The most popular custom ROM developer LineageOS recently provided its users an option to change weather providers. If you are one of those who have keen interest on collecting weather information from specific sources, then this might be a very supportive feature. If you are a LineageOS user or using a custom ROM based on LineageOS, then here is how to change weather provider in LinegaeOS.
Weather providers for LineageOS ROM are available as a plug-in, which you can download from Lineage OS extra download section and install on your device. The Lineage OS team introduces three weather providers, which means you can use weather data from one of three different providers.
Available weather providers for LineageOS include Yahoo, Weather Underground, and Open Weather Map. You can use any one of these providers to gather weather information.
Read on to how to change weather provider in LineageOS ROM or any custom ROM based on LineageOS.
How to switch weather provider in LineageOS
1. Download the weather provider of your choice from LineageOS here.
2. Transfer the downloaded weather provider APK file to your phone’s internal or external SD card.
3. On your phone, enable ‘Unknown Sources’ by going into Settings > Security and enable unknown sources.
4. Open your favorite file manager, go to where you have saved the weather provider apk file, tap on it and follow the on screen installation process.
You are now successfully installed weather provider on your phone runs on LineageOS.
