Weather App

A Flutter weather app that shows current conditions and an hourly forecast using the OpenWeather API.

Features

• Current temperature, sky condition and weather icon
• Scrollable hourly forecast
• Humidity, wind speed and pressure
• Pull-to-refresh via the toolbar refresh button
• Loading and error states

Requirements

• Flutter SDK 3.10.8 or newer
• Android Studio or VS Code with the Flutter extension
• An Android emulator or a physical device
• A free OpenWeather API key

Setup

1. Install dependencies:

flutter pub get

2. Create your secrets file by copying the example:

cp lib/secrets.example.dart lib/secrets.dart

3. Get a free API key from https://openweathermap.org/api and paste it into lib/secrets.dart:

const openWeatherAPIKey ='your key here';

A new key can take up to two hours to activate. Until then requests return 401.

4. Run the app:

flutter run

Project structure

lib/
main.dart App entry point and theme
weather_screen.dart Main screen, API call and layout
hourly_forecast_item.dart Single forecast card
additional_info_item.dart Single info tile
secrets.dart API key (not committed)

Notes

• lib/secrets.dart is listed in .gitignore. Never commit a real API key.
• The city is hardcoded to London in weather_screen.dart. Change cityName to use a different one.
• Temperatures are shown in Kelvin, which is what the API returns by default.
• Only the Android platform is configured.

Dependencies

• http for API requests
• intl for date formatting