Clim8 is a modern, lightweight Android weather app built using Kotlin. It gives users accurate, real-time weather information through a clean, responsive UI. Designed with Jetpack libraries and a robust MVVM architecture, Clim8 is ideal for anyone wanting a simple yet powerful weather experience.
- 🔍 Search weather by city name
- 📍 GPS-based current location weather
- 🌡️ Displays temperature, humidity, wind speed, pressure, and conditions
- 🌇 Shows sunrise and sunset times
- 🎨 Modern, XML-based UI design with dark mode support
- 🔄 Real-time 5-day forecast (3-hour intervals)
- ❤️ Save favorite cities and quickly access them
- ⚙️ Settings panel with update frequency, unit preference, and notifications toggle
Clim8 uses the MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) pattern to ensure separation of concerns and scalability:
- View (Fragments):
HomeFragment,ForecastFragment,SettingsFragment - ViewModel:
WeatherViewModel - Model/Repository Layer:
WeatherRepository,FavoriteCityDatabase - Remote API:
WeatherApiServicevia Retrofit - Persistence: Room database for favorite cities
- Utilities:
SettingsManager,TemperatureConverter
- Kotlin – Main programming language
- Groovy DSL – For Gradle configuration
- Jetpack Components – ViewModel, LiveData, Room, Navigation
- Retrofit2 – For API calls
- Coil – Image loading for weather icons
- OpenWeatherMap API – Real-time weather data
- Room – Local storage for favorite cities
- Android Studio Flamingo+ (or latest stable version)
- Android Emulator or physical device (API 26+)
- Free API key from OpenWeatherMap
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/ajs2583/clim8.git cd clim8 - Open in Android Studio:
- Open Android Studio → File > Open → Select the project folder
- Insert your API key:
- In your local.properties file, add:
OPENWEATHER_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
- In your local.properties file, add:
- Build and run the app:
- Press the green Run
▶️ button or use Shift + F10
- Press the green Run
Developed by Anthony Mastrangelo (@ajmastra) and Andrew Sliva (@ajs2583)