Apple at yesterday's keynote k WWDC 2022 introduced the WeatherKit developer kit, which replaces the Dark Sky interface that was pro Android closed in 2020. But WeatherKit will allow developers to create androidov apps that use the same Dark Sky backend as before.
WeatherKit, along with a brand new service Apple Weather, in Apple's words, "provides a variety of valuable weather data to apps and services that can help people stay informed and safe." WeatherKit requires iOS 16, iPadOS 16, macOS 13, tvOS 16 or watchOS 9. It is possible to use the REST interface for the web and other platforms.
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Due to REST availability (Apple developers will be able to use Swift), "other platforms" explicitly includes developers Androidu who build apps using WeatherKit for core data that includes current weather conditions and 10-day hourly forecasts of temperature, precipitation, wind, UV index, etc. Severe weather alerts are also available for selected regions.
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As for privacy, which Apple says makes WeatherKit (and the Dark Sky interface before it) so attractive to users Androidamong all other platforms, the Cupertino giant stated: “Informace about location are used only to provide weather forecasts, they are not associated with any personally identifiable information informaceme and are never tracked between requests.” Location information collection and privacy protection on most “Apple” platforms have been a concern since the end of the Dark Sky interface.
WeatherKit is currently in beta and with the aforementioned requirements in mind, it will likely be publicly available in the fall. New or updated androidWeather apps will hopefully follow soon after.
