Skycons for Android

We set out to create a native weather app on Xamarin but we wanted to build something unique to differentiate ourselves amongst the plethora of weather apps avaialble out there. The DarkSky app & Forecast did an excellent job with their Skycons.

We wanted to re-use the same icons for our app as well, however, we found that these animated icons don't exist natively on either platforms. This is currently a work-in-progress as the team is finetuning the animation & the performance itself. You can download the complete repository which also contains the sample project SkyconsDemo.

Built with Android Studio (2.2.3)

Available Icons

How to use

• Deployment target should be API level 14 or above.
• Import 'SkyconsLibrary' as a library to your project.

Adding icons:

1) To add a skycon(icon) through the XML:

  <com.thbs.skycons.library.<skycon>

 android:layout_width="250dp"

 android:layout_height="250dp"

 android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"

 android:layout_centerVertical="true"

 app:isStatic = "true"

 app:strokeColor = "#000000"

 app:bgColor = "#ffffff"/>  where <skycon> represents the particular view/icon. For example "MoonView"
2) To add a skycon(For instance, WindView) through Java code, perform following in the activity:

  LinearLayout layout = new LinearLayout(this);

LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(

 LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);

layout.setLayoutParams(params);

  //Using these params, you can control view attributes

//attributres include boolean isStatic,boolean isAnimated, int strokeColor , int backgroundColor

WindView windView = new WindView(this,true,false, Color.parseColor("#000000"),Color.parseColor("#ffffff"));

 //Using these params, you can control width & height of the icon

params.width = 200;

params.height = 200;

windView.setLayoutParams(params);

 layout.addView(windView);

this.setContentView(layout);
 

• For a better experience, keep 'layout_width' & 'layout_height' the same.

Customization:

Pull Requests are welcomed. We are looking forward for your suggestions on new icons & animations.

##Demo

License

Skycons for Android is being made available in public domain under similar terms like the original