Latest Contributions by JeremyBridges

We've noticed that the Quartz Runtime displays an attribution bar by default in the MapView. This does take up quite a bit of real estate, so it would be nice to hide it. But, our users might configure any number of maps that will legally require attribution to be shown. If we created our own, smaller bar to display this attribution (shorter, just in the lower-left corner), what are the legal requirements for this bar and the information it displays? Reference: https://developers.arcgis.com/net/latest/uwp/api-reference/html/P_Esri_ArcGISRuntime_UI_Controls_GeoView_IsAttributionTextVisible.htm https://developers.arcgis.com/net/latest/uwp/api-reference/html/P_Esri_ArcGISRuntime_Mapping_Layer_Attribution.htm ... View more

I'd like to find a way to listen to the touch-up event after the magnifier disappears. Doing this will let the user find something on the map with the precision of the magnifier but then interact with that something. Right now, Runtime under Xamarin doesn't bubble an event (that I know of) to report the position of of the magnifier pointer when the user lifts their finger off the screen. Am I missing something? ... View more

We've noticed a crash come through our telemetry channels that looks to be entirely within the esri stack (below). We enable the location dot by just setting MapView.LocationDisplay.IsEnabled to true. Any direction would be helpful. Though, perhaps this is just good info for the Runtime team for a possible fix.  SIGABRT: Invalid argument: location data source has been started. ArcGISException.HandleCoreError (RuntimeCoreNet.GeneratedWrappers.CoreError error, System.Boolean throwException) C:\daily_r\api_xam\dotnet\api\src\Esri.ArcGISRuntime\Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Shared\ArcGISExceptions.cs:75 Interop.CheckError (System.IntPtr errorHandle, System.Boolean throwOnFailure, System.Runtime.InteropServices.GCHandle wrapperHandle) C:\daily_r\api_xam\dotnet\api_generated_interop\managed_wrappers\Interop.cs:104 CoreLocationDataSource.HandleStart (RuntimeCoreNet.GeneratedWrappers.CoreClientReference userDefinedError) C:\daily_r\api_xam\dotnet\api_generated_interop\managed_wrappers\CoreLocationDataSource.cs:470 LocationDataSource+<RuntimeCoreNet-GeneratedWrappers-ICoreCallback_LocationDataSource_StartCallback-StartCallback>d__19.MoveNext () C:\daily_r\api_xam\dotnet\api\src\Esri.ArcGISRuntime\Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Shared\Location\LocationDataSource.cs:172 AsyncMethodBuilderCore+<>c.<ThrowAsync>b__6_0 (System.Object state) /Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/12.2.1.12/src/Xamarin.iOS/mcs/class/referencesource/mscorlib/system/runtime/compilerservices/AsyncMethodBuilder.cs:1023 NSAsyncSynchronizationContextDispatcher.Apply () /Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/12.2.1.12/src/Xamarin.iOS/Foundation/NSAction.cs:178 (wrapper managed-to-native) UIKit.UIApplication.UIApplicationMain(int,string[],intptr,intptr) UIApplication.Main (System.String[] args, System.IntPtr principal, System.IntPtr delegate) /Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/12.2.1.12/src/Xamarin.iOS/UIKit/UIApplication.cs:79 UIApplication.Main (System.String[] args, System.String principalClassName, System.String delegateClassName) /Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/12.2.1.12/src/Xamarin.iOS/UIKit/UIApplication.cs:63 Application.Main (System.String[] args) /.../Main.cs:9 ... View more

In using the .NET Runtime in WPF, we've noticed something odd with max extent. If a TPK is the first basemap loaded to the map, it can set the MapView's maximum extent, restricting pan/zoom to only the extent of the TPK. This is an issue because we allow them to specify any number of basemaps and freely switch between them. As one can guess, it is frustrating to switch to an imagery layer and not be able to pan to anywhere you'd like to. We could get around this problem by always loading a world-wide basemap first. However, we want users to have a fully useable app when starting it while offline. Since the MapView breaks if it can't get to the first basemap added, this isn't a viable option. Is there a way to programmatically remove/prevent the pan/zoom limits?  ... View more

It seems the geometry editing portions of the .NET Runtime SDK's Editor are not very well thought out, especially for touch or stylus use. Say we're editing a line: The good: Blue squares for vertex movement White circles to add vertexes - very handy The bad: None of the yellow boxes are useful and tend to get in the way No user will ever think the large blue box is for rotating the shape, and it is covered by a yellow box, rendering it very hard to use for all modes of input Moving the shape is possible, but really hard to do for a line. For, you have to grab the line precisely (and it is pixel perfect). If you concentrate, you can grab it with a stylus. Touch input is a no-go. You can really see the first of these issues when the line is vertical or horizontal: All of the yellow boxes are smashed together, the outer dashed-line box obscures the line, and the blue rotation square is further hidden by the top vertex square.  May I suggest that you guys do away with the dashed box and yellow squares entirely. They have no useful purpose that the vertex adjustments can't fulfill. If a "resize" tool is needed, separate it from the geometry's extent with a much more subtle box to indicate the kind of action the user is performing. To fix the move action, I'd suggest copying from other geometry editing tools that are out there, by showing a separate tile to drag around that will move the whole graphic (from paint.net): Dragging that little box with the arrows inside it drags the whole line around. A similar box could be floated to the side of the line to allow folks to rotate it. If you guys could make these changes in Quartz, that would be great! It would make the tool much more useful. ... View more

Having temporary elements on a map is a nice light-weight tool for users to add meaning to what they are looking at. Often, these need to be more sophisticated than simple Map Notes: https://community.esri.com/ideas/10410 Is it on the roadmap to allow developers access to the Pro graphics layer? Or, to an isolated graphics layer that is filled with 3rd party elements? ... View more

In order to use the .NET Runtime to render an offline map replica in the same way as that data is rendered inside a web map, it seems right to simply set certain properties of a FeatureLayer to the equivalent properties of a WebMapLayer:         private static void SetRenderingProperties(WebMapLayer onlineLayer, FeatureLayer featureLayer)         {             featureLayer.IsVisible = onlineLayer.IsVisible;             featureLayer.Renderer = onlineLayer.LayerDefinition.DrawingInfo.Renderer;             featureLayer.Opacity = onlineLayer.Opacity;             featureLayer.DefinitionExpression = onlineLayer.LayerDefinition.DefinitionExpression;         } Is this the right way to go about it? It is supported? If so, is there additional properties besides the ones above that should be set to make the rendering equivalent in offline scenarios? ... View more

We've seen some odd behavior with ArcGIS Server at a client's site and at our shop. We've set up a Server to mainly host one service. We don't tend to hit it very hard. After running it for a while (weeks), we notice that it is maintaining 100+ connections to the database. Also, after restarting the server and letting that service start up, but before we run any queries on the service, it has opened 4 connections to the database. At our client's site, the behavior is more pronounced (and perhaps unrelated). The same service crashes their Server after running there for a while (with out of memory errors in the log). They have been able to stabilize things by setting the min and max SOC process counts to the same number (2). The server hasn't crashed on them for a couple weeks since they made this change. We're thinking that they may be related because if lots of connections are being held open it could cause the server to run out of memory. Is this expected behavior? Is there some tuning steps we can take to lessen this? Perhaps we need to change how we query it? ... View more

Has there any been thought to deploying ArcGIS Server as a Docker container? Any plans to curate an official Docker image? ... View more