Weather App is a Flutter mobile application that integrates with the OpenWeather API to provide real-time weather information to users.
The application demonstrates practical API integration skills, external service consumption, and data handling in mobile applications. It showcases how to work with REST APIs, handle JSON responses, and display dynamic data in a user-friendly mobile interface. The app provides comprehensive weather information including temperature, humidity, wind speed, and weather conditions.
Key Features
- Real-time weather data from OpenWeather API
- Location-based weather information using GPS
- Current weather conditions display
- Extended weather forecast (daily and hourly)
- Temperature, humidity, wind speed, and pressure information
- Weather icons and visual representations
- City search functionality
- Location permissions handling
- Clean and intuitive mobile user interface
- API response handling and error management
- Loading states and error messages
- Data caching for offline access
- Cross-platform mobile application (iOS and Android)
What I Worked On
- Developed the complete mobile application using Flutter framework
- Integrated OpenWeather API for weather data retrieval
- Implemented HTTP requests and API communication using http package
- Handled JSON data parsing and response processing
- Created data models for weather information
- Integrated location services for automatic location detection
- Implemented city search and manual location selection
- Designed user interface for weather information display
- Created weather icons and visual components
- Built forecast display (daily and hourly)
- Implemented API error handling and edge cases
- Created loading states and user feedback
- Implemented data caching for offline functionality
- Handled location permissions and user privacy
- Created responsive UI for different screen sizes
- Managed API rate limiting and error recovery
- Created cross-platform mobile application
Technologies Used
Mobile Development
- Flutter
- Dart
- Flutter SDK
API & Services
- OpenWeather API (weather data service)
- HTTP/REST API integration
- http package (HTTP client)
- JSON serialization
Location Services
- Geolocation API
- GPS integration
- Location permissions
- Geocoding services
State Management
- Flutter StatefulWidget
- Local state management
- API state handling (loading, success, error)
Data Management
- JSON parsing and serialization
- Data models and classes
- API response handling
- Local data caching
UI/UX
- Material Design
- Flutter Widgets
- Custom weather icons
- Charts and visualizations
- Responsive layouts
Error Handling
- Try-catch blocks
- API error handling
- Network error management
- User-friendly error messages
Tools
- Git (version control)
- Android Studio (Android development)
- Xcode (iOS development)
- Flutter DevTools (debugging)
- Postman (API testing)