Android App not really good missing features
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Hi,
I wanted to switch from Pflotsh to windy and so I took the subscription. But I guess I will not renew the subscription because this app has big missing features. Or did I maybe miss these essential settings?- change default forecast model to something other than ECMWF
- set zoom factor on app start - why do I see whole Europe?!
- the widget does not automatically refresh neither the time period nor the place
Regards Wolfgang
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@windywolle
Hi,
To set your preferred model go to Settings -> Start-up layer and location -> Start-up layer -> Use last overlay.
You need before to select the layer with your preferred model of course.
About the widget, see recent information:
https://community.windy.com/topic/21022/ios-widget-is-showing-completely-different-data/4?_=1656741064262 -
To set your preferred model go to Settings -> Start-up layer and location -> Start-up layer -> Use last overlay.
You need before to select the layer with your preferred model of course.I do not get this saved as default it always switches back to ECMWF.
I shall do the settings as wished and then I shall go to and choose "Use last overlay". Because this is prefilled I changed it first to something other, but even this did not help. Or is there somewhere a save button which I did not find?About the widget, see recent information:
https://community.windy.com/topic/21022/ios-widget-is-showing-completely-different-data/4?_=1656741064262That sounds good hope this will also be changed for Android.
Thanks Wolfgang
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@windywolle
There is no special button.
For me the model and layer are saved (most of time), on Mac OS and in iOS app. That works like a default setting.
But then if I switch the ‘saved layer’ and/or the ‘saved model’ for another layer or another model, the original setting (the previous ‘last overlay’) changes.
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@idefix37
Looks like I had now luck and it saved my last choice :) Hopefully that least's for a longer time.So there is still the problem with the zoom level, but i guess there is no setting for that :(
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@idefix37
Looks like the app has it's own logic and does not work as expected. 8 of 10 times I have to switch back to Icon-D2 because it did automatically switch back to ECMWF.If this persists I will cancel the subscription and switch back to my other weather app. That's not the quality for what I'll pay over 20€ / year.
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In fact, this setting keeps the last model used. But with ICON-D2 if you zoom the map out of that model domain boundary, it automatically switches to ECMWF. So when you turn off the application, make sure ICON-D2 is still selected.
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@idefix37 said in Android App not really good missing features:
In fact, this parameter keeps the last model used. But with ICON-D2 if you zoom the map out of that model domain boundary, it automatically switches to ECMWF. So when you turn off the application, make sure ICON-D2 is still selected.
That could really be the problem - let's come back to one of my initial questions. When I start the app I see Europe and not only my local region. I miss the zoom factor setting. Why is the zoom factor not saved on exit?
Many thanks for you're logical explanation - even it does not help. I only unterstand why the app does it.
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@windywolle Hello, the Use last overlay option will save the last used layer you have looked at. If you click on any other layer, the settings will change.
It is not possible to save the zoom level at the moment, but thank you for suggesting it.
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@korina said in Android App not really good missing features:
@windywolle Hello, the Use last overlay option will save the last used layer you have looked at. If you click on any other layer, the settings will change.
It is not possible to save the zoom level at the moment, but thank you for suggesting it.
Yes I did now understand it. Since it is not possible to define the zoom level on start, which could be the same as on exit, then it's absolutely senseless that the layer is saved when I prefer the Icon-D2 as layer.
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@windywolle If you have the ICON-D2 selected when selecting the "Use last overlay" option, it will save the layer and the model for your next use.
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@korina said in Android App not really good missing features:
@windywolle If you have the ICON-D2 selected when selecting the "Use last overlay" option, it will save the layer and the model for your next use.
I am sorry you are wrong. When I close the app with ICON-D2 and I only see the area around where I life you are right this is saved in my settings. BUT when I start the app from new this app likes to show me a zoom level outside the coverage of ICON-D2 and now the app switches back to ECMWF.
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@windywolle What is your location please?
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@korina
It's south Germany. When I start the app I see in the north Norway and in the south Africa. Wow 50km around me would be fine but not 5000km 😉Please see attached screenshot
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@windywolle Hello, the settings works for me too. As already mentioned, zoom level cannot be modified or save at the moment. Therefore if you save the ICON-D2 model in settings, the map will show like this (zoomed out), but with the ICON-D2 model on. If you click on any area within the model's coverage, the detailed forecast will open with ICON-D2 preselected.
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@korina said in Android App not really good missing features:
@windywolle Hello, the settings works for me too. As already mentioned, zoom level cannot be modified or save at the moment. Therefore if you save the ICON-D2 model in settings, the map will show like this (zoomed out), but with the ICON-D2 model on. If you click on any area within the model's coverage, the detailed forecast will open with ICON-D2 preselected.
I did some testing in the past and I mentioned some things. I have two different widgets on my screen.
1: The Detail Widget: This had the setting ECMWF I now switched this to ICON-D2. It could be that on refresh of the widget that than the (global) settings changed. If yes I would say this is a bug.
2: The Radar Widget. There is no special setting about the model. But sometimes I have no internet connection e.g. flight mode over night or the bad signal at the office. Here I did some tests. When I switch to the flight mode and open the app I get a message that the ECMF model could not be retrieved because of being offline. So I guess, if I have no internet connection and e.g. the widget tries to refresh or if I open the app it switches back to ECMF.
The above situation seems to be reproducible.
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@windywolle Hello, regarding our widgets, there are few exceptions and bugs, that are going to be solved with the next update. Models ECMWF, ICON a GFS will open app with this particular model, other models will fall back to ECMWF. At the same time, some models are also unavailable for certain locations.
If you are in a flight mode, widget will not update.
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@korina said in Android App not really good missing features:
@windywolle Hello, regarding our widgets, there are few exceptions and bugs, that are going to be solved with the next update. Models ECMWF, ICON a GFS will open app with this particular model, other models will fall back to ECMWF. At the same time, some models are also unavailable for certain locations.
If you are in a flight mode, widget will not update.
Regarding the flight mode (or let's better say a bad coverage of internet) I will say something different, because it's more than logical that a widget cannot update when there is no internet. The flight mode gives the possibility to make some test's instead of doing these test in a region with worse internet connection.
Please make the following test: Check that you have chosen ICON-D2 mode and that this setting is saved. Then switch to flight mode. Close the app (swipe it away that it is really closed). Then reopen the app it tries to connect to the internet but it is not able to reach the servers - then you get on the top of the app the message that ECMWF cannot be downloaded. Now leave the flight mode and now your setting with ICON-D2 is lost.
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@windywolle Hello, I tried the steps, the flight mode causes you to log out from the app. To restore the saved ICON-D2 model, you will need to login again.
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@korina said in Android App not really good missing features:
@windywolle Hello, I tried the steps, the flight mode causes you to log out from the app. To restore the saved ICON-D2 model, you will need to login again.
Thanks a lot for testing. I guess the best is I'll wait for the next release maybe the widget problems are gone. Is there already a release date?
Here I made a short video to explain another problem where you see that the model is not stored: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6on8rzarsp0bx15/windy.mp4?dl=0
