This ability to have an offline basemap of our own choosing is not something that ESRI should consider optional. In terms of download speed, ok, I see the point. However, in terms of map usability my company goes to great lengths to assure we have very good basemap data. The inability to side load leaves me in a position of having to tell all users "well we will just have to wait until this is added". Please make it happen. There is rarely a field user that does not find errors due to very dated ESRI hosted basemaps and this is why, for our organization, it is imperative to make the side loading for New Collector work. Additionally, I'll throw my hat in the ring and offer to help test it!
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