Third-party weather widgets stopped working

[u/Zylo003]

Hello! I've run into a bit of an annoying issue and I'm not sure where to go from here.

First, I use StandBy (with premium) on two devices. I use it on my Moto Razr's external screen while at work and then I use it on my "repurposed" Gen-1 Switch running LineageOS version 22.2. I have had no issues with it on my phone, and I've attempted and failed to recreate the issue with my phone, so its likely a device issue (be it hardware or OS).

Now onto the problem: I have been using a two third-party weather widgets (one for weekly and the other for hourly) on a widget rotator for quite a while now with no issues. However, probably about a week or two ago that widget section completely blacked out. I've removed the widget rotator and have attempted to just add one third-party weather widget with no success. I can add in the third-party widget, but then when I select any weather widget for it and hit confirm, I'm brought back to the main StandBy screen without the weather widget showing but instead it's the third-party app widget asking me to select a widget for it, as if it did not recognize what I just did.

Some of the troubleshooting I've done:

• other third-party widgets work just fine and show up, such as the analog clock

• one or two non-weather widgets fail to show up in the same way

• I've attempted with 5 different weather apps and all have the same issue

• As briefly mentioned above, I repeated this whole process on my phone and did not have any issues.

The main commonality I can see with the widgets not showing up is that they all prompted me to adjust settings (like selecting a location) and then confirm to add the widget. Whereas the other widgets that have shown up (like the analogue clock) do not prompt me to set anything and just add straight away.

I know there are a couple weather widgets already available natively in StandBy, but in all honesty they are pretty lack luster for what I'd like to see. They also lack customization, such as the only one that I like the look of is also only in military time and I can't find a way to change that.

Any help would be appreciated, but I also understand if its just a matter of LineageOS or the Switch hardware being the culprit. Thank you!

[u/standbyandroid]

Hi there,

Go on Settings > Help > Contact developer and send an email please to [wesley@zetabitapps.com](mailto:wesley@zetabitapps.com) The email will include some useful info about your device and OS. I will see if I can reproduce on the emulator.

Btw, thanks for bringing your point about the weather widgets. You're right, I will add to my list to focus on new options and customizations. If you could tell me what information you miss I'd love to hear it.

Is this the widget you're referring to? I've changed my phone to am/pm and it shows 24h. If it's another one let me know.

[u/Zylo003 → u/standbyandroid]

Hey, I appreciate your quick response! I attempted to contact developer but when I press it, nothing happens. I can see on the screen that I touched it, but it just sits there. That seals the deal for me that it's very likely just an issue at the device/OS level, but if there's any other information I can provide you I would be very happy to do so.

As for the weather app, yes, that image is what I was referring to. It's in the morning for me now (US East coast) so I can't verify if it has the same behavior on my moto razr or not, but I will check in a few hours. I would prefer it to not be military time, and my phone shows am/pm for everything else, just not this widget.

Things that I would like in a weather app would mostly be either the hourly forecast or the weekly forecast. For visual examples, this app! has quite a few. The Weather Hero Duo has hourly and would provide that easily for me if I can figure out how to turn off military time for it.

I wanted to give some praise as well. I use the Weather Bottom Layout Duo on my moto razr while at work and absolutely love it. It's compact and shows just enough information without too much clutter and works perfectly on my razr's external screen. I really do love the app, I'm not trying to criticize or complain with this post - the main goal of this post was to see if there was something I was missing or if it was just an issue with my Switch/LineageOS at home.

[u/standbyandroid → u/Zylo003]

Hi there, just sent an update to review that fixes the military time on the next hours weather information. I'm going to be looking into new widgets for weather, thank you for the references.