Release 3.416 (7 Mar 2024)
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- Updated ECMWF HRES global model from 0.4 degrees to 0.25 degrees resolution. This is the same resolution as GFS.
- Removed deprecated Expedition Marine domains in Australia and the UK.
- Added adaptive launcher icons including a monochrome icon.
- Flowx does not default to fullscreen mode - please set this in settings.
Release 3.412 (25 Dec 2023)
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- Flowx 11th Birthday release.
- Removed Apple news dialog.
- Optimized iconography.
Release 3.408 (24 Oct 2023)
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- Updated Google subscriptions library.
- Added better backups.
- Updated some Italian translations.
Release 3.406 (18 Sep 2023)
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- Flowx released on Apple news.
- Updated some libraries.
Release 3.404 (31 July 2023)
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- Updated Stamen Terrain map service
Release 3.402 (8 Jun 2023)
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First, apologies for the slow updates. I'm in the middle of a massive rewrite of the code.
This happens every 3-4 years and generally leads to a better code, less bugs and the ability to add new features.
Thanks for your patience.
- Improved location searches.
- Fixed Arome crash bug.
- Updated some libraries.
Release 3.400 (23 Feb 2023)
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- Updated CMC HDPRS 2.5km model to use the new domain.
- Added a check to fix a crash related to the scalebar. Please report this issue when you see this break.
- Updated some libraries.
Release 3.394 (26 Nov 2022)
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- Fix bugs with the Black Friday sales again! :-(
- If you have any issues with your purchase, I apologise. Please contact me.
- Cyber Monday Sale should show up :-)
- ICON EU update - it's domain now extends east to the Caspian Sea.
- Updated a bunch of libraries.
Release 3.386 (15 Oct 2022)
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- Fixed blank widget when refresh is clicked multiple times.
- Added "Pan to Add Place" help to search place dialog.
- Updated many libraries.
Release 3.386 (15 Oct 2022)
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- Fixed blank widget when refresh is clicked multiple times.
- Added "Pan to Add Place" help to search place dialog.
- Updated many libraries.
Release 3.384 (3 Sep 2022)
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- Improved widget updating - hopefully. Please email me if the widget stays blank.
- Updated widgets to support Android 12.
- Added notices to turn off battery optimization is widgets don't update properly.
- Removed travel mode updates for the widget. I'll add this in the near future.
Release 3.378 (5 Aug 2022)
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- Updated the Android SDK and a bunch of libraries.
Release 3.374 (23 Jul 2022)
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- Improved the new place location searching.
- Please, if you can't find a place, send me an email and I'll look into it.
- Also if you Stand with Ukraine and want to turn off the banner, email me for the secret code.
Release 3.370 (27 Jun 2022)
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- Removed Hungary from the Stand With Ukraine pop-up.
- Now Flowx has the correct time when you first open it.
- Updated a bunch of libraries.
Release 3.356 (18 Feb 2022)
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Sorry about Arpege & Arome data breaking. It took 2 weeks to fix but:
- Arpege now has snow, low/mid/high cloud & CAPE data.
- Arome increases from 36 to 42 hours, has a larger area, better resolution, and has snow added.
- Fixed the "Share Movie" crash on Android 12 devices.
- More strict requirements on background jobs has broken widget updates on some Android 12 phones. This is not an easy fix. Please have patience.
Release 3.354 (24 Jan 2022)
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Happy New Year everyone. It's been a long time between updates and this update is fairly boring.
- Flowx is dropping support for Android 5 (Lollipop) and now supports Android 6 (Marshmallow) upwards. Android 5 and down represented 1.6% of users but Flowx needs this change to take advantage of new Android features.
- Major updates to many libraries.
Release 3.352 (23 Nov 2021)
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- Updated some libraries plus some other things.
Release 3.350 (27 Oct 21)
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Wow, it's truly been a long time between drinks. I've been busy rewriting the backend of Flowx to allow new features.
This release updates the Google Play billing library which is required by Google on the 1st of Nov.
This is a major change that replaces some very old code so I expect a bug or two.
Please email me if you see any bugs. Thanks for your patience.
Release 3.340 (31 Jul 2021)
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- ICON-D2 (Germany+ region) has increased from 27 hours to 48 hours and updates every 3 hours.
- Added upgrade and downgrade options to purchasing pro versions.
- Vertical swipe speed is based on map width instead of map height. You might see a slight change in vertical swipe speed.
Release 3.336 (7 Jul 2021)
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- Added Visibility data to NAM and HRRR in Silver and Gold. "Edit Data" to add visibility.
- Great improvements to Swiping:
- Now the default swipe speed is based on the number of days.
- You can edit this in settings.
- Added a bit of inertia to lock the swipe to a direction.
- Added "Days History" to widget config.
- More:
- widget updates after app update
- click clock in landscape works
- "What's News" added to Help.
Release 3.334 (17 Jun 2021)
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- Added Visibility data to GFS. "Edit Data" to add the visibility icon.
- Improved the wave direction resolution along with fixing the crashing bug.
- Removed three third-party libraries (Firebase, Crashlytics and Branch) for a leaner, meaner and privater Flowx.
Release 3.330 (27 May 2021)
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- Major updates to some libraries.
Release 3.324 (22 Apr 2021)
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- Fixed fullscreen bug I added in the last release.
- Fixed ICON, ICON EU and ICON D2 wind direction bug.
- Fixed ICON and ICON EU wind streamline rendering bug.
Release 3.322 (8 Apr 2021)
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- New SILAM Air Quality data (0.1 degree ~10km) over Europe in Gold.
- New button to change air quality sources in the air quality menu.
- Added extra zoom to Gold.
- Fixed a bunch of bugs with the widget editor.
Release 3.320 (17 Mar 2021)
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- New high resolution (0.1 degree ~10km) Air Quality data over Europe in Gold.
- Updated a bunch of libraries.
Release 3.318 (23 Feb 2021)
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DWD has retired Cosmo-D2 (in gold). We have added its replacement, Icon-D2 - an improved weather simulation.
- Openzones now zoom down to the same level as Gold.
- We have a new website at www.flowx.io - there are still some rough parts to fix up.
- Our data servers have also been upgraded so please report any quirks.
Release 3.316 (16 Jan 2021)
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- New ~1km domain for the Cook Islands. Thanks again Expedition Marine.
- Fixed an Openzone crashing bug.
- Fixed the Expedition Marine domains in Sydney.
Release 3.310 (15 Dec 2020)
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- NEW GOLD SOURCE: Alaro from the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (RMI) is now available. The 60 hour forecast has a 4km/1hr resolution and it updated every 6 hours. Thanks RMI.
- OpenZones bug: fixed an OpenZone bug that didn't allow you to choose pro data sources. Sorry about that.
- NOTICE: RTOFS is broken - sorry. The source of the data is not working. I am currently adding a different source. I hope to get this out soon.
Release 3.304 (7 Dec 2020)
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- NEW: You can Edit, Add and Delete data values, e.g., time, temperature, precipitation, by long-pressing on them.
- There is a limited number of data types to choose from but let me know on the forum (forum.flowx.io) what you'd like to see.
Release 3.300 (22 Nov 2020)
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- Just a minor update.
Release 3.296 (20 Oct 2020)
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- Added more Expedition Marine data.
- New regions: Adelaide and Queensland, AU, South UK with Solent (~1km), Cape Town, Antigua (Caribbean), Baleares and Sicily.
- Sorry my website is still uneditable so I can't upload pictures of the domains. This is my next job.
- Updated Italian translations - thanks Khronos.
Release 3.294 (10 Oct 2020)
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- NEW GOLD DATA: I'm very excited to announce the addition of Expedition Marine data with resolutions ranging between 1km and 9km.
- This data covers NZ and regions in Australia. We plan to add more regions soon.
- This has been kindly provided by Nick White at www.expeditionmarine.com. Expedition Marine provides great tactical and navigation software for sailing.
- In other news, RDPS (silver) increases from 2 days to 3.5 days forecast.
Release 3.292 (28 Sep 2020)
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- Widget Updates 4.0: This is my fourth! major attempt at fixing widget updates on Android 9+.
- Please can you monitor the widget updates, especially if you've had issues before. Please report any bugs on forum.flowx.io.
Release 3.290 (20 Sep 2020)
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- Beta feature: Time step increment in Settings, e.g., 1m, 5m, 10m...
- Fixed crashes after recording a movie for sharing. Shout-out to HBRecorder for their great library.
- Smoke selection in the menu fixed.
- Icon menu position saved between places and source changes.
- And many other small bugs to make you happier :-)
Release 3.286 (6 Sep 2020)
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Sorry for the slow update. Time was spent on background work and this new data took ages to add.
- NEW DATA: CAMS Air Quality data. This is a submenu with PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2, CO and O3 options.
- NEW GLOBAL MENUS: There is now only one map data menu which is shared by all places. This simplifies the menu, UX and code for maintenance.
- Per-Place-Menus: If you want a different menu for each place, please share your views on the forum.
Release 3.280 (27 Jul 2020)
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- NEW DATA: UV Index global data. Big shout-outs to Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) for the data.
- Edit Data via the top-right menu to add UV Index.
- Sorry UV Index is not on the graphs yet. I'll be working on this soon.
- Fixed bug with travel mode and comparing graphs.
- Improved visibility of data labels.
- Fixed scalebar decimal places.
- Fixed bugs I created fixing other bugs.
Release 3.268 (25 June 2020)
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Guess who's back, back again. Tracks are back. Tell a friend.
- Our previous data source for hurricane tracks broke. This is all fixed now and tracks are working again.
- Note, there might be some bugs but I'll fix these as they arise.
- More MAJOR updates to libraries.
Release 3.266 (11 Jun 2020)
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- Major Feature: A submenu has been added to the sun/moon data to turn the sun or moon on or off, and also raise a help dialog.
- Submenus may not seem like a major feature but it will lead to other cool data manipulations, e.g., accumulated precipitation :-)
- Also MAJOR updated to libraries.
Release 3.264 (25 May 2020)
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- Mapbox has deprecated the Emerald, Run-Bike-Hike and Pirates theme. I'm sad about loosing the Pirates theme. So now these maps default to Streets.
- Click on time/date in Compare Graphs to go to current time.
- Selected data source highlighted in drop-down menu.
- Otherwise some minor fixes, features and one major crashing bug.
Release 3.262 (17 May)
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- Sunrise/set and Moonrise/set/phase/angle. Gold Credit to Vladimir Agafonkin (@mourner) and Richard Körber for the SunCalc lib.
- Edit Data and add "Sun and Moon".
- Sun/Moon is very new so please let me know if you see anything wrong.
- Night/day shading on the graphs and map is on the plans, and so are many other improvements.
- We will add some help for this feature on www.flowx.io. Also feel free to join in the discussion on forum.flowx.io.
Release 3.254 (28 April 2020)
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- BIG CHANGES with high res. time stepping.
- HRRR now has 15 minute time steps!!! up from one hour steps.
- GFS and ICON has 1 hour time steps for the first 3-5 days up from 3 hour steps.
- If you can't handle the jandal, you can choose low resolution time steps in Settings.
Release 3.246 (19 April 20)
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- Fixed a crashing bug.
Release 3.244 (13 April 20)
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- SPECTRUMS: Long-press on the scale bar to change the range, transparency and colors.
- Welcome to our Dark Sky friends. I've added Precipitation Dark Sky and Temperature Dark Sky options for you.
- ATTENTION: Please email me if you have problems with your PRO Version.
- Bugs: One-day graphs is a show, mid clouds are forming, RDPS wind gusts is playing nice.
Release 3.240 (2 April 2020)
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- ATTENTION: I have made many changes to the Pro Version code. If your Pro Version is not showing, please email me. Thank you for your patience.
- Place Editor to reorder places. Go to Side Menu > Editors > Places.
- Changed the way widgets update. Let me know if you see problems.
- Many major bug fixes!!
Release 3.228 (3 Mar 2020)
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- Firstly, Happy New Year to everyone. 2020 is going to be a great year.
- Apologies for 3 months of no releases. I've been working on major changes to the backend.
- Added major polish to how we add data and edit places. Check out "Edit Data" and "Edit Place" in the menu.
- Long-press the data icons to reorder them.
- As mentioned there are major changes to the backend so please watch for and report bugs.
Release 3.220 (6 Dec 2019)
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- 16-days of GFS (FV3) weather forecast in all pro versions.
- Is 16-days forecast useful? Check out my new blog (projectink.ink) which talks about the value of this data.
Release 3.212 (20 Oct 2019)
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- Widget Updates: A big update to the automatic refresh process to cope with Android 8+.
- Please report issues on the forum at forum.flowx.io
- GDPS Model: the new 15km resolution version of GDSP is Bronze. This will drop into the free version later.
- Fixed HRDPS which was accidentally showing in Silver instead of Gold only.
- Precipitation units now includes cm/h (for Canadians).
Release 3.206 (9 Oct 2019)
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- Apologies for the long dry spell. Just major bug fixing in this release - pretty boring really.
- Search place autocomplete fixed.
- Movie Maker: Fixed a lot of crashing, hopefully.
- Fixed "Add Graph" bug. Thanks Alican.
- Fixed random crashing when loading new OpenZones.
Release 3.200 (15 Sep 2019)
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- Movie Maker: Click share to create and share a video with friends. This is beta and a work-in-progress. More improvements to come.
- HaRRR* Smoke and HYSPLIT smoke data is now free since there are lots of fires in California.
* Don't forget International Talk like a Pirate day on the 19th of September.
Release 3.140 (19 August 2019)
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- Improved the travel mode to better find your location.
- Bug fixes, updated libraries and general improvement in code.
Release 3.136 (7 Aug 2019)
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- NEW: Storm/Hurricane tracks and points for following the possible paths of tropical storms.
- YAY: I have finally found and fixed the blanking radar bug!!!
- NEW: Information pop-ups - currently only for storm tracks - more to come later.
- NEW: Single click the time icon goes to the current time. Double click goes to the latest radar image.
- FIXED: the radar forecast time format in the info box.
- Fixed a minor crash.
Release 3.120 (2 July 2019)
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- Big News: RainViewer Radar in Silver!!
- A special thanks to our kind friends at RainViewer for the data. Check out RainViewer Pro on Google Play.
- Just edit place and add RainViewer Radar data. Yay!
- Checks write permissions to storage on start up.
- Fixed some bugs.
Version 3.110 (14 June 2019)
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- GFS is now GFS (FV3). NOAA has replaced GFS with GFS FV3.
- Compare graphs now uses swipe to set time instead of single-tap.
- Compare graph now sets the time on the map and vice-versa.
- Compare graph now support the pinned place.
- Fixed a bunch of bugs, including the blanking graph bug.
Release 3.106 (4 June 2019)
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- Click on graphs to set time.
- Double-click on graphs compare and to return to the map, as discussed in the forum.
- Edit Place now has a default name and your custom name for the default or travel mode, as discussed in the forum.
- Sea temperature (gold) now show in Fahrenheit.
Release 3.078 (3 Mar 2019)
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Daylight savings, my old nemesis, has reappeared to wreak havoc and cause a mismatch between the graphs and map. Once again, I have defeated him!
Release 3.074 (12 Feb 2019)
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- Canada, we have you covered. Added CMC RDPS and HRDPS hi-res data.
- Added HRDPS over Canada with 2.5km resolution for 48 hours to Gold.
- Added RDPS over Canada+ with 10km resolution for 48 hours to Silver.
- There are known issues with the boundary which includes the masked regions, which I'll fix later.
Release 3.068 (6 Dec 2018)
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- New Data: DWD Cosmo-D2 (2.2km/1hr, 27hr forecast, 3hly updates) with snow over Germany+ region.
- New Feature: Double-Tap on the map to drop a pin (then add or set place).
- Some bug fixin'
Release 3.042 (22 October 2018)
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- Fixed them pesky bugs I added in the last release. Sorry about them bugs.
Release 3.032 (5 Sep 2018)
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- Fullscreen mode. You can turn this on in settings.
- Larger tiles for ICON global to reduce number of downloads.
- Fixed the usual bugs and updated libraries.
Release 3.022 (12 Sep 2018)
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- DWD ICON data at ~13km resolution for 5 days with 6 hourly forecast updates.
- DWD ICON-EU European data at ~7km resolution for 5 days with 6 hourly forecast updates.
* Try these with a 14-day trial of the Silver or Gold subscription.
Version 3.016 (17 August 2018)
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- Mainly bug fixes, especially the blank tiles bug.
- Change the wind spectrum to the original version.
- Apologies for any crashes, bugs, quirks, etc. Please report them.
Version 3.012 (5 August 2018)
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- Smoke data over continental USA from the NOAA HYSPLIT model.
- Couple of minor bug fixes.
Version 3.0 (1 August 2018)
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- Amazing looking NAM and HRRR high-resolution data for continental USA.
- New monetization model with Bronze, Silver or Gold pro subscriptions.
- Apologies for any crashes, bugs, quirks, etc. Please report them.
Version 2.250 (7 June 2018)
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- Fixed the ugly map scaling
- Reintroduced the red line on the widget.
- Fixed duplicate units settings bug.
- Updated translations. Thanks to the many translators.
- And the usual bugs.
Version 2.244 (14 May 2018)
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- Still have [b]Blank Widgets?[/b] Please email me.
- Fixed the freeze line to actually be at 0C.
- Fixed better scale range for pressure in inHg.
- Fixed more crashing bugs with widgets.
- Updated libraries in relation to GDPR.
Version 2.242 (1 May 2018)
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- Blank Widgets? Please email me.
- Coastlines now align with the shore when you zoom in. Yes, it annoyed me too.
- Temperature graph now have a line showing the freezing point. Turn it on in the Graph Editor.
- Inches per hour values on graphs scales now show up properly.
- Fixed the lifted index rendering bug.
- Fixed many, many, many bugs.
Version 2.238(9 April 2018)
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- Widget can now have a smaller width.
- Add Dark Map theme (Pro version).
- Can send debug log from the settings page.
- Fixed adding negative numbers for scale ranges on Samsung devices.
- Fixed many bugs. Hopefully this includes the missing graphs.
Version 2.228 (21 Mar 2018)=======================- Edit Scalebars (Beta) - you can long-press on the scale bar to edit the map data ranges. More to come in the near future.- Persian (Farsi) language added. The thanks goes out to Mahdi Bazyar.- More German translations added to Andreas Brett.- More Polish translations added to Damian Kula.- Also updated libraries and fixed some bugs.
Version 2.222 (4 Feb 2018)======================- Fixed Travel Mode so it updates more regularly.- Can now add graphs after removing all graphs.- More efficient loading of data.- The usual bug fixes.
Version 2.220 (11 Jan 2018)=======================- More bug fixes - they are coming in fast.- Fixed the widget time for the "10PM" format.- Thanks to all those who reported bugs - keep them coming.2.218 (9 Jan)===========- More bug fixes with selecting widget graphs and travel mode.2.212 (30 Dec)============- A shiny new Database.- Hopefully the migration goes smoothly.- If you got some issues, please email me.-Thanks for your patience. Enjoy the New Year.
Version 2.218 (9 Jan 2018)======================- More bug fixes with selecting widget graphs and travel mode.Ver. 2.214 (4 Jan 18)=================- Minor bug fixesVer. 2.212 (30 Dec 17)==================- A shiny new Database:The previous database gave us many crashes so we had to let it go.- Hopefully the migration to the new database goes smoothly. If you got some issues or see some bugs, please email me.-Thanks muchly for your patience. Enjoy the New Year celebrations.
Version 2.214 (4 Jan 2018)======================- Minor bug fixesVersion 2.212 (30 December 2017)============================- A shiny new Database:The previous database gave us many crashes so we had to let it go.- Hopefully the migration to the new database goes smoothly. If you got some issues or see some bugs, please email me.-Thanks muchly for your patience. Enjoy the New Year celebrations.
Version 2.210 (20 Dec 2017)=======================- Oreo Support: Updated libraries to SDK 26 (Oreo).- Widget Updates: Updating widget in the foreground to support Android Oreo.- Graph Editor: Scales on the left. Background bands are back.- Translations: Updated Russian and Portuguese - thanks to Serj and Paulo.- Housekeeping: Bugs. Removed waves dialog.
Version 2.202 - 5 Dec 2017=====================-Translations: Added Turkish (thanks Alican), Norwegian (thanks Truls). Updated many others (thanks translators).- Added free trials for 10-days forecast.- Ad Free!!! Removed reward ads so now Flowx is totally ad free :-)- Add New Place copies the graphs and data of the currently selected place.- Fix wave visibility when changing places.- Improved the force download after a refresh.
Version 2.200 (10 Nov 2017)======================- Animated Waves is in beta. Try it with wave height and period, it's quite cool. Please send feedback.- Data Styles: Now the layers and data are driven by a style file instead of hardcoded logic. This should lead to less bugs in the long term and more importantly, you'll be able edit these styles.- Fixed the colorful orphan tile bug.There are many *major changes* so please keep an eye out for bugs and send reports.
Version 2.210 (25 Oct 2017)======================- Settings: "Wind Style" is now a generic "Animation Level". "Why?" you may ask, maybe there's a shiny new animation coming soon??- Spring cleaning (yes, it's spring down-under). Cleared out the solar eclipse stuff and "Use Streamlines" dialog.- Fixed the conversion to in/hr in the scalebar. It's odd the bug lasted so long. Clearly Mr. Harris A is the only one in the imperial world paying attention.- Some minor bugs.
24 Sep 2017: Version 2.106======================- Smoother loading of streamlines and other data.- Fixed the "crazy streamlines" bug.- Smashed many bugs.
Easier to see streamlines. Missing maps fixed. Other bugs and crashes fixed.
Beta Feature: Wind streamlines.Please send feedback for bugs and crashes.
Minor bug fixed. Apologies for the close releases.
Minor bug fixed. Apologies for the close releases.
- Added debug logging and improved startup speeds.- Bug fixes plus a few minor improvements.
- Reward for 10-days trial to try out the new total solar eclipse path and shadow feature. The trial lasts for 7 days.- Graph Editor (Pro Version): plot dew point temperature.- Minor improvements and many bug fixed.
Solar Eclipse path and shadow with demo data.
- Widget text size setting- Better wind arrow density with zoom levels- Many, many bugs squashed
- Widget text size setting- Better wind arrow density with zoom levels- Many, many bugs squashed
20 September 2016: Version 1.078===========================- Big update to the SDK's and other libraries.- Fixed missing Google maps bug when editing a place.- Minor bug fix with units.25 July 2016: Version 1.070=====================- Added Beaufort wind units. Check units options in settings.- Fixed blank map issues around the UK.- A bunch of bug fixes and polish.
