ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings App Updates

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The briefings app is a companion to your ArcGIS StoryMaps briefings. You can now access and share your briefings on the go from your iOS and Android phones (now in Beta), tablets, and Windows computers and tablets providing a viewing, interacting, and presentation experience at your fingertips. For more information, please read our announcement blog article .  

 Please provide any feedback or issues encountered through the in-app feedback or Esri Community. 

What's New in the Briefings App 2.0?

Here is the list of updates that have been added in the app version 2.0.99 for the December 15, 2025 :

• Better support for online briefings
• Offline briefings enhancements
• Enhanced Local briefing Workflows
• Briefings app support on Mobile Phones
• Gallery Page and Settings Page enhancements
• Profile Management
• Accessibility
• Windows UI

Below is a list of issues you may encounter while using this release of the briefings app and a preview of what is planned for future releases.  

Known Issues and Limitations 

We are aware of the following issues and plan to address them in an upcoming release. 

IOS specific 

• A downloaded icon may show for non-downloaded briefings under the “All Briefings” tab only (Fixed in ver. 1.0)
• Some special characters do not get encoded correctly in Briefing slide title and TOC (Fixed in ver. 1.0)
• Video glyph beside the link to resource is missing and shows as space (Fixed in ver. 1.1.3)
• GIF images do not animate and are shown as static image when added in logo or image block (Fixed in ver. 1.3.5)
• PDFs added in embedded block and link to resource are not scrollable. (Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)
• Briefings cards display abnormally and unclickable on "My Downloads" tab when downloading a briefing if never switch to "My Downloads" tab before.  (Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)
• Logo with a URL added on the new cover type does not respond to click.  (Fixed in ver. 2.0.99)
• In some instances, when you pull down to refresh, the user interface may not update properly.  (Fixed in ver. 2.0.99)
• In certain cases, GIF images do not animate when added in the header as logo or in image blocks or in express maps pop-ups. 
• Videos do not honor the theme background color on playing.
• Text shows single line and then truncates it on table of contents, and map pop-up identify for some cases.
• Bold and italic styling is not yet supported in text blocks.
• When choosing recent used URLs in dark theme, the URL will appear dark for the first time.  
• When the numbered list has 10+ items, the list gets pushed right giving some space in front of single digit items.
• Video playback options - "Autoplay without controls and Autoplay with controls and loop until stopped." in express maps feature information does not work as expected.

Android specific 

• There may be a lag when switching tabs, showing an empty screen instead of a graphic when there are no briefings to display. Please pull down to refresh if this occurs (Fixed in ver. 1.0)
• Map tools have an offset placement issue (Fixed in ver. 1.0)
• Tapping on the search bar in the map causes the briefings tablet app to crash (Fixed in ver. 1.0)
• Some web scenes fail to expand correctly when clicking the expand button (Fixed in ver. 1.0)
• Swipe block for maps do not have expand option (Fixed in ver. 1.0)
• Some special characters do not get encoded correctly in Briefing slide title and TOC (Fixed in ver. 1.0)
• Video glyph beside the link to resource is missing and shows as space (Fixed in ver. 1.1.3)
• Scrolling within the embedded content view can interfere with the swiping gesture for the briefing slides (Fixed in ver.1.1.3)
• Text shows single line and then truncates it on gallery card, table of contents and map pop-up identify (Fixed in ver. 1.3.5)
• The screen may flash initially in the briefing slide before an embedded resource loads (Fixed in ver. 1.4.6)
• Tint issue for legend button in maps and scenes. (Fixed in ver. 1.4.6)
• Video does not properly expand all the way to the bottom when Table of Contents is open. (Fixed in ver. 1.6.15)
• When web layers having embedded credentials are added in some IWA portal, the briefing shows Sign-in challenge. (Fixed in ver. 2.0.99)
• Table block does not resize correctly when screen orientation is rotated between Portrait & landscape orientations. (Fixed in ver. 2.0.99)
• In a donut chart, when no data label and values are configured, empty hooks appear alongside each donut slice. (Fixed in ver. 2.0.99)
• In certain cases, GIF images do not animate when added in the header as logo or in image blocks or in express maps pop-ups. 
• If the images have a focus configured which is different from the default, it does not show the focus.
• All the items inside the numbered list always pushed to right giving some space in front of the text regardless of number of items.
• In RTL, the text in the cover slide are not right aligned when opening a briefing. But it aligns fine if you switch device's orientation.

Windows specific

• There is UI sizing issue when windows screen is resized while inside briefing (Fixed in ver. 1.0)
• Identify pop-up window in swipe block for express maps does not display (Fixed in ver. 1.0)
• Some downloaded briefings show blank page on opening them and are not readable (Fixed in ver. 1.0)
• Offline to online behavior does not display correct toast message in some cases (Fixed in ver. 1.0)
• On clicking on My Briefings filter in disabled network, it shows offline empty state (Fixed in ver. 1.0)
• Swipe block may have issues in the swiping gesture (Fixed in ver. 1.0)
• Bold and color styling is not yet supported in text blocks (Fixed in ver. 1.1.3)
• The sign-in button does not respond after signing browser has been closed without logging into the app. It would require restarting the app (Fixed in ver. 1.1.3)
• Video glyph beside the link to resource is missing and shows as space (Fixed in ver. 1.1.3)
• Some special characters do not get encoded correctly in Briefing slide title and TOC (Fixed in ver. 1.1.3)
• Scrolling through gallery cards has shadow effect while refreshing the items. (Fixed in ver.1.3.5)
• Windows shows single line and then truncates the text on gallery card, TOC and map pop-up identify (Fixed in ver. 1.3.5)
• Windows always takes to cover page when minimizing and again maximizing the app.(Fixed in ver. 1.4.6)
• When focus is changed for any image or video thumbnail that is Filled, Windows does not honor the focus change (Fixed in ver. 1.4.6)
• There is UI issue with mouse wheel gestures while inside briefing. (Fixed in ver. 2.0.99)
• There are few UI issues when having Windows size resized and back to full screen size. (Fixed in ver. 2.0.99)
• After installing the app on some non-English language/locale environments, it may fail to launch. In this case please install the VC++ redistribution package from https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe and then relaunch the app.   Alternatively, you can install the app on an English language/locale environment first and then switch to the non-English language and launch the app successfully. 
• Images in expanded view do not zoom in/out for non-touch devices only.
• In RTL, Details dialog is displayed at incorrect place when hovering over legend item of Donut Chart with long Title.

• In RTL, Some of the text on horizontal left and center does not honor correct font color on all briefing slides.

General 

• The continue button on the sign-in dialogue does not get highlighted, but it is fully operational (Fixed in ver. 1.0)
• Swipe blocks with maps are not yet supported (Fixed in ver. 1.0)
• Some icons that are dark by default are not tinting properly at times (Fixed in ver. 1.0)
• Some icons are not visible in the dark theme. Please use the light theme (Fixed in ver. 1.0)
• Enterprise support is currently only for OAuth and SAML authorizations (Fixed in ver. 1.0)
• Scene tools disappearing on slide view (Fixed in ver. 1.1.3)
• One extra busy indicator appears on the gallery page when pulled down to refresh (Fixed in ver. 1.1.3)
• Add to favorites / Remove from favorites does not respond in My Downloads tab (Fixed in ver. 1.1.3)
• View full details does not redirect to the ArcGIS Online metadata page in My Downloads tab (Fixed in ver. 1.1.3)
• App crashes when downloading a draft briefing (Fixed in ver. 1.1.3)
• Icon tint issues on tapping download icon or any link to resource inside the briefing (Fixed in ver. 1.3.5)
• Alignments for cell values in a Table was getting copied over to the right columns. (Fixed in ver. 1.4.6)
• Video added as the link to resource is not pausing when the link is closed (Fixed in ver. 1.4.6)
• Current location marker and search result pin on Map/Scene is not disappearing after navigating to other slide and returning to the same slide. (Fixed in ver. 1.4.6)
• Web Scene in offline briefings shows loading indicator instead of offline placeholder. (Fixed in ver. 1.4.6)
• Images with Fit configuration were missing correct background color when navigating from a video slide.(Fixed in ver. 1.4.6)
• Search pin gets disappeared in express maps sometimes when search is already used in other map/scene in a double layout slide. (Fixed in ver. 1.4.6)
• When maps are added in double layout, their extents were in sync when navigating from a swipe block. (Fixed in ver. 1.4.6)
• All map tools in a slide view disappear after expanding and then collapsing the map when navigating from swipe block slide. (Fixed in ver. 1.4.6)
• When only 1 map is added in a Swipe block, map tools do not display. (Fixed in ver. 1.4.6)
• Legend contents and map tools in a Swipe block for Express maps show empty when navigating directly to that slide.(Fixed in ver. 1.4.6)
• When images in Swipe block are Fill, the right image gets clipped on slide view. (Fixed in ver. 1.4.6)
• Briefing navigation keys were not correctly responding when navigating from last slide having a link that navigates to any previous slide.(Fixed in ver. 1.4.6)
• Express maps in the web tier authentications like IWA, LDAP and PKI do not show the picture marker images in online briefings. (Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)
• Express maps pop-up information having hyperlinks show as normal text. (Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)
• Image Gallery will always show maximum of 4 columns irrespective of single or double (30%, 50%, 70%) layout. (Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)
• No pop-up displays when clicking a feature with Video info in Express map. (Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)
• Images with Fit configuration having background and attribution is not honored when clicking a feature with media info in Express map (Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)
• Duplicate circle features are displayed in the Express Map block with "Imagery (Hybrid)" basemap.(Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)
• Video added in express map feature pop-up is not playing in Enterprise accounts. (Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)
• Double pop-up appears on swipe block maps when previously opening a pop-up in map block and then opening a pop-up in swipe block. (Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)
• Attribution icon persists and overlap with other feature pop-up when clicking feature without image/video on Express map. (Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)
• Video added in swipe block for express maps feature pop-up do not show play control. (Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)
• No response when clicking the link in attribution of left image in Swipe block. (Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)
• Timer in 30% time-enabled maps do not stop when played in expanded mode and then collapsed in the slide view. (Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)
• Cover page looks empty when no media added by the author on the cover page. (Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)
• Footer page number in the Feature pop-up information box is missing after clicking on any area in the Web Map/Scene block. (Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)
• Media of another map feature is missing when clicking on one of the map features in Express map block of briefings with double layout slide. (Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)
• When downloading multiple briefings in queue, and on switching tab to My Downloads, it shows duplicate briefings and does not refresh properly. (Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)
• Inconsistency in expanding and collapsing content added in the Media only layout. (Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)
• No response when clicking Sign out/Appearance/Provide Feedback buttons on Settings page of AGSM Briefings app after device's internet connection is disabled. (Fixed in ver. 1.5.7)
• On iOS and Android, Identify pop-up may look too narrow in slide view. (Fixed in ver. 1.6.15)
• Image added as a base layer in the Express map shows Canvas Light basemap. (Fixed in ver. 1.6.15)
• Video control always appears in Express Map feature pop-up information when the playback settings changed to autoplay. (Fixed in ver. 1.6.15)
• When bookmark panel is not closed in a map attachment link and if opened another map or scene, the same bookmark panel shows there. (Fixed in ver. 1.6.15)
• There may be some issues when expanding and collapsing some content types like maps and images in flexible layouts. (Fixed in ver. 1.10.3)
• Untitled Briefings do not show "Untitled Briefing" on the briefing header. (Fixed in ver. 2.0.99)
• On iOS and Windows, the initial extent for Mobile Scene Package (MSPK) shows wrong when navigating from MMPK to MSPK in a downloaded briefing. (Fixed in ver. 2.0.99)
• Table title & Heading (H3) text does not honor text colors. (Fixed in ver. 2.0.99)
• Clicking on "View Online version of a briefing" from the briefing header shows "Failed to load" modal when there is NO internet connection. (Fixed in ver. 2.0.99)
• Group layers title is not displayed in Express Map legend.
• Sign-in may fail the first time when using Facebook.
• You may experience an inability to sign out when signed in with a Gmail or GitHub account.
• Briefings using Google Fonts show the Summit theme fonts as the default.
• Scene layers within a legend for web scenes are not supported.
• 3D basemaps are not supported for web scenes.
• GIF images may not be sized as expected when added as resource link from ArcGIS content.
• App crashes when having a Web Map with Teams Notes layer.
• Only the first image in the Web Map's description is displayed in the "Overview" panel of the Web Map.
• Only the first image in the feature information text is displayed when any feature is identified for Web Map or Web Scene.
• Some text styles shown in the Overview tab of the info. panel and in the feature pop-up information panel may not look as expected.
• There are some minor UI discrepancies for the charts when the chart/ axes titles are long.
• In Custom Themes, changes made in Colors, Typography, Logo and Basemap are currently supported in Briefings app. All other options use default styles in certain cases.
• When having multiple donut charts in the same slide, custom colors might not render correctly in certain cases.

What’s Coming 

We are considering the following updates for future releases:

• Deep Linking
• Enhancements in UI for Phones
• Search briefings on gallery page