{"id":29820,"date":"2020-08-20T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=29820"},"modified":"2024-11-25T16:35:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T21:35:10","slug":"weather-apps-after-dark-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/20\/weather-apps-after-dark-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather Apps, After Dark Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jonas Downey<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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This is an existential threat to indie weather apps. We’re now forced to:<\/p>\n

A) Find a new provider that’s comparable and integrate it instead of Dark Sky.
\nB) Create a new set of widgets that are at least as good as Apple’s (preferably better!)
\nC) Do all of this in about 3 months.<\/p>\n

We also have to learn all the new tech, update our existing app to work with iOS 14, and deal with the fact that this is all beta software that’s clunky, poorly documented, and barely works in a bunch of ways.<\/p>\n

Oh, and Apple has special access to private APIs that we don’t have.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

I was hoping Apple would integrate the Dark Sky features into the iOS 14 API. That would make it easier to develop (if not necessarily to sell) weather apps, as several of them have better interfaces than Apple’s own. Instead, they’ve improved the built-in app but made things worse for fans of alternate apps.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n