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Weather app icon updated?
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A live icon would be nice, but I understand why they don't do it, as this would require both internet connection and location service (GPS) on the homescreen, which would drain your battery quickly and give you false information when there's no connection.
If they do it, they should push the weather to the phone and probably work on some general technique to determine location changes without constantly using GPS, for instance activate GPS for just a second whenever the gyroscope sensor detects significant movement (walking, driving). This would also make geofencing more energy-efficient.
If they do it, they should push the weather to the phone and probably work on some general technique to determine location changes without constantly using GPS, for instance activate GPS for just a second whenever the gyroscope sensor detects significant movement (walking, driving). This would also make geofencing more energy-efficient.
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Well.. Notification center does include a weather widget. Apple could simply update the icon whenever a user pulls the notifications tray down.
It's not a huge deal, but could have been a nice touch.
Seems Apple would do this before weather since it doesn't require any external info.
Weird, it's currently showing the right time!? Any other time of the day that I've checked it's been wrong!?
If you JB, there an app that lets you do that. It doesn't drain battery life. I didn't notice any drain issues when I was jailbroken. I had it set to update every hour.
WeatherIcon is the app. Apple should get the idea from that app. Worked great.
WeatherIcon is the app. Apple should get the idea from that app. Worked great.
So, then give us the CHOICE to turn that function on and off and lot us decide if we want to use the extra battery. Choice, what a concept.
For the purposes of most people though, it if only updated once an hour it would be something. I use an app which does this already (Weather Live) and it shows the temperature constantly using a badge on the app icon. I don't know how often it updates, maybe every couple of hours, but it doesn't seem to impact battery life.
You are joking, right?
There would be absolutely no need to reload every second the weather information. Once every few hours would be enough. And using the gps to determine the position once in a few hours will most certainly not drain anything. You could even be given the choice for the frequency of the updates.
The same applies to the clock. A live icon would in no way drain anything.
You are kidding too, I hope.
Weather information contains short time forecast, which includes temperature for different hours of the day. Updating this data every few hours, or at user preference, would not drain anything.
Nothing to do with the battery!
Just mean that having the app display the wrong temperature for a few hours seems silly. Just pull down the notification bar.
Seems lazy
You are joking, right?
There would be absolutely no need to reload every second the weather information. Once every few hours would be enough. And using the gps to determine the position once in a few hours will most certainly not drain anything. You could even be given the choice for the frequency of the updates.
The same applies to the clock. A live icon would in no way drain anything.
I have been using that same app,it's fantastic