topic KMZ not displaying in Android application in ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Android Questions

KMZ not displaying in Android application

RoadwayDesign — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:34:52 GMT

I recently created a map and uploaded some KMZ's into my content. they uploaded and display correctly when viewing the map in ArcGIS Online, and when selecting the map in the android application the thumbnail shows the KMZ displaying. When you open the map they do not show up. They are listed in the map contents, and they seem to have a box on the right hand side of the screen, but there does not seem to be a way to make them display. I would appreciate any help. We are attempting to utilize the GPS function of a mobile device to allow us to see where we are at on the project at any given point relative to a design.

Re: KMZ not displaying in Android application

PaulYoum — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 16:48:44 GMT

I'm not familiar with ArcGIS online, but I have worked with KML layers in google. It looks like Android's API follows a similar structure. Are you following google's requirement of hosting the KMZ/KML on a publicly hittable website? It looks like ESRI's kml layer follows similar guidelines to google's v3 javascript api where the KML/KMZ must be hosted externally and be something that google's servers can hit.

From the ESRI android API:

KMLLayer | ArcGIS Android 10.2.5 API

"Locally hosted or KML files inside a firewall are not supported."

Hope that's the issue. If it is, a quick and dirty solution is to host it on dropbox and make the link publicly available.

Cheers!