topic Re: Offline map viewing in ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Android Questions

Offline map viewing

HaniuHokkaido — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 09:48:08 GMT

Hi,

Is there a way to view an offline map (shapefile) in android ?
I am developing an app for android that is supposedly able to view offline map. Is it possible to be done using arcgis sdk for android ?
If not, is there any other way ?

thanks

Re: Offline map viewing

DanO_Neill — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 17:57:04 GMT

We support offline basemaps as *.tpk and offline features a JSON. Currently the API does not support the shapefile format. The next release will have added support for other offline files types. To see our current support, refer to ArcGISLocalTileLayer. The CreateLocalJsonFeatures sample shows a local *.tpk basemap and features from a feature layer persisted as JSON for offline usage.

Re: Offline map viewing

HaniuHokkaido — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:16:57 GMT

Thanks Dan..

Do you have any sample / tutorial for using android SDK ? I am new to android programming

Re: Offline map viewing

canwang — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 01:27:30 GMT

We support offline basemaps as *.tpk and offline features a JSON. Currently the API does not support the shapefile format. The next release will have added support for other offline files types. To see our current support, refer to ArcGISLocalTileLayer. The CreateLocalJsonFeatures sample shows a local *.tpk basemap and features from a feature layer persisted as JSON for offline usage.

hey , i want to ask how can i open the shape file from sdcard when i use the 10.1 sdk,

Re: Offline map viewing

canwang — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 01:31:53 GMT

Thanks Dan..

Do you have any sample / tutorial for using android SDK ? I am new to android programming

after you prepare the arcgis android environment ,you can see the ducument in eclipse(help->help content->ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Android),also you can new sample project from (file -> new ->project->arcgis for android->arcgis sample for adnroid )

Re: Offline map viewing

EricBader — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 17:56:26 GMT

hey , i want to ask how can i open the shape file from sdcard when i use the 10.1 sdk,

There isn't support yet for accessing a shapefile directly in the api. Stay tuned for what's coming in future releases in 2014.

Re: Offline map viewing

DanO_Neill — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 06:47:13 GMT

Your best workflow for shapefiles is to convert them to a file geodatabase and use ArcGIS Desktop 10.2.1 to export as a Runtime geodatabase which will be supported in our upcoming v10.2 release.

Re: Offline map viewing

JasonAllen — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 20:23:07 GMT

Hi,

I have ArcGIS 10.1. How do I create a "Runtime" Geodatabase?

Re: Offline map viewing

JasonAllen — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 23:09:00 GMT

Hi again,

Updated to ArcGIS 10.2. I cannot see any "Runtime" geodatabase functionality? Also, I cannot find any patch for 10.2.1 or 10.2 SP1?

Re: Offline map viewing

DanO_Neill — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:38:56 GMT

There are two patterns to creating runtime geodatabases, 1. Services & 2. Desktop. The desktop pattern will be a feature of the 10.2.1 release of the ArcGIS platform. The services pattern is available on hosted feature services with enable sync feature. The Android SDK Developer Guide has a Create an Offline map document which steps you through the services pattern under Include operational data > Generate a geodatabase from a feature service. Let me know if you have any issues following that pattern to generate your runtime geodatabase files on device from hosted features services.

Re: Offline map viewing

JasonAllen — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 01:31:47 GMT

Hi Dano,

Thank you for your response. When is ArcGIS Desktop 10.2.1 going to be released, as I will be following the "Desktop" pattern due to network access issues with our feature services. So, is the 10.2.1 runtime geodatabase a new geodatabase TYPE? I see the ArcGIS for Android TYPE will be .geodatabase. I tried changing my .gdb's without success. Looks like I need to wait for ArcGIS Desktop 10.2.1.

Re: Offline map viewing

ZdeněkJankovský — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 11:25:45 GMT

Hello,
I have found the sample "Offline Routing (BETA)" under my Developers account. I downloaded and built it. But I cannot find the referenced data for the sample under this link

http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=0dc5c1279ce5496db93bcfbdc8eee819

They are not available any more.
Is there any possibility I can get the data and test the sample?

Thank you,
Zdenek J.

Re: Offline map viewing

ZdeněkJankovský — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 12:07:09 GMT

Hello,
I was able to find the data here:
http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=bd441813cd2f4c8891aee671a65feb54

It works well.

Thank you,
Zdenek J.

Re: Offline map viewing

DanO_Neill — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 16:32:32 GMT

When is ArcGIS Desktop 10.2.1 going to be released

It is scheduled for mid - late Nov. 2013.

Re: Offline map viewing

DanO_Neill — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 16:36:30 GMT

Hello,
I have found the sample "Offline Routing (BETA)" under my Developers account. I downloaded and built it. But I cannot find the referenced data for the sample under this link

http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=0dc5c1279ce5496db93bcfbdc8eee819

The link you referenced did not get updated. I will update it and have the fix in the next publication for the website. In the mean time, here is the sample in ArcGIS Online which has the correct link to the data found here.

Re: Offline map viewing

ErwinSoekianto — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 19:46:26 GMT

Hi,

If not, is there any other way ?

I saw people discussing about this using 3rd party API here http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/56190-How-to-open-shape-file-(*.shp)-from-SD-Card

Re: Offline map viewing - Locator Package Availability

ZdeněkJankovský — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 11:50:32 GMT

The link you referenced did not get updated. I will update it and have the fix in the next publication for the website. In the mean time, here is the sample in ArcGIS Online which has the correct link to the data found here.

Hello,
Thank you for your message.
Can I have one more question?
I understand that the sample uses local Locator data. How could be this data created? E.g. I know, that there would not be any local Locator for Czech Republic Addresses for ArcGIS Desktop. Czech addresses are available on ArcGIS Online Locator Service, and they work great. But would it be possible to create local Locator package for places without Desktop Locator capabilities?

Thank you for any type of suggestion,
Zdenek J.

Re: Offline map viewing

DanO_Neill — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 16:03:06 GMT

Runtime Locators are created through the Desktop pattern I offered in a previous post with respect to creating Runtime Geodatabases. This will be available in ArcGIS Desktop 10.2.1 when it is released (scheduled) later this month. Any data is supported so you should be able to create a Runtime Locator based on European data. UTF characters will be interpreted correctly through the Android API.