Now Available Explorer for ArcGIS 17.2 Beta 2 for iOS

[ChrisLeSueur]

We have just released a new Beta of Explorer for ArcGIS for iOS devices (iPhones and iPads) through Apple’s TestFlight app.  If you would like to participate in testing the latest beta version of Explorer please send a request to explorer4arcgis@esri.com .

The 17.2 Beta 2 release includes additional functionality based on user feedback as well as important fixes.

Added Functionality:

• Groups are available in Browse view (BUG-000106841) to provide quick and easy access to the maps organized within Groups in the ArcGIS Organization. You can now search for, browse to, and open the Groups from the browse map experience. 
• Support for zoom to layer. Tap on a layer name in the map layer list to zoom to the full extent of that layer
• Addition of magnifier tool BUG-000106840. Access a magnifier window view by a long press and hold on a map display, and then release your finger to drop a pin at that location.

Bug fixes and usability enhancements

• Updated Measure Tool readability
• Date filter now being honored
• Now showing description in Custom Attribute Display instead of domain code
• Optimized viewing details by auto-selecting features on search and identify if only one result
• Fixed cases where symbology is not shown in panel
• Improved identify performance
• Fixed bug with identifying on layers with in-memory joins

Thank you for your continued support of Explorer for ArcGIS. We value your feedback. If you are looking for the Android version of Explorer please sign up by visiting this link. Contact us at explorer4arcgis@esri.com

-Explorer Team

[RobertHarris5]

Initial testing results:

For the 'added functionality' section above, everything appeared to work as indicated.

For the 'bug fixes' section:

We are still seeing the domain code in our web map popups instead of the description. I republished the service just to be sure and that did not resolve the issue. In this case the domain code is numeric and the display is text. Ex: '2' = 'polyethylene' where the 2 is displaying in the map popup. Interestingly enough, the label for the line displays the description properly.

Some of the symbology in the side panel is not appearing properly. In some cases, lines are displaying as thick black lines rather than how they are symbolized in the source map. 

Did not test in memory joins as we are not currently using them.

We are using ArcMap 10.2.1 to publish our services to ArcServer 10.3.1 and Portal 10.4.1. Our Enterprise SDE databases are a mix of 10.1 and 10.2.1.