Latest Contributions by MichaelDavis3

We roll with iPads in Lifeproof cases. We use the Nuud case which doesn't have any sort of screen cover, the case just seals against the glass.  Using this configuration we have been very happy with the ruggedness of the device, we have had some hardware failures in extreme conditions, mostly when working in areas of high humidity and moving between a warm moist field tent to a cold outdoor environment.  Basically we were getting condensation in the Lifeproof case which would kill the iPad.  We added some desiccant strips that solved that issue.  I'm not sure if that issue was addressed in the newer Lifeproof cases, sine we only ever experienced that with our older iPad 4 units.  Haven't had an issue with our newer iPad mini or iPad Air units. One additional thing we do is purchase AppleCare+ with all our devices.  Extended warranties are common, but being able to walk into an Apple Store with a busted iPad and walk out 15 minutes later with a replacement for $50, even if it is totally our fault, is pretty great. You want to get the LTE version of the iPad if you need the internal GPS. In our experience this has proven to be on par with a Garmin for accuracy.  We also use them with iSXBlue and EOS real-time sub meter GPS units when we have a data accuracy requirement that requires it, and they have proven to work as advertised. ... View more

This is recorded using the iOS simulator correct? Do you experience the same thing on a physical device?  I've noticed a marked difference in drawing speed on the simulator - especially when emulating devices with retina displays.  I assume the host Mac is working overtime to simulate the GPU. ... View more

Figured this out - it is our helpful corporate blockpage interfering because ESRI hosts the pod file in their box account and our company likes to remind us that they don't really approve of cloud storage. Carry on. ... View more

What is your source for this? It is my understanding that apple rounds its core location to decimeter level at best. Has this issue been resolved in collector to allow the external gnss receiver to overwrite apple's core location value to centimeter accuracy, or is that specific to the gps manufacturer and not a collector issue? I have not experienced this at all developing for iOS.  The default logging mechanism in Objective C (NSLog) defaults the display of float numbers to 6 digits (approx 11cm for lat/long at the equator) but the core location data is a full float and you can set it to return as many decimal places as you think appropriate.  If an application is converting a float to string and only capturing the standard 6 decimal places that's on the developer not Apple. ... View more

This is pretty much expected behavior.  As far as I can tell data added in a checkout replica is populated with a temp ID until it is sync'd with ArcGIS Server.  Just another reason you shouldn't rely on ObjectID for anything. ... View more

You need to go to the Editor menu and uncheck "Edit a version of the data" ... View more

Ahh gottcha - so is a new version being created every time you take a map offline in Collector?  Would it be possible to consolidate that somehow to have multiple mobile devices all using a single version to cut down on the number of reconciles you need to do? ... View more

You might look into the available memory on your database server - we've found that when using archiving the server needs a ton of RAM to sync.  This is especially true if you are doing photo attachments. ... View more

Easy tiger. This seems like a reasonable method you've got there.  I can think of a few other ways to accomplish the same thing, but it's a little difficult to judge one way or the other without knowing the business decisions that are guiding your thought process.  If it works for you who are we to judge? ... View more

I work in iOS but it looks like it works the same on both platforms, but please forgive me if I flub some of the details. You get the info about standalone tables in the feature service using getTables() on the featureServerInfo object.  You then need to add the tables you want to your layerQueries just like you add the feature layers.  ... View more

This issue is caused by the database archive taking up too much room.  We bumped the RAM on our database server and it fixed the issues.  It is possible switching from a database with archiving to one  with versioning may fix it as well. Reference: Are SQL Server, ArcGIS Server, Runtime/Collector really production ready?!? ... View more

You can include the stand-alone tables in an offline geodatabase.  If I recall correctly there has to be at least one spatial layer to publish a feature service, but sometimes when we have an app with minimal spatial data we just have a token spatial layer and do everything else as stand-alone tables. ... View more