I recently made the decision to open-source my very first Android app, Weather Forecast USA, which I originally published in 2009. Over its lifetime, the app achieved over 10,000 downloads and generated mind-blowing $385 USD in ad revenue. The number of active users peaked in January 2014, with a total of 5,688. Currently, the app only has 8 active users. We can pronounce it abandoned, even by me.
Honestly, I never expected to be able to compete with the teams of developers behind today's top weather apps while also satisfying my curiosity and making other apps. Deleting all my work would still be painful. That's why I have decided to keep it alive in some other form.
You can find the source code for Weather Forecast USA on GitHub:
https://github.com/vbresan/WeatherForecastUSA
Since 2009, the Android platform has undergone considerable changes. Although the app's source code is working, it does produce many deprecation warnings, and some aspects were not designed in the best possible way. Nonetheless, I welcome any contributions or feedback from the community, and I hope that others will find the code useful for their own development projects.
Let's keep the spirit of innovation and collaboration alive in the world of app development! [I told ChatGPT to proofread my text, I love the last spark it added here!]
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