Barometer Prime for Android

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By H.Y.F.Y

This app not only displays your local barometric pressure, but visualizes a complete history of measurements as well as an estimation of your...

This app not only displays your local barometric pressure, but visualizes a complete history of measurements as well as an estimation of your altitude !For such a history to be useful, the app autonomously takes measurements once in a while. In order not to drain your battery, you have lots of configuration options to fine-tune the app's behaviour and to find an ideal trade-off between measurement resolution and battery consumption.Therefore, this app is ideally suited not only for hobby meteorologists, but also for alpinists, mountaineers, skydivers, glider pilots, etc.If you have any questions, experience any bugs or have feature requests, don't hesitate to get in contact with barometer@hyfy.deNote: you actually need a barometric sensor on your device!Features include:- Up-to-date atmospheric pressure information- Estimation of altitude- History of past measurements- Support for different units, e.g. mbar, bar, hPa, kPa, Pa, inHg, mmHg, torr, psi, at, atm- Reference settings for altitude estimations (in meter, foot, degree celsius and fahrenheit)- Statusbar notifications- Selective clearance of history- Battery Guard adapting measurement intervals upon low battery state- Lots of configuration options- Configuration profiles to ease the use- Detailed technical information about built-in pressure sensor(s)Configuration options include:- Set the measurement interval- Select your favorite unit- Set the persistence interval- Smooth measurements by calculating averages- Restrict size of history- Compact history using different modes- Turn on/off sensor service and statusbar notifications- Auto-start barometer service upon device boot- Foreground-service option to prevent being killed upon low memory- Acquire wake-locks to not miss a measurement due to Android's power management policies- Set the update rate for the history chart- Auto-scale history chart or specify upper and lower boundariesThis app respects your privacy ! It only requires few permissions and no Internet connection.Permissions are:- RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED: used to auto-start the barometer service taking measurements. Can be turned off !- WAKE_LOCK: used for measurement rates below 0.1 Hz to keep the CPU running in order not to miss a measurement. Can be turned off !- WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: used to persist the measurement history on SD card. Cannot be turned off.Recent changes:This version is still BETA, so please report bugs and feature requests! Thanks.* v0.4_beta- screen showing detailed technical sensor information* > v0.3.2_beta- current Preferences are highlighted- added battery guard- fixed bug* v0.3_beta- altitude estimation- set reference altitude and temperature- tap on the chart to switch modes (pressure, altitude, fixed and auto-scale boundary)- direct access to service preferences using notifications- ability to temporarily stop serviceContent rating: Everyone