Plugins on mobiles..

francescogola

Hello Team, any update on bringing back the plugins on mobile devices?
Is there any technical reason why you don’t want to bring them back or is just not a priority?
I constantly receive requests for having my plugin available as the primary use of it is in the filed, and it’s really a pity telling them it’s not possible and there is no an expected release date :(
Thank you!

tomA27

@francescogola

It does, in fact, remain possible to use plugins on a phone within a browser. This is a section that I added to the installation note for my plugin covering this. I think it is quite likely that your plugin will also work in this way. I hope this is helpful...

Mobile

Note: Windy plugins including SoarCalc are not compatible with the Windy mobile App but SoarCalc functions well within Chrome etc on mobile devices.

Open Chrome or other browser on your mobile device.
Navigate to "windy.com/plugins" (do not go to windy.com as that will redirect you to the App which you do not want)
SoarCalc should appear in the list of available plug-ins. If so simply select it, otherwise please follow Load plugin directly from URL.
The plug-in is now installed. However, it is not yet available in this browser tab so close this tab.
Navigate to "windy.com/plugin/soarcalc" in a new window/tab and SoarCalc will appear at the bottom of the screen.
It will always be necessary to use "windy.com/plugin/soarcalc" so you may want to create a shortcut to that.
Ignore the button inviting you to "Download App".

Load plugin directly from URL

If "SoarCalc" is not found in the list of plug-ins then it is still possible to install directly from the URL...

Select “Load plugin directly from URL”
Paste this string after the url already present in the input box:
```
   12216047/windy-plugin-soarcalc/1.0.5/plugin.min.js
```
Press "install untrusted plugin" and SoarCalc will be available on the main menu.

rittels

@tomA27

The installed plugins are not available in the main menu of the mobile version in the browser.

You can still install it from a URL (like: 12216047/windy-plugin-soarcalc/1.0.5/plugin.min.js) . If the developer specified the router path in the config file, you can then open it from address bar, like windy.com/plugin/soarcalc.

This is useful to test your plugin on a real mobile device, before it is eventually published.

tomA27

@rittels Are you saying that if installed directly from my url 12216047/windy-plugin-soarcalc/1.0.5/plugin.min.js then the user will be able to open and use my plugin by navigating to windy.com/plugin/soarcalc as I have said in my installation instructions: https://github.com/tomgooch/windy-plugin-soarcalc/wiki (I know that a considerable number of people have done this successfully)

BUT if the plugin is officially installed and available to select from in the list then they will not be able to access it by navigating to windy.com/plugin/soarcalc ? I have obviously not tested this as it is not yet published (I asked for it to be published yesterday).

@francescogola sorry to take over your thread.

tomA27

@rittels I've just tested that I can install your density altitude plugin using chrome on my phone and then access it successfully by navigating to windy.com/plugin/density-alt so I imagine that SoarCalc and other plugins will behave in the same way. So, for me, panic over.

rittels

@tomA27

Yep. Sorry for confusion.

I only recently realized that you can install from the URL and that it will then be accessible on mobile by navigating from the address
bar.