topic Re: Sharing level: public in ArcGIS Instant Apps Questions

Sharing level: public

NadaKadhim — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 12:30:49 GMT

Hello everyone,

Hope this message finds you well.

I just would like to ask about the option of sharing publicly of my instant app. This is the first time I use the instant app and when I finished my app I chose this option: sharing level: public.

My question is about people outside my organization if they want to use it, should they have an ArcGIS Online account to access my ArcGIS Instant App or they can access it directly without any registration or having Esri account? Because I want people to use this app without restrictions such as they should have an account to allow them to use my app.

Thank you.

Nada

Re: Sharing level: public

BernSzukalski — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 16:46:45 GMT

When you author a map and share it publicly, you are prompted to also share any layers in the map publicly. If using Living Atlas subscription content, you will be notified.

When creating an app using ArcGIS Instant Apps and sharing the app publicly, a similar thing will happen. You will be prompted to ok updating sharing for any maps or layers that are not shared publicly. Living Atlas subscription content will automatically be proxied (meaning it won't cause a public viewer to be prompted to authenticate) and if you are using Living Atlas premium subscription content (that is subscriber content that consumes credits) you will be prompted to ok its use.

Bottom line, when sharing Instant Apps publicly, everything should be handled. You can always check by using an incognito window and/or by using the generic URL instead of your organization URL.

For example, this link to a public Instant App uses my organization URL:

https://onlinelabs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/media/index.html?appid=5d35fea278724eb6ba0afaa9470820cf

This link uses the generic ArcGIS URL to to the same app:

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/instant/media/index.html?appid=5d35fea278724eb6ba0afaa9470820cf

Re: Sharing level: public

NadaKadhim — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 19:13:04 GMT

Hello Dern,

Thank you very much for your reply. I can see your point. However, what should I do now? to make it like the links you sent.

This is my ArcGIS Instant App link:

https://nk21.maps.arcgis.com/apps/configure-template/index.html?appid=afa5bbc89ec94f3098e73f47df3dff4d

Please, could you tell me what should I do in addition to choosing this option:

Re: Sharing level: public

BernSzukalski — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 04:53:56 GMT

Thanks for adding the screen capture, it really helped me figure this out for you, I can see that you are trying to use the Sidebar Instant App.

The link that you sent me is the link that you see when you are configuring the Instant App. You likely captured it from the URL you saw in your browser while you were working with configuring the Instant App. I won't be able to open that link and that is not the link you want to use.

The link you need to use is the one generated via the Copy Link option or the link you see after you click Launch. Both Copy Link and Launch will return links that you can share with others that will allow public access to your app.

For your app, all of the following will work for public access (I used them myself to prove your app is public). Congratulations on having a publicly accessible Instant App!

https://nk21.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/sidebar/index.html?appid=afa5bbc89ec94f3098e73f47df3dff4d

The other one that will work is the generic ArcGIS.com URL:

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/instant/sidebar/index.html?appid=afa5bbc89ec94f3098e73f47df3dff4d

Both of these work perfectly, and I was able to see your app, the intro panel, and advance beyond the intro. Here's the proof:

Hopefully this will make sense and get you started along your Instant Apps way. You can prove this works by using the Copy Link or Launch URL in an incognito window.

Re: Sharing level: public

NadaKadhim — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:34:17 GMT

You are amazing, Bren!

Thank you very much. ❤️🌹

Re: Sharing level: public

BenjaminOgren — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 20:19:15 GMT

Hi Bern,

I am having a similar problem. I made an Instant App using the Zone Lookup Template. Everything, including the web map, all the layers, and the instant app are shared Publicly. By itself, the web map opens without asking for a password. However, sharing the link to the Instant App still prompts users to sign in. Got any tips??

Link to Instant App:

https://mariposacounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/lookup/index.html?appid=849240622d7f4e65a3686520284d91ed

Re: Sharing level: public

BernSzukalski — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 20:40:31 GMT

This is curious... I am also prompted to authenticate when using your app. If I use the public URL I am still prompted to authenticate, but when I use credentials from one of my organizations I am able to open and view your app. If you have a link to your public map please send, I'll explore this a little further.

Re: Sharing level: public

BenjaminOgren — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 20:45:55 GMT

Thanks for looking into this!

Here's the web map:

https://mariposacounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=c6fbb1c5d9854a49afbde84b31e59d6e

FYI, I just re-created another instant app from the same web map using the same lookup template and didn't do any configurations, and it worked to share publicly without any login.

I'm suspecting it's one of the configuration settings that is causing the problem. Maybe??

Instant App Version 2 works...

https://arcg.is/ziznD

Re: Sharing level: public

BernSzukalski — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 22:11:00 GMT

Thanks for sending along the additional information. I was able to open your v2 app without any authentication needed. I'll take this up with the Instant Apps dev team to have them check it out further to see what the cause might be.

Re: Sharing level: public

BernSzukalski — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:41:53 GMT

The dev team did have a look. It seems the problem is with this item: ecb24ace633649de94b8afceaf6b5c9c

The behavior is still a bit curious to me though... Have a look and check that item out and let me know what you find. The team was also curious about what the difference is in configuration between the link that works and the original one that doesn't.

Re: Sharing level: public

BenjaminOgren — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 17:06:20 GMT

YES!! That was it. It's a Bing Basemap Aerial Hybrid that wasn't shared publicly. I updated the sharing and now it's working. It's odd because we have allowed the Bing Maps key to be used in our public maps.

Check on your end.

https://mariposacounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/lookup/index.html?appid=849240622d7f4e65a3686520284d91ed

The only difference between the 2 links is that I didn't configure the Basemap Toggle option in the app that worked. It's weird that when changing the sharing level of the app to public I wasn't given the alert saying that this basemap layer wasn't shared the same, like the Instant app treats 'layers' different from 'Basemap-layers', or something.

Also, we use that same Bing basemap item in other Web apps shared publicly without issue. So, I'm curious if it's a specific behavior of the Instant Apps??

Either way, it works now, and good to know for the future!

Thank you and your team for the help!!

Re: Sharing level: public

BernSzukalski — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:57:01 GMT

All is well that ends well... Congrats on the app.

Re: Sharing level: public

JessieZarazaga1 — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 17:31:16 GMT

I'd like to use a QR code to share my instant App, in the same way that I do when sharing access to Survey 123. Is there an option somewhere to share an QR code- or even a tiny URL? the sharing link here is rather long for something that is designed to be pubic.