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23 changes: 23 additions & 0 deletions src/displayapp/screens/WeatherSymbols.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -59,3 +59,26 @@ const char* Pinetime::Applications::Screens::Symbols::GetCondition(const Pinetim
return "";
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const char* Pinetime::Applications::Screens::Symbols::GetSimpleCondition(const Pinetime::Controllers::SimpleWeatherService::Icons icon) {
switch (icon) {
case Pinetime::Controllers::SimpleWeatherService::Icons::Sun:
return "Clear";
case Pinetime::Controllers::SimpleWeatherService::Icons::CloudsSun:
case Pinetime::Controllers::SimpleWeatherService::Icons::Clouds:
case Pinetime::Controllers::SimpleWeatherService::Icons::BrokenClouds:
return "Clouds";
case Pinetime::Controllers::SimpleWeatherService::Icons::CloudShowerHeavy:
return "Rain";
case Pinetime::Controllers::SimpleWeatherService::Icons::CloudSunRain:
return "Drizzle";
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To me drizzle is quite different from rain showers, it implies fine droplets at a low intensity whereas showers can be heavy but brief (more importantly one justifies an umbrella and the other might not!). I think "Showers" might fit better or just "Rain" even

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I agree, "Drizzle" should be changed to "Rain" in my opinion. I'm not a huge fan of "Shower" for the heavier rain case as I feel like that could be misinterpreted as a light shower as well as a heavy shower... perhaps we could change the GetCondition return to "Downpour" for CloudsShowerHeavy, and make it "Pour" for GetSimpleCondition? Just a suggestion, not sure how everyone would interpret "Pour" though.

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These conditions are determined directly from the OpenWeather condition codes (which is also what Gadgetbridge uses). The actual API has a higher level of precision (light drizzle vs heavy shower and so on), but the weather apps compatible with Gadgetbridge for the most part only support a handful of the condition codes in the spec.

I would not recommend deviating from this spec, as it would compound the delta between the weather app and gadgetbridge...

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Thanks for the spec link!
I think "Showers" fits this best having looked at what code 03d is used for
It ranges from "light intensity drizzle" to " heavy intensity shower rain", and I think it'd be better to overstate rather than understate

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It's been a while since I last thought about this PR, and I'm having trouble putting myself into my original mindset. Is the consensus here changing drizzle to showers?

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I would agree with following existing codes unless there's a really good reason to reword.

case Pinetime::Controllers::SimpleWeatherService::Icons::Thunderstorm:
return "Thunder";
case Pinetime::Controllers::SimpleWeatherService::Icons::Snow:
return "Snow";
case Pinetime::Controllers::SimpleWeatherService::Icons::Smog:
return "Mist";
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This ("Mist") is the only questionable one. Based on the spec it seems like it should apply to anything that opacifies the atmosphere. However, most apps (and the spec icon itself) just rely on "mist" as a catch-all, so I guess it's fine.

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Yeah I agree it's not great having to describe fog, mist, dust, smoke etc all with one word. I guess you could go for "Turbid" but that's probably overdoing it a bit... mist is probably the best catch all

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Expand Up @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace Pinetime {
namespace Symbols {
const char* GetSymbol(const Pinetime::Controllers::SimpleWeatherService::Icons icon);
const char* GetCondition(const Pinetime::Controllers::SimpleWeatherService::Icons icon);
const char* GetSimpleCondition(const Pinetime::Controllers::SimpleWeatherService::Icons icon);
}
}
}
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