topic Re: Tile Package weirdness: Flex CAN NOT consume some TPKs as an ArcGISLocalTiledLaye in ArcGIS API for Flex Questions

Tile Package weirdness: Flex CAN NOT consume some TPKs as an ArcGISLocalTiledLayer

DirkVandervoort — Wed, 15 May 2013 21:32:10 GMT

ArcGIS Desktop 10.1 SP used to create two TPKs

Using an mxd with vector data (Some points, lines and polygons with simple symbology using pure red, green and blue colors)

Using an AGS map service that serve the same content as the mxd (above)

20 LODs (required) and PNG output. Both the map service and the mxd use a state plane SRS.

The results:

The vector-generated TPK can be drag-n-dropped into ArcMap and display just fine.

A Flex API mobile map using the TPK as a ArcGISLocalTiledLayer does not display the TPK

The TPK generated from the AGS Map service can be drag-n-dropped into ArcMap and display just fine - albeit grainy (expected)

The Flex API mobile map using the TPK as a ArcGISLocalTiledLayer does displays the TPK just fine

So what's up? Am I missing some special magic to create the TPK?

The geoprocess:

CreateMapTilePackage D:\documents\Project\Maps\Some.mxd ONLINE D:\documents\Tiles/Tiles.tpk PNG 20 # # #

The Flex code:

<esri:Map width="100%" height="100%">        
     <esri:ArcGISLocalTiledLayer file="{File.documentsDirectory.resolvePath('Tiles/Tiles.tpk')}"/>
</esri:Map>

Re: Tile Package weirdness: Flex CAN NOT consume some TPKs as an ArcGISLocalTiledLaye

DasaPaddock — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:54:59 GMT

Can you check if you're getting a loadError event and then see what the fault is?

Reference:
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/flex-api/apiref/com/esri/ags/layers/Layer.html#event:loadError

Also, what version of the API are you using?

Re: Tile Package weirdness: Flex CAN NOT consume some TPKs as an ArcGISLocalTiledLaye

DirkVandervoort — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:06:21 GMT

Hi Dasa!

Yes, it does throw a LayerEvent.LOAD_ERROR.

The fault is an mx.rpc.Fault. And more telling, the faultString is:

kpLayerMissingConfXML: Cannot locate conf.xml in tpk file.

It's the 3.3 API BTW.

I carved into the TPKs with WinZip and the conf.xml is in both and the contents are identical.

For some reason the vector-generated tpk is not allowing the Flex API to see the conf.xml

What next can I do? TIA

--Dirk

Re: Tile Package weirdness: Flex CAN NOT consume some TPKs as an ArcGISLocalTiledLaye

DasaPaddock — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:01:09 GMT

I'd double-check that the tpk has 0 compression. You may need to contact Esri Support.

Re: Tile Package weirdness: Flex CAN NOT consume some TPKs as an ArcGISLocalTiledLaye

DirkVandervoort — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:28:57 GMT

Yep. 0% compression. I'll put in a help ticket. Thanks Dasa.

Re: Tile Package weirdness: Flex CAN NOT consume some TPKs as an ArcGISLocalTiledLaye

BjornSvensson — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:55:05 GMT

I'm not 100% sure it's the same issue, but we had a dependency on the name of the data frame in ArcMap (which ends up within the TPK file). It only worked if the data frame is named "Layers".

This will be fixed for the next release (3.4).

NIM092226: .tpk files are not working in Flex AIR application using ArcGISLocalTiledLayer if the dataframe name in the original .mxd file is other than "Layers".

Re: Tile Package weirdness: Flex CAN NOT consume some TPKs as an ArcGISLocalTiledLaye

raffia — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 09:27:50 GMT

Hello all;

I thought this would be a good place to ask this question. I see that the ArcGIS sdk for iOS has great offline features such as maps, geocoding and routing. Are these also available with the ArcGIS API for Flex running on Air. Either a desktop app or a mobile one?

Thanks;
Raffi

Re: Tile Package weirdness: Flex CAN NOT consume some TPKs as an ArcGISLocalTiledLaye

LloydHeberlie — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:58:12 GMT

Hello all;

I thought this would be a good place to ask this question. I see that the ArcGIS sdk for iOS has great offline features such as maps, geocoding and routing. Are these also available with the ArcGIS API for Flex running on Air. Either a desktop app or a mobile one?

Thanks;
Raffi

Hi Raffi,

These features (offline features such as maps, geocoding and routing) are not part of the ArcGIS API for Flex.

Re: Tile Package weirdness: Flex CAN NOT consume some TPKs as an ArcGISLocalTiledLaye

raffia — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 03:16:39 GMT

Hi Raffi,

These features (offline features such as maps, geocoding and routing) are not part of the ArcGIS API for Flex.

Hello Lloyd;

Many thanks for the reply.

Just to be sure, this also applies even if we are using Flex and with Adobe Air and are packaging for iOS. This gives us access to plist and some other tricks...maybe there is a work around? But I assume the offline maps work fine with that setup on iOS and Android?

As we are a start up, this project can make or break us. Our potential client will install these large touch screens in various parts of his residential project. This device is going to be tough to connect to the internet, but we can request a specific device type to be installed. Users are supposed to be able to generate driving directions, and search functionality backed by a geocoding layer. This is in addition to offline maps ofcourse. So the question is...is there a specific device type (It cant be a tablet, something bigger and more awkward) and an operating system that the client can install. And on top of that we can build an app using a specific API that can provide offline maps, routing and geocoding? Maybe the windows 8 API?

Thanks again;
Raffi

Re: Tile Package weirdness: Flex CAN NOT consume some TPKs as an ArcGISLocalTiledLaye

raffia — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 03:52:37 GMT

And finally, can the ArcGIS API for flex query offline layers from the tiles or something else that will make it read data from table and feature classes?

Re: Tile Package weirdness: Flex CAN NOT consume some TPKs as an ArcGISLocalTiledLaye

LloydHeberlie — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 15:29:22 GMT

Hello Lloyd;

Many thanks for the reply.

Just to be sure, this also applies even if we are using Flex and with Adobe Air and are packaging for iOS. This gives us access to plist and some other tricks...maybe there is a work around? But I assume the offline maps work fine with that setup on iOS and Android?

As we are a start up, this project can make or break us. Our potential client will install these large touch screens in various parts of his residential project. This device is going to be tough to connect to the internet, but we can request a specific device type to be installed. Users are supposed to be able to generate driving directions, and search functionality backed by a geocoding layer. This is in addition to offline maps ofcourse. So the question is...is there a specific device type (It cant be a tablet, something bigger and more awkward) and an operating system that the client can install. And on top of that we can build an app using a specific API that can provide offline maps, routing and geocoding? Maybe the windows 8 API?

Thanks again;
Raffi

Hi Raffi,

The "plist and other tricks" will only allow you to specify Adobe AIR setting for iOS, it won't put any off-line functionality into the ArcGIS API for Flex that you need.

The only out-of-the-box functionality in the ArcGIS API for Flex for off-line access is the use of the ArcGISLocalTiledLayer which uses a tiled package layer (*.tpk) which you would create using the ArcGIS Desktop product. Any other functionality (off-line query, routing, geocoding, querying of layers, etc.) would have to be written by the developer (you/your staff). Also, creating this off-line functionality would be no trivial task.

The offline tiled map layers will work for iOS and Android using the ArcGIS API for Flex, but other than that you would have to write the functionality.

Based upon the off-line requirements you have mentioned in this forum post, I would recommend that you pursue the ArcGIS Runtime SDKs for Android and/or iOS. Note that the offline features in the ArcGIS Runtime SDKs are currently (as of 12-16-2013) in beta. The ArcGIS Runtime SDKs will give you the most immediate out-of-the-box off-line functionality which it sounds like you need.

If you are able to convince your client to go with one type of hardware device (Android or iOS) you may be able to avoid having to write two separate applications.

Hope this helps,

Re: Tile Package weirdness: Flex CAN NOT consume some TPKs as an ArcGISLocalTiledLaye

raffia — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:21:28 GMT

Hi Lloyd;

Many thanks for that detailed reply. I am very much in the clear now about this issue.

Kind Regards;
Raffi A