Apps Dark Sky app complication, info changes/disappears?

[MakerOfCARROT]

Thanks for the replies. After downloading Carrot, it seemed the GPS icon stayed on constantly. I will try it again and restart the phone too for good measure. (DarkStar only used the GPS when needed, but opened SO SLOW on the watch that I got tired of waiting)

Yep, I use a special feature on iOS called “significant location change monitoring”. Rather than keeping the GPS on all the time, it just updates when you’ve moved a significant distance from your last monitored location. This shouldn’t affect your battery in any way because it doesn't even use the GPS antenna, but Apple does keep the location arrow in your status bar so that you’re aware an app is using this feature.

It’s really useful for the Apple Watch because you don’t have to wait extra time for the GPS to wake up, triangulate your location, etc.

Of course, you can always turn off this feature if you like - just go to the Settings app, then Privacy, then Location Services, then find CARROT in the list and switch her from “always” to “while using”. Then she’ll only access your location when you open her.

And in case you're curious, I answered a bunch of questions on the CARROT Weather complication in this thread, by the way.

 

[JonMPLS]

Yep, I use a special feature on iOS called “significant location change monitoring”. Rather than keeping the GPS on all the time, it just updates when you’ve moved a significant distance from your last monitored location. This shouldn’t affect your battery in any way because it doesn't even use the GPS antenna, but Apple does keep the location arrow in your status bar so that you’re aware an app is using this feature.

It’s really useful for the Apple Watch because you don’t have to wait extra time for the GPS to wake up, triangulate your location, etc.

Of course, you can always turn off this feature if you like - just go to the Settings app, then Privacy, then Location Services, then find CARROT in the list and switch her from “always” to “while using”. Then she’ll only access your location when you open her.

And in case you're curious, I answered a bunch of questions on the CARROT Weather complication in this thread, by the way.

Thanks very much for the detailed reply!! A very interesting App that I like a lot! And I do confirm what you and others have mentioned, that there is no adverse effect on battery life.

 

[dictoresno]

When I use the complication to open Dark Sky it seems to get stuck at "Getting Your Forecast" Anyone else see this?

Happens to me, never opens the "getting your forecast" screen but the other areas of the app update and show correctly.

 

[oftheheavens]

All i see today is a rain drop....I can get past getting forecast but at the watch screen i just see the dark sky drop. was working fine yesterday

 

[testcard]

All i see today is a rain drop....I can get past getting forecast but at the watch screen i just see the dark sky drop. was working fine yesterday

If I scroll past Getting Forecast to the other two screens, and then scroll back, Getting Forecast has usually updated. But it's painfully slow.

 

[sean000]

If I scroll past Getting Forecast to the other two screens, and then scroll back, Getting Forecast has usually updated. But it's painfully slow.

I find this works for me on occasion, but usually not. That first page just gets stuck on "Getting Your Forecast." I may give Carrot a try, and wait to see if a future update fixes Dark Sky.

Sean

 

[MakerOfCARROT]

I find this works for me on occasion, but usually not. That first page just gets stuck on "Getting Your Forecast." I may give Carrot a try, and wait to see if a future update fixes Dark Sky.

Let me know if you run into any issues with CARROT!

 

[JamerG]

I find this works for me on occasion, but usually not. That first page just gets stuck on "Getting Your Forecast." I may give Carrot a try, and wait to see if a future update fixes Dark Sky.

Sean

Same issue for me.

Deeply unimpressed with watch OS2 so far. I was really excited about it, and thought it would revolutionise the watch experience, but if anything things are worse so far, namely:
- Dark Sky glance and first page simply don't load
- No native update to Nike+ running app yet, so still stuck with the buggy and irritating original version.
- I now also seem to have an intermittent problem with my calendar complication, which doesn't reliably update.
- Wunderlist seems to have simply disappeared from my watch for no reason I can fathom.
- Most other third party apps I use either haven't updated or haven't improved if they have.

Whatever happened to "it just works"?

 

[sumsingwong]

It seems 3rd party app devs don't see a priority in the Apple Watch. I haven't seen many updates that make run the apps natively on Watch OS2. It's sad and I think this may cause the watch to fail.

 

[haruhiko]

It seems 3rd party app devs don't see a priority in the Apple Watch. I haven't seen many updates that make run the apps natively on Watch OS2. It's sad and I think this may cause the watch to fail.

I think indie devs can't see how can they monetize on the Apple Watch updates as it's tied to the iPhone app. When iOS 7 came, many popular apps saw the opportunity and released their updates as brand new apps and charged again. TweetBot charges $3-4 every year. But the same cannot be done for Apple Watch apps.

Carrot Weather finds a way here for the Premium upgrade for more frequent updates of the Watch complication, but it's mostly because of the need to cover their expense on API requests.

Anyway, I'm not an app developer so I cannot see the full picture here. I'm also very disappointed with the current native app/complication situation.

 

[mrgossett]

I have switched from Dark Sky to Carrot with the premium upgrade. Really like it on the watch and the phone!

 

[MakerOfCARROT]

I have switched from Dark Sky to Carrot with the premium upgrade. Really like it on the watch and the phone!

Glad to hear you're enjoying it!

In other news, I just figured out how to add a third data point to the Modular watch face. CARROT Weather 2.2's update is going to be a doozy...

 

[BlueMoon63]

Glad to hear you're enjoying it!

In other news, I just figured out how to add a third data point to the Modular watch face. CARROT Weather 2.2's update is going to be a doozy...

Favorite Apple Watch native app and love the idea of a third complication. Great job!

I must admit, your support here and efforts are rare. Adding updates every 30 minutes was another nice upgrade and very fast loading.

 

[haruhiko]

Carrot's support is awesome. Subscribed to the Premium features for my Apple Watch as well. Please bring us more updates!

 

[BlueMoon63]

At first this app worked quite fine for me and I was very impressed with that. However now a days there is always lagging. Not sure if its because of lack of updates.

I've been testing his beta versions and the speed is fantastic and the new modular face complications and glance are fast and so much more useful than other watch whether apps. If he adds a second small complication, this weather guy will be happy.

 

[testcard]

Seems like Dark Sky has a lot of catching up to do.

 

[dictoresno]

I would love for this app to add location data to the complication. I tweeted the company and they never responded anyone know if this is an upcoming feature? Also, the app still never shows the main screen when I open it on the watch. Always stuck on "getting your location" even though the other app glances are refreshed and up to date. Anyone else having that issue still?

 

[JonMPLS]

. . .Always stuck on "getting your location" even though the other app glances are refreshed and up to date. Anyone else having that issue still?

Me too--I just quit using it on my watch. I hope they continue to update this app rather than abandon it. Right now I have my complications set at just the Weather App but have notifications come in from Dark Sky. Dark Sky on the iPhone is working great.

 

[testcard]

I've jumped ship, and using Carrot on Watch, and Dark Sky on iPhone. If Carrot could bring instant weather notifications within the app then I would be happy. However this seems to require a Mac app, with the Mac acting as the weather "server". Way too complicated.

 

[MakerOfCARROT]

The big CARROT Weather update for Apple Watch is here! I wrote up all the changes in this post if you'd like to take a look. Thanks everyone for your suggestions and support!

 

[dictoresno]

I would try carrot if it didn't look all cartoonish or wise cracking. I want a streamlined weather app. Not one that looks like it's for grade schoolers.

 

[dictoresno]

Ok so I just paid for carrot and it says to use the watch complication it's a premium feature which is a yearly fee. Am I seeing this correctly?

 

[Bazooka-joe]

I am going to switch to Carrot. Datk Sky used to be good but now it's just a bug ridden tart. It doesn't connect properly on the watch and the iPhone app keeps updating me on rain.....in a city 40 miles away despite the fact that it knows my location

 

[MakerOfCARROT]

Ok so I just paid for carrot and it says to use the watch complication it's a premium feature which is a yearly fee. Am I seeing this correctly?

No, you can use the watch complication without purchasing the premium upgrade! It just adds a few extra features.

I’ve already gone into detail on here as to why the premium upgrade is necessary, but to make a long story short: each weather data update costs a small amount of money, and there are far, far more updates coming from an app that updates every hour of every day. I'd love to have offered all the features for free, but sadly without the upgrade, I wouldn’t have been able to offer a complication at all.

 

[dictoresno]

No, you can use the watch complication without purchasing the premium upgrade! It just adds a few extra features.

I’ve already gone into detail on here as to why the premium upgrade is necessary, but to make a long story short: each weather data update costs a small amount of money, and there are far, far more updates coming from an app that updates every hour of every day. I'd love to have offered all the features for free, but sadly without the upgrade, I wouldn’t have been able to offer a complication at all.

Well I got it specifically for the complication information and now I see I can only show the temps on the watch without purchasing the full version is that correct? If it was a one time fee then fine I'll suck it up and purchase it. But for a yearly subscription absolutely not. I kind of feel like I got ripped off after paying four dollars for nap and then have to pay another two dollars on top of it just to use the watch complication the way I want to. I'm considering asking for a refund.