Version History

1.1.2Released May 22, 2012

  • - ADD: additional UIColor utilities for dealing with hex strings
  • - ADD: support for customizing warning polygons using core map config plist
  • - FIX: crash when returning to map if polygon warnings are active
  • - MOD: improved performance of storm cell annotations when accessing custom config options
  • - DEMO: auto-updating iPad weather data for main full weather view when app becomes active

1.1.1Released May 17, 2012

  • - ADD: UIColor category for converting hex strings to UIColor instances
  • - ADD: additional map config options
  • - ADD: affect action support to earthquakes loader
  • - ADD: affects support to storm cells loader
  • - ADD: delegate methods for AFWeatherMap when overlays are added and removed by overlay manager
  • - ADD: polygon-based warning overlays
  • - ADD: initial support for polygon overlays
  • - ADD: missing records and earthquakes legend
  • - ADD: multi polyline/polygon classes to better handle merging multiple polyline/polygons into a single view to improve performance
  • - ADD: new polygon warnings legend
  • - ADD: support for controlling which storm cell types the forecast lines and cones are plotted and their respective colors
  • - ADD: support for displaying storm cell forecast cones only when cell annotation is selected (as defined in AerisMapConfig.plist)
  • - ADD: support for vertical line views
  • - FIX: defined bounds on forecast cone annotation to prevent re-drawing entire screen view
  • - FIX: issues with certain object loaders that would cause a crash if no endpoint defined for certain methods
  • - FIX: issues with interactive map options menu and new polygon overlay types
  • - FIX: minor memory leak in AFAdvisory
  • - FIX: specific model class not being stored through the request for parsing
  • - MOD: adjusted expiration times on AFPlacesLoader
  • - MOD: adjusted overlay manager to use AFMultiPolyline for the storm cell forecast lines
  • - MOD: moved loading and reset controls into AFFlexibleCalloutAnnotation to be inherited by subclasses
  • - MOD: updated existing legends to match style of new ones
  • - MOD: updated reset stuff with flexible annotations
  • - MOD: updated storm cell annotation to use modified config key for markers based on type
  • - DEMO: updated location search for zip code for better results

1.1.0Released Apr 30, 2012

  • - ADD: ability to pass a different model class to object loader when requesting data (used for normals/tides stations currently)
  • - ADD: animations for various control elements
  • - ADD: configurable settings for map legend and long-press action
  • - ADD: delegate handlers for disabling animation controls for overlays that don't support it
  • - ADD: displaying overlay name in control view
  • - ADD: earthquake marker assets
  • - ADD: earthquakes and records point data overlays
  • - ADD: icons for earthquake categories
  • - ADD: initial support for storm cell forecast annotation callout view
  • - ADD: map config settings for controlling what is displayed on map control view
  • - ADD: map controls view, moved all animation buttons and progress views into
  • - ADD: missing "type" property
  • - ADD: missing API parameter constants
  • - ADD: new icons for records reports
  • - ADD: new object loaders and model classes
  • - ADD: normals models and object loaders
  • - ADD: permissions loader objects
  • - ADD: pie progress view for animation loading
  • - ADD: property mapping for AFSunMoon relationships
  • - ADD: schema/property validation in unit testing
  • - ADD: singleton map settings class for user-defined options
  • - ADD: sst and chlorophyll tile overlays
  • - ADD: support for map customizations (marker images, legends, animation speed, map button graphics, overlay alpha)
  • - ADD: support for search action in object loader
  • - ADD: support for sunmoon/moonphases endpoint
  • - ADD: tides models and object loaders
  • - ADD: timezone property to AFTidePeriod
  • - ADD: unit testing for new models
  • - FIX: added autoresizing mask settings to weather map view instance
  • - FIX: added catch to return nil for setting value if no settings file found
  • - FIX: animated overlay timestamp not being reset to most recent when stopping animation and switching to static view
  • - FIX: animation flag not being set properly when switching tile overlays
  • - FIX: bug where map control background view would not be resized properly when leaving map view controller then returning back to it
  • - FIX: bug where overlays were not re-added to the map view when resuming to interactive map controller
  • - FIX: bug with animation thinking it's been loaded after previous load was cancelled, thus starting the animation without having all images
  • - FIX: catch to lock lat/lon to real-world bounds to prevent api request errors
  • - FIX: cleaned up map control view resizing animation issues
  • - FIX: crash if circular/point annotations didn't exist when trying to remove from map
  • - FIX: crash in overlay animation when trying to add `nil` image into dictionary store
  • - FIX: crash when calling advance on AFOverlayAnimation and no images were successfully loaded during last queue process
  • - FIX: crash when rotating ipad in StaticMapViewControllerHD
  • - FIX: crash when starting overlay animation due to trying to remove _pointAnnotation before it was created
  • - FIX: crash when totalIntervals is greater than available timestamps in AFOverlayAnimation
  • - FIX: custom observation callout not showing loading view while data is loading
  • - FIX: final working version of custom annotation callout view
  • - FIX: initial instance of circular annotation was not animating
  • - FIX: issue where overlay animation loading was not cancelled properly when stopAnimatingOverlays was called from manager
  • - FIX: issue with animation view not being removed when zooming map using double-tap gesture
  • - FIX: issue with current timestamp for overlay not always being displayed in control view
  • - FIX: issue with legends display not using map config settings
  • - FIX: issue with map auto-panning back to custom callout location when deselecting (caused by didMoveToSuperview being called when removed)
  • - FIX: limit was being overridden in object loader request
  • - FIX: major bug with timers getting whacked out when starting animation loading, then canceling, then starting again
  • - FIX: map animation container frame not updating properly on interface orientation changes
  • - FIX: map animations not stopping before map region changes
  • - FIX: map legend not centered based on map when interface orientation changed
  • - FIX: memory leak in AFOverlayAnimation where core UIImageView was not being released before creating a new instance
  • - FIX: memory leak with map control base path
  • - FIX: missing alert.png icon for ipad advisories view
  • - FIX: overlay name/timestamp labels were being removed when turning on a point data overlay, had to add check against type of overlay added
  • - FIX: overlay options not properly being selected in options menu
  • - FIX: permissions not properly being returned
  • - FIX: positioning and drawing issues in custom callout view class
  • - FIX: positioning issue with overlay timestamp
  • - FIX: wrong property mapping for AFTidePeriod
  • - FIX: wrong property mapping on AFRecord
  • - MOD: added better sorting to storm cell query to plot more severe cells on top
  • - MOD: added circular annotation view for long press gesture for currents
  • - MOD: adjusted circular annotation gesture settings for better handling of slight gesture changes
  • - MOD: adjusted map control view elements based on device, scaled down for iPhone
  • - MOD: adjusted map options menu to be populated based on what user has access to
  • - MOD: adjusted positioning of labels on AFStormCellsTableViewCell
  • - MOD: adjusted progress view in/out animation
  • - MOD: adjusted so storm cells only plot cones if not general cell
  • - MOD: adjusted storm cell forecast polyline to go from current position to last forecast position instead of each individual period
  • - MOD: adjusted to use timer-based animation instead of UIViewImage
  • - MOD: final adjustments and bug fixes for long press obs feature
  • - MOD: in/out animation for animation progress view depending on status of weather map animations
  • - MOD: moved AFSun and AFMoon properties into core AFSunMoon class, removed separate classes as not needed
  • - MOD: moved outside of core .bundle for easier editing
  • - MOD: remove point data and point annotation when an animation starts, stop animation when point data is added to map
  • - MOD: renamed custom callout annotation views to include "callout" for better differentiation
  • - MOD: replaced parameter strings with constants from AFGlobals
  • - MOD: set sort params for storm cell and reports point data
  • - MOD: updated AFOverlayManager to better singleton pattern
  • - MOD: updated to use UILongPressGestureRecognizer for tap and hold feature
  • - DEMO: added detail view for record report
  • - DEMO: added earthquakes and normals sample listings
  • - DEMO: added missing weather icons
  • - DEMO: added moon phases sample view, adjusted category menus for new sample views
  • - DEMO: added sample listing view for nearby tides
  • - DEMO: added sample sun/moon view
  • - DEMO: fixed compiler warnings
  • - DEMO: records listing and detail views
  • - DEMO: removed call to initializeMap from viewDidAppear which was always reverting to radar overlay regardless of which option was selected from menu (iPhone)
  • - DEMO: resolved compiler warnings
  • - DEMO: updated so detail and forecast views update their data when app resumes from background

1.0.4Released Apr 2, 2012

  • - ADD: NSString category method to format cardinal strings to all uppercase
  • - ADD: pop-in animation for storm report annotations
  • - ADD: support for new hailIN/hailMM for storm reports, added to demo app views
  • - MOD: AFTileOverlayView now cancels all queued requests when map region changes (prevents unnecessary requests in background…slowing the rendering of visible tiles)
  • - MOD: cleaned up storm report annotation/view output
  • - MOD: removed detail value for storm wind damage reports
  • - FIX: "-0" issue for temps, caused by using floats instead of integers
  • - FIX: additional fuzzyString method on NSDate to adjust passed timezone to nearest hour for proper day string formatting based on API response
  • - FIX: bug where radar and satellite overlays were not always inserted on top of overlay stack
  • - FIX: bug where radar overlay was not always reappearing when returning to map view
  • - FIX: bug with map overlays not fetching latest timestamps when data expires (prevented radar tiles from updating)
  • - FIX: data formatting for storm report annotation view overlays
  • - FIX: issue with alert.png icon not appearing in AFObservationAdvisoriesView
  • - FIX: minor improvements to tile overlay views, added checks to prevent same tile from being added to queue more than once

1.0.3Released Feb 2, 2012

  • - ADD: additional support for setting a default timezone for static NSDateFormatter and NSCalendar instances in NSDate category methods
  • - ADD: some additional logging when [AerisEngine enableDebug] is true
  • - MOD: added time zone property to AFObservation, AFStormReport and deprecated `validTime` properties on models
  • - MOD: changed NSString and NSArray property declarations from "retain" to "copy"
  • - MOD: updated properties on AFFire to reflect latest changes in api
  • - FIX: forecast date issue where the actual timezone for the location was not being used (just device's timezone was)
  • - FIX: memory leak of overlay instances within AFOverlayAnimation not being released property, nor object itself
  • - FIX: additional fuzzyString method on NSDate to adjust passed timezone to nearest hour for proper day string formatting based on API response

1.0.2Released Jan 12, 2012

  • - ADD: missing model properties on AFStormCell, AFObservation, AFPlace, AFAdvisory
  • - ADD: support for specifying an API version for all requests in AerisEngine
  • - ADD: missing snow/blizzard icons in AerisUI.bundle
  • - ADD: custom AFScrollView class that extends UIScrollView for custom implementation eventually
  • - MOD: updated AFForecastDetailView to allow switching "Precip" label to "Snow" if setting snow property
  • - FIX: issue with some AFPlace properties not being retained properly
  • - FIX: ForecastPeriod storing wrong value for minTempC, gives 0 for all instances

1.0.1Released Dec 1, 2011

  • - ADD: new properties in models (AFObservation, AFForecast) to match those added in the API
  • - ADD: end-user debugging for API requests; to enable, call [AerisEngine enableDebug] after initializing AerisEngine with your consumer key and secret
  • - MOD: better handling when requesting objects with invalid AFPlace instances, will not fail before attempting to request from the API
  • - MOD: updated AFPlace so that if a state is not provided for all US locations, the framework will see it as invalid and force object requests with that place to fail
  • - FIX: resolved crash that was occurring for some users when interacting with an AFWeatherMap instance due to use of objective-c blocks

1.0Released Oct 21, 2011

  • Initial release