idea App State Refresh Option in ExperienceBuilder in ArcGIS Experience Builder Ideas

App State Refresh Option in ExperienceBuilder

KatelynSullivan — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 10:46:13 GMT

Please add the App State Refresh option within Experience Builder. When the app crashes or is refreshed users have to go back in and manually reset all the layers and locations they were working within. This option would save a lot of time for our users.

Re: App State Refresh Option in ExperienceBuilder

GTueller — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 17:44:28 GMT

Agreed! This would be very helpful.

Re: App State Refresh Option in ExperienceBuilder

CarolMcClellan1 — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 12:28:15 GMT

100% agree, we have a client who was using our previous web application and now have migrated to EB and the loss of the ability to restore app state has caused them (and us!) a lot of grief. We are working with EB on Portal / Enterprise.

Re: App State Refresh Option in ExperienceBuilder

JamesMatthews — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 09:28:00 GMT

I agree too! This was a really helpful feature in Web App Builder. Certain apps can contain large numbers of layers, which different users often need to customise on/off depending on their role. This, along with the Swipe widget only recently becoming available is why we haven't moved all our apps across yet.

Re: App State Refresh Option in ExperienceBuilder

rhalko — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 17:35:00 GMT

This is the number one thing users are missing after we migrated away from Web App Builder.

Re: App State Refresh Option in ExperienceBuilder

Kenny_Ratliff — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 13:29:02 GMT

At this point this is a must have! Please make this happen as soon as possible. This is the biggest complaint among our office and field staff.

Re: App State Refresh Option in ExperienceBuilder

Shen_Zhang — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 09:36:26 GMT

This is supported in AGOL June 2025 release. You can find the experience state option in Experience settings -> State & URL parameters.

Re: App State Refresh Option in ExperienceBuilder

kjfitzpatrick — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:41:47 GMT

@Shen_Zhang will the option to restore your previous map extent and layers ever come to field maps? I know it used to exist in ArcGIS Explorer.

Re: App State Refresh Option in ExperienceBuilder

Shen_Zhang — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 09:52:57 GMT

@kjfitzpatrick, no, it's limited to ExB map widgets.

Re: App State Refresh Option in ExperienceBuilder

BradleyCarone — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 13:49:53 GMT

@Shen_Zhang Are there plans to incorporate the layers widget into this? Specifically if a user rearranges the layers, the order of the layers are not restored when selecting to restore the previous app state.

Re: App State Refresh Option in ExperienceBuilder

Diane_McC — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:19:13 GMT

As of June 2025, ArcGIS Experience Builder allows you to restore an app's previous state—including map extent, layer visibility, and active views—by enabling the "Experience state" option in the general settings!