The Ultimate Weather Forecast
Multi-Screen
Watch Face
NEW: PUBLIC BETA VERSION AVAILABLE
join at: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/net.marscity.sunlight
★ Android Wear 2.0 ready
★ Preview version, limited functionality
Works on all round and square Android Wear smartwatches.
Functional yet beautiful design. Complex yet easy to read weather information. Stylish yet power efficient.
Two weather engines*
★ World Weather Online (commercial)
★ OpenWeatherMap (community based)
to ensure
maximum accuracy
.
Current weather condition and
detailed 24 h weather forecast
with
★ Temperatures
★ Cloudiness
★ Rainfall
★ Snowfall
★ Sunrise
★ Sunset
that can be grasped intuitively at a glance.
Current
wind condition
and 24 h wind forecast with
★ Wind speed
★ Wind direction
★ Wind gust (
NEW!
)
★ Different units (imperial, metric, knots, Beaufort wind force scale)
that is
shake or touch activated
.
Current
condition prediction without internet
connection
★ Unique condition algorithm
★ Accurately predicts current temperature in 10 minute intervals based on forecast data
★ Works for up to 24 hours when phone lost internet connection or watch lost phone connection
Comes with
companion application
to switch
★ Notification peek card size and ambient mode selection (off/small/large)
★ Battery percentage (on/off)
★ Battery light (color coded battery status halo)
★ Day, month, day of the week (on/off)
★ Temperature units (Celsius/Fahrenheit)
★ Wind speed units (km/h, m/s, mph, knots, Beaufort scale,
NEW!
)
★ Wind screen activation options (on shake and/or on touch,
NEW!
)
★ Ambient mode design options (Battery percentage, date, weather condition, high/low,
NEW!
)
★ 'Feels like' temperatures including wind chill (
NEW!
)
★ Weather update interval (30 minutes to 12 hours)
★ Manual weather location override
★ Different time ring, battery light design options (
NEW!
)
Weather information is updated in the background. If outdated, current condition is estimated for up to 48 hours using forecast data.
How to install
Some minutes after the app installed on your phone, the watch face will be copied to your watch automatically. If this does not happen, run 'Resync apps' from settings of the Android Wear App. Choose the watch face in the Android Wear App and enter the settings companion app from there. Select color schemes and features (calendar, battery, ...). Please let us know if you run into any troubles.
Permissions
Current weather condition is requested by companion app and pushed to Android Wear device.
• Coarse location, network-based (no GPS) for weather data
• Full internet access for weather data request
• Enable weather update service upon reboot
Required by official Google Android Wear Watch Face API
• Prevent phone (watch) from sleeping
• Acts as custom watch face
Multi-screen activation touch areas are placed on top of the watch face (can be deactivated)
• Draw over other apps
Weather update status log file is written to your phone for debugging. Can be accessed from advanced settings.
• Read and write contents of USB storage
Tested on: Motorola Moto 360, ASUS ZenWatch, Sony SmartWatch 3, LG G Watch, LG G Watch R, Samsung Gear Live
*
availability of weather engines is subject to change