/m³, kg/m³)
• Pressure can be adjusted to mean sea level using the Altimeter Setting
• Use GPS provided elevation for pressure adjustments
• Absolute humidity and dew point (depends on availability of both thermometer and hygrometer)
• 3 widget sizes (4x1, 1x4, and 1x1) with 3 style choices (on Android 4.2+ these widgets are also available for the lock screen)
• Widgets text can be any color of your desire (on Android 4.1+ you can also change text size)
• Indicators for rising/falling/steady readings
• 24 hour hi & lo readings on main screen
• Calibration of raw values output by sensors
• Export background readings to a .txt file
• Localized numbers and dates & times

The 'About' section in the app has more details on how Weather Station works.

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PERMISSIONS

*Fine (GPS) location... this is needed if you want to use the GPS to get your current elevation (if you are adjusting pressure with the Altimeter Setting)
*Modify/delete USB storage contents modify/delete SD card contents... this is needed so you can export background readings to a .txt file if you want to; take and share screenshots if you want to
*Prevent tablet from sleeping prevent phone from sleeping... this is needed just for background readings (which are used for the graphs) if they are enabled
*Automatically start at boot... this is needed to restart background readings (if enabled) after a reboot of your device
*Vibrate... this is needed so you can choose to vibrate on a notification alert (vibration is enabled by default)

Tags: nexus 4 humidity sensor, nexus 4 hygrometer, nexus 4 thermometer, modify weather stgation, nexus 4 temperature sensor usb.

Recently changed in this version:

v1.3.1:
-Updated AChartEngine to v1.1.0 to address crashes some people are getting when viewing graphs
-Added 24 Hour and 7 Day HI & LO markers on the graphs
v1.3.0.1:
-Fixed crash caused by Widgets Text Color Preference


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Comments and ratings for Weather Station

  • (72 stars)

    by Adam Schwartzman on 17/05/2013

    This app is pretty good but I should be able to calibrate it in fierenhit

  • (72 stars)

    by Antonio Caperchio on 15/05/2013

    I want to say thank you for the nice app, I'd like to make a request if possible, to add in the main dashboard a minimum and maximum reached in the last 24 hours, for quick comparison. Thank you again. That's perfect... thank's.

  • (72 stars)

    by Mike Biddle on 11/05/2013

    Great app for using the sensors on the Galaxy S4. Good luck with it.

  • (72 stars)

    by Jon Randle on 10/05/2013

    Great app!!!! Works good!!!!!

  • (72 stars)

    by nikhil bhagwat on 09/05/2013

    Good

  • (72 stars)

    by Sam Jasperson on 09/05/2013

    Thanks for the rad app and super fast updates! Works perfectly on my galaxy s4!

  • (72 stars)

    by Kyle Rhind on 09/05/2013

    I found the app very clean and easy to use. The graphing is a huge help as well. However, is there any way to calibrate the thermometer? It never seems to drop below 27°C, even in rooms at ~18°C. Left the device on the table for a couple hours with n