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!)

[DebSF]

Thanks @ColinLawrence. My question is more around what is happening in the forms before I access the form builder for the first time following the update. I.e., I've got lots of web maps that I haven't yet needed to edit since the update, so I haven't been into the form builder and therefore the "general" attachment element has not been added and saved into the map. Or has it technically already been added?

As far as I can see these maps are still working fine in Field Maps, which is great! Just trying to get my head around how it all works.

[ColinLawrence]

I see, sorry I misunderstood the question. Maps with existing Forms (but not updated post updated) or Maps without Forms configured at all should continue to work indefinitely.