location service to send weather alert notification in android

Question

I have a client that wants an app that will detect the persons location and if a weather warning or alert happens send them a notification letting them know to check the warning. I don't think the alert would have to have specifics because i will have all that information in the app. It just needs to alert them to open the app and view details of warning or somthing to that nature. Not sure where to start on something like this. I have been looking at some weather api's that i could use for the forcasting and was planning on using a webview for radar services but not sure what i can use for the warning system. If anyone has any ideas on where i can go with this I would greatly appreciate it.

Answer 1

Your question is very broad, however here's a general approach.

Create a background service to:

• Track the user's location with GPS and / or Network locations
• Query NOAA (or similar) for any alerts in the user's area
• If any are found, launch your Notification linked with your app to displays details, radar images, etc