topic Re: To load offline cache ? HTML5 + Javascript + PhoneGap ? in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

To load offline cache ? HTML5 + Javascript + PhoneGap ?

JoyceWen — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 08:46:16 GMT

Recently I need to develop an offline application deployed on iPAD and Android.
1. They need to load local cache exported from ArcGIS Server .
2. They need to edit features offline .

I know that the if I develop native app (Java/object-C) , I could use ArcGIS runtime for Android/iOS to load a .tpk file or compact cache locally . But if I want to use HTML5 + Javascript + PhoneGap , is there any posibility to load local cache ?
Could anyone give me some suggestions ? Thanks !

Re: To load offline cache ? HTML5 + Javascript + PhoneGap ?

RyanTwilley — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:51:17 GMT

Hi Chen,

I'm researching a similar idea now and discovered this sample map yesterday. You're probably limited to the 5 MB localStorage limit in html5 though. I have also experimented with tile packages in a native iOS app, and was really hoping that they would be available in javascript as well. I'm going to see what happens when I try to reference one with the JS API now. I don't expect it to work, but I'm replying in hopes that we can get more feedback from someone at ESRI. Let me know if you have learned any more details.

Ryan

Re: To load offline cache ? HTML5 + Javascript + PhoneGap ?

JeffJacobson — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:46:19 GMT

Not that I have not personally used this myself, but...

I saw a presentation where a guy talked about using this product to do store tiles offline:
http://mapbox.com/developers/mbtiles/