topic Read locally stored shapefiles -not supported? in ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Android Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-runtime-sdk-for-android-questions/read-locally-stored-shapefiles-not-supported/m-p/641245#M4409 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have been trying for some time now to construct a mobile application for offline usage and as far as I can understand, the SDK does not support reading normal shapefiles directly from the local storage. Is this correct?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If so, why not? After all, Esri created shapefiles and you should be able to create an SDK that can read your OWN format?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This is very confusing to me and I do not know what to tell people that cannot believe that it is not supported...</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:06:07 GMT AxelBronder1 2013-03-12T11:06:07Z Read locally stored shapefiles -not supported? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-runtime-sdk-for-android-questions/read-locally-stored-shapefiles-not-supported/m-p/641245#M4409 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have been trying for some time now to construct a mobile application for offline usage and as far as I can understand, the SDK does not support reading normal shapefiles directly from the local storage. Is this correct?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If so, why not? After all, Esri created shapefiles and you should be able to create an SDK that can read your OWN format?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This is very confusing to me and I do not know what to tell people that cannot believe that it is not supported...</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:06:07 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-runtime-sdk-for-android-questions/read-locally-stored-shapefiles-not-supported/m-p/641245#M4409 AxelBronder1 2013-03-12T11:06:07Z Re: Read locally stored shapefiles -not supported? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-runtime-sdk-for-android-questions/read-locally-stored-shapefiles-not-supported/m-p/641246#M4410 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>seems like we can expect some more alternatives in the next update....</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2012/12/12/whats-coming-in-the-next-update-of-the-android-sdk/">http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2012/12/12/whats-coming-in-the-next-update-of-the-android-sdk/</A></BODY></HTML> Sat, 16 Mar 2013 09:42:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-runtime-sdk-for-android-questions/read-locally-stored-shapefiles-not-supported/m-p/641246#M4410 AxelBronder1 2013-03-16T09:42:08Z