48.1 About the WidgetDemo Project
The project created in this tutorial can be thought of as the early prototype of a weather app designed to teach children about weather storms. The objective is to provide the user with a list of severe weather systems (tropical storms, thunderstorms etc.) and, when a storm type is selected, display a second screen providing a description of the weather system.
A second part of the app is intended to provide real-time updates on severe weather occurring in different locations around the world. When a storm is reported, a widget will be updated with information about the type and location of the storm, together with the prevailing temperature. When the widget is tapped by the user, the app will open the screen containing information about that storm category.
Since this app is an early prototype, however, it will only provide weather updates from two cities, and that data will be simulated rather than obtained from a real weather service. The...
