![]() ![]() ![]() To be fair, they could exist now as a Today Screen widget, but then you can’t use it while you have another app open. I remember some early fan-made concepts for the iPad had it running iPhone apps in floating windows - I think if Apple baked that functionality into the iPad OS from the beginning it would have meant a whole slew of small utility apps like the calculator, clocks and alarms, compass, etc wouldn’t need to be remade - but I’m sure they killed that idea because it wouldn’t motivate developers into making first-class iPad apps - and by “punishing” users with the terrible full-screen iPhone app mode it incentivises developers to put effort into making good native iPad apps - while at the same time making small utility apps an impossibility for iPad OS (though this doesn’t seem to have convinced Instagram.) Looking further down the shutdown schedule, third-party weather apps using Dark Sky’s data will have access until the “end of 2021.” The API continues to function for existing customers, but new sign-ups are no longer accepted.īe sure to check out our guide on the best Android alternatives to Dark Sky.I heard it was because Apple’s C-levels weren’t happy with any of the concepts for a calculator UX that fills the screen of an iPad - and they’re right, even the best iPad calculator there is (PCalc) feels weird to use just to do some quick sums because it fills up my 13-inch iPad Pro’s screen. This delay serves as a workaround for mobile users. The website was supposed to follow today, but Apple provided an unspecified extension on weather forecasts and maps. Your Dark Sky – Hyperlocal Weather subscription from The Dark Sky Company, LLC on Google Play has been canceled. Those that are still subscribed to the $2.99/year plan will receive a “full refund.” The Play Store is sending out the following email this morning: All weather data in the app returns a value of zero degrees, while there is an orange “The Dark Sky app has shut down” message. August 1 is now here, and Dark Sky has stopped working. However, in a last-minute update, the Apple-owned company said it was extending the deprecation by a month. Existing ones can still access the listing directly, or by visiting their “My apps” library list. Ahead of that deadline, the phone/tablet and Wear OS clients were pulled from the Play Store, thus preventing new users from downloading. Original 8/1: The official Dark Sky app for Android was originally scheduled to stop working on July 1st. Following the app’s shutdown, customers today have been receiving the credits on their original payment method from “GOOGLE*DARK SKY.” Update 8/4: As promised, Dark Sky/Apple has refunded the $2.99 annual subscription. The Dark Sky shutdown is now complete for Android and Wear OS, but the website sees a reprieve. ![]() As part of this, the weather forecasting service is gradually being deprecated for non-Apple devices and clients. Apple made a surprise acquisition of Dark Sky in March and there are signs that it’s already live in iOS 14. ![]()
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