v1.0 – 15th May 2010

Initial Release – displays current warning, warning details and any typhoon track images. Is there a T8 yet?!

v1.1 – 7th June 2010

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

v1.5 – 23rd July 2010

New:

• Can now pinch/double tap to zoom in on the typhoon track images
• Typhoon Mode – for when the HK Observatory web servers are slow/busy – you can point at HKWarnings servers

Fixed:

• Timeout extended for slow network connections

v1.6 – 2nd Aug 2010

New:

• Satellite images in Info->Extras
• New loading messages
• Retina display resolution icon
• AdMob ads – checking them out – need to keep the servers running somehow

Fixes:

• Minor interface tweaks and fixes
• Fixed typhoon label for when there is no typhoon nearby

v1.7 – 1st Sep 2010

• Layout fixes
• Minor navigation changes
• Removed “Email Warning Pages” – it was for debugging
• New loading messages

 v1.8 – 10th Nov 2010

• High res tab icons
• Clearer registration error msg

v1.9 – 16th Feb 2011

• Updated AdMob code
• New loading messages

v1.9.2 – 2nd May 2011

• New loading messages
• New logging code for simple usage stats (not visible to users)

v1.9.3 – 16th May 2011

• Now shows current temperature, relative humidity and weather
• Displays an icon for the current weather
• Can choose to display temperature in Fahrenheit
• Added graphic for flooding
• Fixed a blank screen issue that could occur on first run
• New loading messages
• Localisation improvements
• Other bug fixes

v1.9.4 – 26th May 2011

• Now displays correct weather icons at night

v1.9.5 – 28th June 2011

• Fixed a crash occurring on iOS 4.0/4.0.1/4.0.2/4.1
• Better layout of typhoon track images
• New loading messages

v1.9.6 – 12th October 2011

• This release is simply for iOS 5 compatibility.

v1.9.7 – 11th November 2011

• iPhone 4S tweaks only

v1.9.8 – 26th February 2012

• Bug fixes
• iOS 4.0+ only (code tidy)
• New loading messages

NOTE: HKWarnings v1.9.8 now only runs on devices running iOS 4.0 or greater. If you are running iOS 3.x, iTunes will not let you upgrade, but if you have, for example, two devices, one running 4.0+ and one running 3.x, if you upgrade on the 4.0+ device, when you next sync your 3.x device, HKWarnings will be removed from the 3.x device. This is an iTunes ‘feature’ I’m afraid.

v1.9.80 – 4th March 2012

• Recompiled with correct provisioning profile to switch Push Notifications back on

v1.9.90 – 22nd March 2012

• [NEW] Share: if there is a warning, you can tap on the warning icon and tweet/SMS/email
• [NEW] Higher resolution images
• [NEW] To reload the warnings, double click on the warnings tab in the tab bar at the bottom
• [NEW] Info tab is now broken out into 2 tabs: Info and Settings – easier to get at the Settings
• [NEW] If you have Twitter installed, the “Follow on Twitter” option should open Twitter, if not, it will open Safari
• [FIX] Various bug fixes and performance enhancements

v1.9.91 – 14th April 2012

• [NEW] In-App Purchase – remove adverts and help me with development and server costs
• [NEW] Typhoon indicator on main warning screen (if you have paid to remove the ads)
• [CHANGE] Handle new HKO weather forecast format
• [MANDATORY] Removed call to [[UIDevice currentDevice] uniqueIdentifier] (deprecated in iOS5)

v1.9.92 – 23rd April 2012

• [CHANGE] Now validates In-App purchase receipts correctly

v2.0 – 28th June 2012

• Now a universal iPhone/iPad app
• Requires iOS 5.0+
• The iPad version shows the warnings, plus current weather, radar and satellite images and has links to other weather agency typhoon tracks

NOTE: HKWarnings now only runs on devices running iOS 5.0 or greater. If you are running iOS 4.x, iTunes will not let you upgrade, but if you have, for example, two devices, one running 5.0+ and one running 4.x, if you upgrade on the 5.0+ device, when you next sync your 4.x device, HKWarnings will be removed from the 4.x device. This is an iTunes ‘feature’ I’m afraid.

v2.1 – 13th July 2012

iPhone and iPad

• [NEW] Weather forecast popover/screen
• [NEW] Special weather tip popover/screen
• [FIX] Chinese fixes
• [FIX] Memory usage improvements
• [FIX] Bug fixes
• [FIX] Fixed currency code on in-app purchase screen

iPhone

• [FIX] iPhone now rotates properly (still portrait only though)