links:
API information:
http://openweathermap.org/api
JSON:
http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=Mundelein,IL
Image URL:
http://openweathermap.org/img/w/10d.png
JSON (pretty) formatter in TextWrangler editor (Mac)
http://ukitech.blogspot.com/2012/08/format-json-in-free-textwrangler.html
Example JSON data:
http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=Mundelein,IL
http://openweathermap.org/img/w/10d.png
{
"base": "cmc stations",
"clouds": {
"all": 1
},
"cod": 200,
"coord": {
"lat": 42.27,
"lon": -88
},
"dt": 1416040500,
"id": 4903184,
"main": {
"humidity": 92,
"pressure": 1027,
"temp": 265.36,
"temp_max": 268.15,
"temp_min": 261.15
},
"name": "Mundelein",
"sys": {
"country": "United States of America",
"id": 2981,
"message": 0.0294,
"sunrise": 1416055401,
"sunset": 1416090602,
"type": 1
},
"weather": [
{
"description": "sky is clear",
"icon": "01n",
"id": 800,
"main": "Clear"
}
],
"wind": {
"deg": 274.501,
"speed": 4.54
}
}
Step: Create a new Android module
- File > New Module...
- Android Application
- Application Name: Weather Station
- Module Name: appWeatherStationJson
- Package Name: com.yourname.android.app.json.weather
- Min SDK: 8
- Target SDK: 19 (KitKat 4.4)
- Compile with: 21
- Java Lang: 6.0
- Theme: Holo Light
- Create Activity
- Suport mode: Fragments
- Suport mode: Action Bar
- Blank Activity
Next
- MainActivity
- activity_main
Finish
Step: add INTERNET permission
We need to add INTERNET permission since we will be accessing JSON over HTTP
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
Step: add INTERNET permission
We need to add INTERNET permission since we will be accessing JSON over HTTP