Field Maps Smart Form Attachments Widget not Offline Compatible

[laurentideicesheet]

Previously, if you wanted users to have the ability to add photos to their data collection in Field Maps, the add attachments feature would appear in the Field Maps app simply if attachments were enabled on a layer

With the June 2026 arcgis online update, if a user is configuring Smart Forms for their layer, the user is now required to add an attachment form element to see the option to add attachments in the Field Maps app. Forum post about this here: https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-field-maps-questions/arcgis-fieldmaps-photo-attachment-new-work...

When I have added this element to my forms, the map is no longer offline compatible. Is this true or am I doing something wrong?

My workaround: if you do not configure forms on your layer, the add attachments component appears in Field Maps (and the map is offline compatible). Further, without a configured Smart Form, Field Maps will use your layer's popup settings for data collection. I now configure the popups for the fields I want users to utilize.

This is a temporary solution. I want the full capabilities of Smart Forms; I am getting by for now so my users aren't dead in the water. Please fix this.

(If it's a me problem, sorry about the emotionally charged language!)

[MarkBockenhauer · Accepted solution]

There is a new attachment fields setting that goes along with the feature attachment elements in the form authoring.  Take a look at it.  When enabled the feature attachment elements in the form should work offline.

[laurentideicesheet]

Thanks! This worked. Is there a reason this is not enabled by default?

Adding words for the next time I google the same thing to have this forum appear:

What previously said "the form contains unsupported data" in the offline version now works.

Before checking the box, this is what my offline version showed when trying to add data:

After checking the box and creating a new offline area. This is the attachment showing in my offline version now!

[laurentideicesheet]

Further, does this now require the user to use Field Maps Designer for getting their smart forms offline compatible with attachments? Previously, I could Configure Forms from the web map view to set up my form and could offline enable my map without entry into FMD. Not a big deal to have a few extra clicks, but a little annoying.