SketchViewModel.pointSymbol support for PictureMarkerSymbol

Question

I have a feature layer that uses PictureMarkerSymbols as the map markers. When I move the feature I can only get the SketchViewModel.pointSymbol to be either SimpleMarkerSymbol or PointSymbol3D as described in the api documentation here:  https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/api-reference/esri-widgets-Sketch-SketchViewModel.html

Is there a technical limitation for not being able to use PictureMarkerSymbols? Is there any way I could extend arcgis js api's current functionality to allow this?

Alexander__Contractor_Schrimpf · Answer

In case anyone else needs this functionality this hack somewhat works...

const editingLayer = new GraphicsLayer();
    const map = new Map({      basemap: new Basemap({        baseLayers: [baseMapLayer]      }),      layers: [featureLayer, editingLayer]    });
    const view = new MapView({      map,      container: this.$refs.map    });
    const sketchViewModel = new SketchViewModel({      layer: editingLayer,      view,      updateOnGraphicClick: true    });
    sketchViewModel.on("update", async event => {      if (event.state === "start") {        await Promise.all(          event.graphics.map(async (graphic: esri.Graphic) => {            const [PictureMarkerSymbol] = (await loadModules([              "esri/symbols/PictureMarkerSymbol"            ])) as [esri.PictureMarkerSymbolConstructor];
            graphic.symbol = new PictureMarkerSymbol({              url: require(`../assets/map_icons/${-1}_${                graphic.attributes.FCODE              }_solid_black.svg`),              height: 23,              width: 23            });          })        );      }    });
    view.on("click", event => {      if (sketchViewModel.state === "active") {        return;      }      view.hitTest(event).then(({ results }) => {        results          .filter(x => x.graphic.layer === featureLayer)          .forEach(async result => {            editingLayer.add(result.graphic);            await sketchViewModel.update(result.graphic, {              tool: "move",              toggleToolOnClick: false            });          });      });    });

UndralBatsukh · Answer

Hi there,

You cannot change the update graphic for SketchViewModel at this time. It is on our to do list. However, I do not have a timeline for this.

-Undral