Have you noticed that the loading message changes each time you run the app?

(These are just a few … there are more!)

UPDATE: It has been approved.

Check out the updated page for HKWarnings and the version history page

Is in review:

Push notifications for HKWarnings are now in beta testing.

Should be live in a week or two.

Nearly at 500…

Number of unique devices = 497
Number of visits = 7827

OS version:
3.0 => 6
3.1 => 4
3.1.1 => 1
3.1.2 => 56
3.1.3 => 406
3.2 => 21
4.0 => 2

Device type:
iPhone => 405
iPad => 21
iPod Touch => 71

I just submitted v1.1 to the AppStore for review.

New

• Localised for Traditional Chinese (need to switch phone language to Trad. Chinese: ????)
• Added “Rate on iTunes” link
• If there is a “Go Home” warning (T8 for example) – can now choose to play a warning siren (option on main iPhone Settings screen)
• Added the ability to email the warning pages HTML source (used for debugging problems)
• Added a couple of new loading messages
• Added Tell a Friend
• Added Extras section with Tell a Friend and Email Warning Page
• Moved warning language setting to the built-in Settings application (i.e. the main iPhone Settings screen)
• Is now a navigation based app – the About/Disclaimer/Extras screens should slide onto the screen and the Extras screen has a top navigation bar
• Sending email is now done within the app. No need to exit to send an email.

Fixes

• Fixed issue with the warning text layout for long warnings – previously truncated the warning
• A few interface tweaks
• Fixed a small memory leak

Not too bad. HKWarnings is currently fourth in the HK iTunes AppStore, in the free weather section:

After a week, here are some stats:

Number of unique devices = 229
Number of visits = 2466

OS version
3.0 => 3
3.1 => 1
3.1.1 => 1
3.1.2 => 26
3.1.3 => 182
3.2 => 15
4.0 => 1

Device type
iPhone => 177
iPad => 15
iPod Touch => 37

I’ve been working on v1.1 all day today: Traditional Chinese localisation.

It will need a fair bit of testing by my friends – I can’t read Chinese!

Anyway – will be coming soon.

HKWarnings is live on the App Store:

It’s a simple app that displays the current Hong Kong Observatory weather warnings. Also, if there is a nearby typhoon, it displays the Tropical Cyclone Track images.

I plan to localise it to Chinese and add a Typhoon Mode for when there is a typhoon nearby and the HK Observatory website is getting a lot of traffic so is slow.

It was originally called “Can We Go Home Yet?” – with one click on your iPhone you can see if the Typhoon 8 signal has been raised and it’s time to go home!