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iOS Network Programming with Swift 2 Implementing a Forecast Client Activity Indicators

James Estrada
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James Estrada
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App Refresh Frequency

Pasan Premaratne said that in a real app we wouldn't allow users to refresh every thirty seconds when the weather is not going to change; we would check when the last request was made and have a sensible default. However, I have pressed the refresh button one second after the other and my counter in my API Usage from Dark Sky API doesn't increase., unless I wait around one minute for another request. That's when I see the activity indicator and not when I press the refresh button every few seconds. Why is this happening if we haven't account for checking the last time the refresh button was pressed?

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Pasan Premaratne
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Pasan Premaratne
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James Estrada

I'm not 100% sure in this case, because the forecast api was recently changed, but they might be throttling you on their end since we use a free tier.