Sun Position Changelog

3.18.0 (2024-07-10)

• Keep current time up to date
• Option for weekly, monthly, or custom days of the week repeating events
• Keep screen on in sun path mode
• Increased default map zoom
• New sliders for date & time
• New plus/minus buttons for date & time
• Move map controls to left hand side in landscape mode

3.16.0

• View screenshots in app
• Option to have events sound a full alarm not just a notification
• Theme updates

3.15.0

• Turkish translation

3.14.0

• New optional compass overlay on map view
• Use wide angle camera on some devices
• Fixed moon icon colours in dark theme (full vs new moon was confusing)
• Fixed map view card colours in dark theme

3.13.0

• UI refresh
• New app widget styles

3.12.0 (2022-10-31)

• New french translation
• Changed help to link to user manual on website
• Increased target sdk version to 31
• Attempted to fix stretched camera images on Samsung Note 10+

Version 3.11.1

• Fixed crash when saving events if you don’t select a reminder option

Version 3.11.0 (2022-09-01)

• Removed warnings on camera screen if accelerometer accuracy is low

Version 3.10.1 (2022-06-23)

• Fixed crash on sun path screen if no location is found

Version 3.10.0 (2022-06-14)

• Added custom reminders (e.g. 3 hours before)
• If using 12 hour clock, make sure time labels are consistent for am/pm in sun path view
• Made sure day slider includes 31st Decemeber on leap years

Version 3.9.0 (2021-11-22)

• Better handling of hourly data tables on day when daylight savings time switches

Version 3.8.1

• Fixed bug when adding detailed data home screen widget

Version 3.8.0 (2021-09-14)

• Added dark theme
• Fix screenshot metadata so latitude & longitude are stored correctly
• Show screenshot notifications at top of screen, not bottom
• Fix orientation of moon waxing/waning icons in southern hemisphere
• Change colour of sun/moon icons on homescreen widgets depending on whether they are up or not

Version 3.7.1 (2020-05-29)

• Fix crash for users upgrading from version 3.4.0 and before https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sun-position-sunrise-sunset/id1620510695

Version 3.7.0

• 12/24 hour time option
• Improve legibility of labels on sun path view
• Improve legibility of map view
• [Pro] Added events functionality
• Work out timezone using local data file instead of web service
• Cache last known location so widgets can work without requesting location in background
• Changed minSdk to 21 (Lollipop)
• Removed Dashclock widget (not available after kitkat anyway)

Version 3.6.0 (2019-01-16)

• Updated timezone database
• Fixed crash if sun/moon rise/set happens just before end of hour
• Added a share button to side menu

Version 3.5.2 (2019-10-01)

• Fixed sun path label rotation in southern hemisphere

Version 3.5.0 (2019-07-22)

• Can now add notes to saved locations
• Fixed widget layout for RTL languages
• Added solar noon altitude and azimuth to the data table
• Show south and west longitude/latitudes as S & W instead of negative N and E
• Fixed Polish translation
• Removed extra row from hourly data table when current time is exactly on the hour

Version 3.4.0 (2018-10-22)

• Added Polish translation
• Updated Spanish translation
• Fixed a few small bugs

Version 3.3.0 (2018-08-22)

• New time slider to show sun position for any time of day
• New data screen items showing position of sun & moon for currently selected times
• Added moon age & illumination at the currently selected time
• Added date range feature to sun path screen which will show the highest and lowest sun positions within a specified date range

Version 3.2.0 (2018-05-29)

• updated Google Maps permissions
• updated Privacy Policy

Version 3.1.0 (2018-02-27)

• Added ability to take screenshots on sun path screen
• Added new detailed data widget
• Updated layouts for rise/set widgets
• Widget configuration (location and style) now happens when first creating widget, not from within app
• Can now specify device timezone or autodetect for widgets
• Added next new moon to moon phase display
• Improved compass algorithm
• Allow installation on devices without compasses

Version 3.0.2 (2017-10-05)

• bugfix

Version 3.0.1 (2017-09-26)

• bugfix

Version 3.0.0 (2017-09-01)

• added timezone detection

Version 2.4.0 (2017-08-15)

• reset date button moved out of action bar
• location button and name added to action bar
• side menu updated
• overflow menu removed
• widgets updated
• toggle buttons on sun path/map screen instead of slide out menu
• new option to show most recently viewed location when start app
• location displayed in widget user selectable
• added hourly data table
• visual updated to map view

Version 2.3.0 (2015-09-29)

• Added orientation display to sun path view
• Can now long click on map screen to choose location
• Added privacy policy

Version 2.2.0 (2015-05-18)

• Added terrain and satellite to map view
• Fixed some issues with moon data

Version 2.1.1 (2014-02-24)

• Disabled save button when no location found
• Added warning message when no name is entered in save location dialog

Version 2.1.0 (2014-02-19)

• Added location selector so you can now get data for anywhere, not just your current location
• Input Latitude/Longitude, search via a map, and save/load your preferred locations
• Added Spanish translation

Version 2.0.2 (2014-01-05)

• Fixed bug which caused start up crash on some larger devices

Version 2.0.1 (2014-01-03)

• Fixed bug which caused sun path screen to crash if no location found

Version 2.0.0 (2013-12-31)

• Added new map screen showing sun and moon path
• Added moon path to augmented reality view
• Added moon data
• Re-designed app graphics
• Minor bug fixes

Version 1.2.0 (2013-08-29)

• Added new widget designs
• New dashclock extension
• Updated design of data screen on Tablets

Version 1.1.0 (2013-04-24)

• Added a sunrise/sunset widget
• Added preference menu option to rotate the camera view for devices such as Samsung Galaxy Gio which apparently doesn’t rotate properly
• Changed calibration popups to be notifcation-type things (less intrusive)
• Removed option to set time zone within app - now only uses device time zone
• Upgraded error reporting
• Lots of minor code improvements

Version 1.0.2 (2012-07-03)

• Previous release