topic .tpk supported or not? in ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Android Questions

.tpk supported or not?

AxelBronder — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:51:12 GMT

Hi,

I have tried reading from local storage using the Samples:
http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=d2d263a280164a039ef0a02e26ee0501
where it says: "With the ArcGIS for Android SDK local data can be a compact cache or tile package (.TPK)"

The sample works great for the provided compact cache example, but it is also supposed to work for .tpk files, right? In the source-code comments, however, it says the following:
"(Tile Packages or .tpk's are not currently supported)." This was written sometime in 2012, probably june.

I have tried reading a .tpk-file I have generated in ArcMap (http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//00170000017w000000) but it does not display.

So: Is reading .tpk-files from local storage currently supported or not? If so, could you give me a path-example? (Simply giving the path to the file on the SD does not seem to work).

Re: .tpk supported or not?

JonMayfield — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:53:47 GMT

This works for me:

mapView.AddLayer (new Com.Esri.Android.Map.Ags.ArcGISLocalTiledLayer ("file:///mnt/sdcard/map.tpk"));

Re: .tpk supported or not?

AxelBronder1 — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:02:08 GMT

Think I am doing the same thing, though:

File storage= Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
String dir = storage + "TPKs/test3.tpk";

local = new ArcGISLocalTiledLayer(dir);

map.addLayer(local);

So, since it is working for you it might be something wrong with my .apk
I'll try rebuilding it, or getting one from somewhere else...

Re: .tpk supported or not?

DanO_Neill — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:20:02 GMT

ArcGISLocalTiledLayer class can take a path to your *.tpk file on disk. Look at the CreateLocalJsonFeatures sample for an example. In the sample you will see the resource in res/config.xml file and the Local Tile Layer added in LocalMapActivity class.

Re: .tpk supported or not?

AxelBronder1 — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:31:00 GMT

Found out I wasn't using the latest version of the api, got it working when I updated to 10,1,1

Re: .tpk supported or not?

eddiequinlan — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:22:59 GMT

I'm having a tough time with this too. Here's what I'm doing. Can someone advise if this is correct?

[Bindable] private var f:File = new File();

private function init():void
{
      f.nativePath = "/sdcard/ArcGISApp/MapData/MobileParcelsMap.tpk";
}

<esri:Map ......>
<esri:ArcGISLocalTiledLayer id="Pcl_tpk" file="{f}" />
</esri:Map>

Am I trying to make this too simple?

Eddie

Re: .tpk supported or not?

eddiequinlan — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:32:38 GMT

Ok, I figured my problem out. I didn't realize when testing on the mobile device you had to uninstall the previous .apk file. I was just replacing the file and running the app again. Therefore, any program changes I was making wasn't being updated on the Android. Once I uninstalled the app and re-installed the new code, the maps were there. My code was working after all.

thanx and hope this may help anyone,
eddie