What is the purpose of the Runtime .geodatabase?

Question

After learning that it's practically impossible to work with a file geodatabase (*.gdb) in Runtime, I started looking more into the Runtime geodatabase (*.geodatabase) and have found that it's not really very useful in a disconnected environment either. It seems that I can add features to a table, but these adds are only added in memory and are only persisted if the application can connect to a FeatureService to synchronize it. It also seems that there is no way to add a table to it. Is this correct?

Is there anything I can do to edit a *.geodatabase file while offline?

bharold · Answer

Christina, does GeoPackage work for you as a sharing format?

MichaelBranscomb · Answer

Hi,

Support for creating editable mobile geodatabases (.geodatabase) from ArcGIS Desktop / Pro is on the roadmap for a future release (and ideally a workflow for integrating those fields back into your enterprise geodatabase). Currently mobile geodatabases created as part of the Share As > ArcGIS Runtime Content dialog or Create Runtime Content GP tool are read-only.

In 10.2.X and the upcoming Quartz (100) release, editable geodatabases must originate from a service (ArcGIS Server or ArcGIS Online). But once created they can be edited offline and shared between apps if that's part of your workflow. There's the question of how these edits are integrated back into a the central database, unless that's not part of your architecture?

To edit geodatabases requires a Standard license (License your app—ArcGIS Runtime SDK for .NET | ArcGIS for Developers).

Cheers

Mike

ChristinaKochan1 · Answer

Do you intend to ever have a geodatabase solution available for applications which are never online and are permanently disconnected? The primary purpose of this would be for sharing map data between our systems, which are all offline.