Constantly update KmlLayer from file

JasonTrinidad1 — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 22:12:24 GMT

I have a simple code that gets a Kml String, writes it to a file, and then adds it to the kmlLayer. In the KML strings I receive, I have a placemark that updates the position of a vehicle. Is there a way to efficiently update that Kml object constantly, without having to remove the KmlLayer and add a new one. It doesn't have to be a fluid animation, I just want to see the placemark updating quickly. My current implementation looks like this:

public string AddKmlObject(KmlObject kmlObj, string folderPath, string oldObjectId)
{
    try
    {
        if (kmlObj != null)//ArcGis does not support KML Strings, so I write KML into a file
         {
            System.IO.File.WriteAllText(_tempFilePath, kmlObj.ToKml());//Converts object to Kml Text
               
            KmlLayer kmlLayer = new KmlLayer(new Uri(_tempFilePath));
            kmlLayer.ID = kmlLayer.GetHashCode().ToString();

            IkenaSceneView.Scene.Layers.Add(kmlLayer);
   
            if (oldObjectId != "")
                MySceneView.Scene.Layers.Remove(oldObjectId); //Remove previous Kml
               
            return kmlLayer.ID;
         }      
    }
    catch
    {

    }
    return "";   
}

Is there a better way to do this?

Re: Constantly update KmlLayer from file

dotMorten_esri — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 16:41:08 GMT

Could you use a network link in your main kml with a refresh interval?. It will then pull the network link at the given interval.

Re: Constantly update KmlLayer from file

JensBuchta — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 06:39:35 GMT

I haven't tested any of these, but this could help you to avoid writing your kml data to disk and keep it in memory:

How to get uri for the resource dynamically created in memory

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