Mobile Overview Tablets

Question

Trying to wrap my head around this and what needs to be set up.  We work with a 3rd party that has our SDE and has a couple Silverlight apps...albeit all within out firewalls...I also have an internal silverlight app

I want to take an android tablet and go to the field and edit the SDE data live.
I could use the Android SDK and create an app for the tablet/phone

From outside the Firewall:
But what needs to happen in regards to the data itself (SDE)
How am I establishing security?
How am I serving up the FC to access from the application?
How to I bridge the gap from the Android Tablet, through the firewall to access and edit the SDE data?
How do I make the service avaliable to the outside world, but control who sees it

THe 3rd party has a web server sitting in the DMZ but how do we authenticate? Can we set up User name and logins?
Are their additional software/hardware requirements to do this?

Any help understanding the whole picture and security would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

DanO_Neill · Answer

Bit confused on not directly editing...

What I mean is that the API does not support direct connections to an ArcSDE geodatabase.  But I am editing through the Feature Service that is published with Server right?
I dont have to export my data to a FIle GEodatabase then make edits and copy into SDE?

Just confused on number 6....converting back....where and how is this done?

Yes, the API supports connected editing your geodatabase as a feature service published with ArcGIS Server.  You don't need to do step 6.  I was thinking about a disconnected editing workflow with respect to that step.  I apologize for the confusion.

JayKappy · Answer

Bit confused on not directly editing...

But I am editing through the Feature Service that is published with Server right?
I dont have to export my data to a FIle GEodatabase then make edits and copy into SDE?

Just confused on number 6....converting back....where and how is this done?

Thanks

DanO_Neill · Answer

The Android API does not currently support editing of SDE databases directly.  I will try and address your questions by describing a workflow for working with SDE data in a connected mode: * Ensure all the data in a single SDE geodatabase with write permissions.  
* Publish your map document as a map service in ArcGIS Server and enable the Feature Access capability on it.  
* This will generate a URL to access your feature service from within the Android API.
* Create an ArcGISFeatureLayer in Android which points to your Feature Service URL.  
* Edit your data using the Android API.  
* Convert your edited Feature Class back to Geodatabase in SDE.

You use ArcGIS Server Manager to configure your secured services which will allow you access control.