topic Re: Identify in ArcGIS Runtime SDK for iOS Questions

Identify

CarlosIsaac_Cabrera — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:19:25 GMT

Hello All,

I am just seeking to get some general questions answered. First of all I am using arcgis explorer online to configure my app and I have enabled pop ups. I was wondering if there is a way to either have the previous type of identify capability in the new ArcGIS for IOS app or if I can somehow change the default nature of identify to correspond to a feature / feature layer. I'm trying to avoid having to create a custom application if I don't have to. Any and all help is much appreciated.

Example: I want to identify a parcel and the default thing returned is the default Location pop-up:

SEE ATTACHED IMAGE.

I would like to have the pop up for parcel information to come up instead. Is this possible using arcgis explorer online / the default configuration? In the video demo online its shows the ability to identify with a button in the ios app but the latest version does not have said button. Either I have not enabled it or this has changed.

I'll also create a ticket for this so I can get help from the horses mouth :).

Re: Identify

CarlosIsaac_Cabrera — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:20:14 GMT

Sorry, forgot to attach the image.

Re: Identify

AliciaSoto — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:28:52 GMT

I was in the same boat as you until the kind people here on the forums helped me out.

Check out my post here http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/42283-iOS-app-Editing-JSON?p=147560#post147560

Re: Identify

RussRoberts — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:28:59 GMT

If you tap on the default location popup you will open up a custom popup with the parcel information. The white arrow is a disclosure button and will appear when there are popups available where the pin has been dropped.

Hope this helps
Russ

Re: Identify

CarlosIsaac_Cabrera — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:40:04 GMT

If you tap on the default location popup you will open up a custom popup with the parcel information. The white arrow is a disclosure button and will appear when there are popups available where the pin has been dropped.

Hope this helps
Russ

Russ,

I figured this part out. I want to avoid users having another step. I want to be able to set the default pop up to the information of my choosing.

Re: Identify

RussRoberts — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:47:00 GMT

To get that functionality to open the popup directly on the tap of a feature will require custom development. On the iPad version however the popup will open directly when you tap on the feature.

Russ

Re: Identify

CarlosIsaac_Cabrera — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:09:41 GMT

To get that functionality to open the popup directly on the tap of a feature will require custom development. On the iPad version however the popup will open directly when you tap on the feature.

Russ

That is good news. We do have IPads to test with. I guess I might have to create an app. Thank you.

Re: Identify

RussRoberts — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:12:56 GMT

Not a problem.
Cheers
Russ

Re: Identify

CarlosIsaac_Cabrera — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:50:43 GMT

Did ESRI take the identify ability out of the new version of the default IOS app?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=HrX03Q8FElo#t=150s

Re: Identify

RussRoberts — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:12:02 GMT

To identify a feature you need to enable pop-ups on your web..or if you are using your mobile content server you will need to write your popup-infos into the JSON. You cannot identify a feature without popups being enabled.

Russ

Re: Identify

RussRoberts — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:18:35 GMT

Also if your features lack an OID the layer will fail to load and you will be unable to query the layer which would return the popup information.

Re: Identify

AliciaSoto — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:47:54 GMT

If you are going to write the pop-up info into your JSON file, this thread is a good reference.

http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/36981-Identify-Feature-ESRI-ArcGIS-APP-Update

Re: Identify

MatthewKing — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:31:39 GMT

To get that functionality to open the popup directly on the tap of a feature will require custom development. On the iPad version however the popup will open directly when you tap on the feature.

Russ

It would be great if the other versions of the app (iphone, android) were like the iPad and the pop-up opened directly upon tapping it, you know, for consistency sake. If that's not going to happen, I would like to suggest replacing that white arrow with the more typical and noticeable blue circle/white arrow that common with iOS lists (I think it's called the "Detailed Disclosure Button", see pix below). So many folks don't realize that when they select an item on the map that they have to tap that arrow to see the data.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]22214[/ATTACH]

Or, maybe even better since it's also a map, using the same blue "information" icon that Apple Maps uses...

[ATTACH=CONFIG]22217[/ATTACH]

Thanks!