🌤️ Aura Weather

Real-time weather anywhere, beautifully designed

Aura Weather is a clean and modern Flutter app that delivers accurate real-time weather data for any location worldwide — with hourly forecasts, 7-day outlooks, interactive maps, and smart city suggestions.

🎓 B.Tech Final Year Project — ITM SLS Baroda University, 2026

🚀 Getting Started • ✨ Features • 📸 Screenshots • 🛠️ Tech Stack • 👥 Team

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✨ Features

Feature	Description
🌍 GPS Location Detection	Auto-detects your location on launch and fetches live weather instantly
🌡️ Current Weather Dashboard	Temperature, conditions, hourly forecast with weather icons
💧 Weather Details	Humidity, wind speed, precipitation, and "feels like" temperature
🗺️ Interactive Weather Map	Google Maps integration with live location pin and temperature legend
⏱️ 12-Hour Forecast Playback	Animated timeline showing temp and rain forecast over 12 hours
📅 7-Day Forecast	Full weekly outlook with daily min/max, conditions & precipitation
🔍 City Search	Search any city worldwide and get live weather instantly
🌏 Global Suggestions	Quick weather cards for major cities (London, Tokyo, New York & more)
🌙 Dark Mode	Eye-comfort dark theme with battery-saving design
🌡️ Unit Toggle	Switch between Celsius (°C) and Fahrenheit (°F) seamlessly
🔔 Notifications	Weather alerts and updates (configurable in settings)
👤 User Profile	Profile picture, name, and account management

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📸 Screenshots

🌅 Splash Screen	🏠 Home — Current Weather	💧 Details & Live Map	🗺️ Weather Map
📅 7-Day Forecast	🔍 City Search	⚙️ Settings	ℹ️ About & Support

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🛠️ Tech Stack

├── Framework       →  Flutter (Dart)
├── Language        →  Dart 65% | C++ 17.5% | CMake 14%
├── Weather API     →  Open-Meteo (free, no API key required)
├── Maps            →  Google Maps Flutter (google_maps_flutter ^2.17.0)
├── State Mgmt      →  Provider (^6.1.5)
├── HTTP Client     →  Dio (^5.9.2)
├── Serialization   →  Freezed + JSON Annotation
├── Storage         →  Shared Preferences
├── Localization    →  intl (^0.20.2)
└── Platform        →  Android / iOS / Web / Linux / macOS / Windows

Key Dependencies:

• 🌐 Dio — Powerful HTTP client for API calls
• 🗺️ google_maps_flutter — Native Google Maps integration
• 📦 Provider — Lightweight and efficient state management
• 🧊 Freezed — Immutable data models with code generation
• 💾 Shared Preferences — Persist user settings locally
• 🕐 intl — Date/time formatting and localization

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📁 Project Structure

Weather_app/
│
├── lib/                     # Dart source files
│   ├── main.dart            # App entry point
│   ├── models/              # Freezed data models (Weather, Forecast, etc.)
│   ├── services/            # API services (Open-Meteo, Location)
│   ├── providers/           # State management (Provider)
│   ├── screens/             # App screens (Home, Map, Forecast, Settings)
│   └── widgets/             # Reusable UI components
│
├── android/                 # Android-specific config
├── ios/                     # iOS-specific config
├── web/                     # Web platform support
├── linux/ macos/ windows/   # Desktop platform support
├── pubspec.yaml             # Dependencies & metadata
└── test/                    # Unit & widget tests

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🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• ✅ Flutter SDK (3.x or higher)
• ✅ Dart SDK ^3.10.7
• ✅ Android Studio / VS Code with Flutter extension
• ✅ Google Maps API key (for map features)

Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Hemanshu4949/Weather_app.git
cd Weather_app

2. Install dependencies

flutter pub get

3. Add your Google Maps API key

For Android, add to android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:

<meta-data
  android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
  android:value="YOUR_GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY"/>

For iOS, add to ios/Runner/AppDelegate.swift:

GMSServices.provideAPIKey("YOUR_GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY")

4. Run the app

flutter run

💡 The weather data is powered by Open-Meteo — completely free with no API key required!

Build for release

# Android APK
flutter build apk --release

# iOS
flutter build ios --release

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🔧 Configuration

Setting	Default	Description
Temperature Unit	°C	Toggle to °F in Settings
Dark Mode	On	Eye comfort & battery saving
Notifications	On	Weather alerts & updates
Location	GPS Auto-detect	Or search any city

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🏗️ Architecture & SDLC

This project follows the Prototyping SDLC Model, progressing through:

1. Requirement Analysis — User needs for weather, speed, and simplicity
2. System Design — Wireframes, ER diagrams, Use Case diagrams, API planning
3. Implementation — Flutter UI, API integration, maps & charts
4. Testing — Unit, Integration, System, and UAT
5. Deployment — App store preparation & documentation

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome!

# Fork the repo, then:
git checkout -b feature/your-feature-name
git commit -m "Add: your feature description"
git push origin feature/your-feature-name
# Open a Pull Request 🎉

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🔮 Future Scope

• 🤖 AI-based weather prediction
• ⚠️ Severe weather alerts & push notifications
• ⌚ Wearable device integration (Wear OS / Apple Watch)
• 🎙️ Voice assistant support
• 🌐 Multi-language interface

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the terms included in LICENSE.txt.

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👥 Team

Name	Roll No.	Role
Hemanshu Sojitra	24C21551	Developer
Samiha Vohra	24C21556	Developer
Tejas Solanki	23C25016	Developer

Project Guide: Mr. Sunil Panchal Institution: ITM SLS Baroda University — Dept. of CS & IT, 2026

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Made with ❤️ using Flutter & Open-Meteo