Quietly and unobtrusively, a new version of Look4Sat, a satellite tracker for Android inspired by GPredict, has been released.
I finally found enough time between family and work to finish and release v4, which has long been in the develop branch. The main changes include a completely redesigned interface using Jetpack Compose and Material3, a shift to BottomNavigation usage, and support for adaptive interfaces for tablets. For now, the code leaves much to be desired, but I no longer need to jump between v3 and v4, so over time I will get everything in order (I hope).
The application retrieves TLE data and information about transceivers from open sources such as Celestrak, R4UAB, SatNOGS, and others. Currently, this allows tracking over 15,000 satellites (only a portion of which have open information about transceivers). Look4Sat stores data and performs all calculations locally, has an integrated OSM map tile cache, and features file import capability, enabling operation without the internet. The application supports English, Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese, Spanish, and Sinhalese languages. The project is fully open-source, and there is no analytics or advertising, and I strive to use the fewest possible external dependencies.
Kilde: linux.org.ru
