Mobile Weather - This application is part of the author's "30 Days of .NET" initiative to develop 30 mobile applications in 30 days. The source code of the application is included in order to help programmers new to Windows Mobile development write applications in .NET.
How'd we make it this far without a weather application? I must admit its hard to buy anything these days that doesn't have a weather feature built in. But does everyone understand the basic of writing such an application? That's what we will explore today.
UI is a little plain. I really think a weather application needs to have a top notch exciting UI, but we'll keep it simple this time. We have an input section at the top that takes the user's ZIP Code, and we have an output section at the bottom.
In the output section we have some basic factoids like current conditions and temperature. We also have a forecast for the next day showing date, description, with high and low temperature. And finally we have a graphic to add a little something to an otherwise drab application.
How did we mine this information. Basically I connected to a public weather RSS feed that takes zip code as an URL parameter, using an HttpWebRespone object. I then parsed out the data I need using regular expressions.
There are other ways of doing this type of thing, but I thought this would allow us to use a lot of neat Window Mobile technologies we haven't explorer before.
Possibilities:
The UI needs more polish, but it is useable. There is even more data in this RSS feed than I'm exposing so that is another way to expand on this project and make something awesome.
Like it? Share with your friends!
If you got an error while installing Themes, Software or Games, please, read FAQ.
Supported operating systems:
Windows Mobile 2003, Windows Mobile 5.0, Windows Mobile 6 Classic, Windows Mobile 6 Professional, Windows Mobile 6.1 Classic, Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Similar Software:
My-Cast Weather My-Cast by Garmin provides animated Nexrad DopplerŪ radar, hourly to 7-day forecasts, storm watch, clouds, and more- throughout the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii)! This data is presented in an easy-to-read and highly visual display
MobileWeather MobileWeather - This program is a link to Noaa.gov mobile weather website. Tap the button while you are connected to the internet to find out current weather conditions.
This program requires that you have both the 'BeanDLL.dll' file ** and ** the runtime files for Visual Basic on your PocketPC computer
MyWeather MyWeather is a weather class to retrieve the Yahoo RSS weather feed. The data is parsed and returned in an array for use by the user's prerogative.
This class retrieves the Yahoo RSS Weather feed and caches the results. Supplied is the current weather conditions, including image and temperature (specified in Fahrenheit or Celsius)
Memory-Map Weather Radar Memory-Map Weather Radar is an application to display, live animated National Weather Service Doppler radar images from radars located throughout the United States. Radar is the most effective tool to detect precipitation, especially thunderstorms, and has been used by NWS forecasters since the 1940's
Fizz Weather Fizz Weather is a fully featured application & home screen plug-in. Supporting over 58,000 cities world wide we have one of the best, most comprehensive weather reporting tools for your mobile.
Supporting Window Mobile 2003SE, Windows Mobile 5 and Windows Mobile 6, VGA modes and TrueVGA
WeatherCalendar WeatherCalendar - This program is a calendar that you can use to enter weather forecasts. Simply tap on the date to display/edit the weather for that day.
This program requires that you have both the 'BeanDLL.dll' file ** and ** the runtime files for Visual Basic on your PocketPC computer
SteelSoft GPS Weather SteelSoft GPS Weather - 1: GPS Weather
Based on your GPS location, tell you the weather forecast of the location.
When you travel, it is useful. You do not even need to know where you are now, you will be able to know the local weather conditions and forecasts
WeatherPAW WeatherPAW - This program connects you to www.ssec.wisc.edu an online animated North American weather radar map service. NOTE: You need an internet connection to use this program.
This program requires that you have both the 'BeanDLL.dll' file ** and ** the runtime files for Visual Basic on your PocketPC computer
WeatherMobiles WeatherMobiles - This program allows you to set your home city/state. If outside of US then city and country name. Then tap the button while connected to the internet to view the www.Weather.com weather forecast.
This program requires that you have both the 'BeanDLL.dll' file ** and ** the runtime files for Visual Basic on your PocketPC computer
WeatherGoogler WeatherGoogler allows you to enter any world city name and displays the weather report from the Google.com server. Enter the city name and tap the button to view the current and future weather forecasts. This service is provided by Google
Other Software by developer «Chris Craft»:
Lunch-O-Matic Lunch-O-Matic - This application is part of the author's "30 Days of .NET" initiative to develop 30 mobile applications in 30 days. The source code of the application is included in order to help programmers new to Windows Mobile development write applications in .NET.
Being a geek, I have a lot of geek friends. Being friends, we tend to eat lunch together
Community Megaphone Reader Community Megaphone Reader - This application is part of the author's "30 Days of .NET" initiative to develop 30 mobile applications in 30 days. The source code of the application is included in order to help programmers new to Windows Mobile development write applications in .NET
Mobile Signature Mobile Signature - This application is part of the author's "30 Days of .NET" initiative to develop 30 mobile applications in 30 days. The source code of the application is included in order to help programmers new to Windows Mobile development write applications in .NET
SMS Logger SMS Logger - This application is part of the author's "30 Days of .NET" initiative to develop 30 mobile applications in 30 days. The source code of the application is included in order to help programmers new to Windows Mobile development write applications in .NET.
I've had a lot of requests for SMS related applications
Trippr Trippr - This application is part of the author's "30 Days of .NET" initiative to develop 30 mobile applications in 30 days. The source code of the application is included in order to help programmers new to Windows Mobile development write applications in .NET.
You've probably already figured out what this application does
Mobile SMS Remote Mobile SMS Remote - This application is part of the author's "30 Days of .NET" initiative to develop 30 mobile applications in 30 days. The source code of the application is included in order to help programmers new to Windows Mobile development write applications in .NET
GPS Clock GPS Clock - This application is part of the author's "30 Days of .NET" initiative to develop 30 mobile applications in 30 days. The source code of the application is included in order to help programmers new to Windows Mobile development write applications in .NET.
I couldn't resist creating another GPS related mobile application
Mobile Speedometer Mobile Speedometer - This application is part of the author's "30 Days of .NET" initiative to develop 30 mobile applications in 30 days. The source code of the application is included in order to help programmers new to Windows Mobile development write applications in .NET
Mobile SMS Contact Mobile SMS Contact - This application is part of the author's "30 Days of .NET" initiative to develop 30 mobile applications in 30 days. The source code of the application is included in order to help programmers new to Windows Mobile development write applications in .NET.
Today one of my readers, Paul Diston, made the following request