v1.4.0 - Data Retrieval
This update brings improvements to how data is handled and gathered to improve user experience along with new features.
Changes
New Notification Support
You can now receive notifications from Tornadic when a new alert from the NWS is published. Notifications are sent when in the app and when it's in the background. This ensures you always know when a new alert is uploaded so you can stay aware of severe weather.
To turn off notifications, simply revoke Tornadic's permissions.
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Alerts
- Alerts are now gathered based on your latitude and longitude rather than the forecast zone provided by the /points endpoint for the NWS API. This ensures alerts that are relevant to your coordinates are given even when the forecast zone may not be affected.
- When irrelevant alerts exist, your coordinates are now used in conjunction with the forecast zone to determine if one is relevant to you.
- New: Sends a notification when new alerts are issued.
Radar
- Rejoice! Radar Alert Mode is now located within the Radar Settings. No more switching between the radar and the settings to see all of the alerts in the nation!
Data Retrieval Changes
The way data is gathered and kept has changed in this update to make the user experience more enjoyable and to support new features.
- NWS Alerts now always refresh even when in background (before they would pause)
- Data is now kept through major key changes so you see the skeleton loader less often. Instead, a new loading bar will be present to indicate new data is on the way (or that you should expect a toast to pop up saying something went wrong) in the following situations:
- Open-Meteo Forecast/Air Quality URL change (changing unit settings causes this)
- NWS Alert endpoint URL change (turning on and off Radar Alert Mode causes this)