Display an offline map (on-demand)

Learn how to download and display an offline map for a user-defined geographical area of a web map.

Offline maps allow users to continue working when network connectivity is poor or lost. If a web map is enabled for offline use, a user can request that ArcGIS generates an offline map for a specified geographic area of interest.

In this tutorial, you will download an offline map for an area of interest from the web map of the

stormwater network within Naperville, IL, USA

. You can then use this offline map without a network connection.

Before starting this tutorial:

You need an ArcGIS Location Platform or ArcGIS Online account.
Confirm that your system meets the system requirements.
An IDE for Android development in Kotlin.

Steps

Open an Android Studio project

To start this tutorial, complete the Display a web map tutorial. Or download and unzip the Display a web map solution in a new folder.
Modify the old project for use in this new tutorial. Expand More info for instructions.
1. On your file system, delete the .idea folder, if present, at the top level of your project.
2. In the Android tool window, open app > res > values > strings.xml.
  
  In the <string name="app_name"> element, change the text content to Display an offline map (on-demand).
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3. In the Android tool window, open Gradle Scripts > settings.gradle.
  
  Change the value of rootProject.name to "Display an offline map (on-demand)".
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4. Click File > Sync Project with Gradle files. Android Studio will recognize your changes and create a new .idea folder.
If you downloaded the solution, get an access token and set the API key.
1. Go to the Create an API key tutorial to obtain a new API key access token. Ensure that the following privilege is enabled: Location services > Basemaps > Basemap styles service. Copy the access token as it will be used in the next step.
2. In Android Studio: in the Android tool window, open app > java > com.example.app > MainActivity.
3. In the setApiKeyForApp() method, find the ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment.setApiKey("YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN") call and paste your access token inside the double quotes, replacing YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN.
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  Warning
  The access token is stored directly in the code as a convenience for this tutorial. Storing access tokens in the source code is not best practice.

Add import statements and packagingOptions

Replace app-specific import statements with the imports needed for this tutorial.

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Change lineChange lineChange lineChange lineChange lineChange lineChange lineChange lineChange lineChange lineChange lineChange lineChange lineChange lineChange lineChange lineChange lineChange lineChange lineChange lineChange lineChange linepackage com.example.app

import android.os.Bundle
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity

import android.graphics.Color
import android.view.View
import android.widget.ProgressBar
import android.widget.Toast

import java.util.*

import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.concurrent.Job
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.Envelope
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.SpatialReferences
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISMap
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.Graphic
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.GraphicsOverlay
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.MapView
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.portal.Portal
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.portal.PortalItem
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.SimpleFillSymbol
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.symbology.SimpleLineSymbol
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.tasks.offlinemap.GenerateOfflineMapParameters
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.tasks.offlinemap.GenerateOfflineMapUpdateMode
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.tasks.offlinemap.OfflineMapTask

import com.example.app.databinding.ActivityMainBinding

class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

In Android Studio, in the Android tool window, open Gradle Scripts > build.gradle (Module:Display_a_map_from_a_mobile_map_package.app). Make sure your file matches the one below. In particular, verify that you have the buildFeatures and packagingOptions blocks shown.
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    kotlinOptions {
        jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8.toString()
    }

    buildFeatures {
        viewBinding true
    }
    packagingOptions {
        exclude 'META-INF/DEPENDENCIES'
    }

}
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Get the web map item ID

You can use ArcGIS tools to create and view web maps. Use the Map Viewer to identify the web map item ID. This item ID will be used later in the tutorial.

Go to the Naperville water network in the Map Viewer in ArcGIS Online. This web map displays
stormwater network within Naperville, IL, USA
.
Make a note of the item ID at the end of the browser's URL. The item ID should be
acc027394bc84c2fb04d1ed317aac674
.

Define a `ProgressBar` and create read-only properties

In the Project tool window, open app > res > layout > activity_main.xml. Add a <ProgressBar> element to define a progress bar.

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    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/progressBar"
        style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleHorizontal"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="50dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="50dp"
        android:padding="20dp"
        android:indeterminate="false"
        android:visibility="gone"
        android:scaleY="3"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
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In the Project tool window, open app > java > com.example.app > MainActivity.kt. At the top of the MainActivity class, keep the read-only, lazy properties activityMainBinding and mapView that were defined in Display a web map tutorial. Add read-only, lazy properties progressBar and areaOverlay.

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class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    private val activityMainBinding by lazy {
        ActivityMainBinding.inflate(layoutInflater)
    }

    private val mapView: MapView by lazy {
        activityMainBinding.mapView
    }

    private val progressBar: ProgressBar by lazy {
        activityMainBinding.progressBar
    }

    private val areaOverlay: GraphicsOverlay by lazy {
        GraphicsOverlay()
    }
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Display the web map

You can display a web map using the web map's item ID. Create a map from the web map portal item, and display it in your app.

In the Visual Studio > Solution Explorer, double-click MapViewModel.cs to open the file.

In MainActivity.kt, delete the code inside setupMap().

Create a Portal pointing to ArcGIS Online. Then create a PortalItem for the Naperville water network, using the portal and the web map's item ID. Finally, set the MapView.map property to a new ArcGISMap created using the PortalItem .

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    // set up your map here. You will call this method from onCreate()
    private fun setupMap() {

        // create a portal pointing to ArcGIS Online
        val portal = Portal("https://www.arcgis.com", false)
        // create a portal item for a specific web map id

        val webMapId = "acc027394bc84c2fb04d1ed317aac674"

        val mapItem = PortalItem(portal, webMapId)
        // create the map from the item
        val map = ArcGISMap(mapItem)

        // set the map to the map view
        mapView.map = map

    }
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Add the areaOverlay to the map view's list of graphics overlays.

The GraphicsOverlay referenced by areaOverlay has no graphics in it at the moment. You will add an area-of-interest graphic in the next section. To see where you defined the areaOverlay property, expand Show more lines in the code block below. The property is highlighted in blue.

For more information about the list of graphics overlays in a map view, see GeoView.getGraphicsOverlays().

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    // set up your map here. You will call this method from onCreate()
    private fun setupMap() {

        // create a portal pointing to ArcGIS Online
        val portal = Portal("https://www.arcgis.com", false)
        // create a portal item for a specific web map id

        val webMapId = "acc027394bc84c2fb04d1ed317aac674"

        val mapItem = PortalItem(portal, webMapId)
        // create the map from the item
        val map = ArcGISMap(mapItem)

        // set the map to the map view
        mapView.map = map

        // add a graphics overlay to the map view
        mapView.graphicsOverlays.add(areaOverlay)

    }
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Click Run > Run > app to run the app.

You should see a map of the

stormwater network within Naperville, IL, USA

. Use the mouse to drag, scroll, and double-click the map view to explore the map.

Specify an area of the web map to take offline

You can specify an area of the web map to take offline using an Envelope . You can use a graphic to display the area on the map.

Define a new function createAreaofInterestGraphic(). Create an Envelope to define the area of interest to take offline.

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    private fun createAreaOfInterestGraphic(): Envelope {

        // define area of interest (envelope) to take offline.
        val offlineArea =
            Envelope(-88.1526, 41.7694, -88.1490, 41.7714, SpatialReferences.getWgs84())

    }
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Display a graphic of the area to take offline.

Use a SimpleLineSymbol and a SimpleFillSymbol to create a new Graphic of the offline area with a red outline. Add the graphic to the GraphicsOverlay referenced by areaOverlay.

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    private fun createAreaOfInterestGraphic(): Envelope {

        // define area of interest (envelope) to take offline.
        val offlineArea =
            Envelope(-88.1526, 41.7694, -88.1490, 41.7714, SpatialReferences.getWgs84())

        // create a graphic to display the area to take offline
        val lineSymbol = SimpleLineSymbol(SimpleLineSymbol.Style.SOLID, Color.RED, 2f)
        val fillSymbol =
            SimpleFillSymbol(SimpleFillSymbol.Style.SOLID, Color.TRANSPARENT, lineSymbol)
        val offlineAreaGraphic = Graphic(offlineArea, fillSymbol)

        // create a graphics overlay and add the graphic
        areaOverlay.graphics.add(offlineAreaGraphic)

    }
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Return the offline area itself. It will be used later when you create parameters for the job that generates and downloads an offline map.

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    private fun createAreaOfInterestGraphic(): Envelope {

        // define area of interest (envelope) to take offline.
        val offlineArea =
            Envelope(-88.1526, 41.7694, -88.1490, 41.7714, SpatialReferences.getWgs84())

        // create a graphic to display the area to take offline
        val lineSymbol = SimpleLineSymbol(SimpleLineSymbol.Style.SOLID, Color.RED, 2f)
        val fillSymbol =
            SimpleFillSymbol(SimpleFillSymbol.Style.SOLID, Color.TRANSPARENT, lineSymbol)
        val offlineAreaGraphic = Graphic(offlineArea, fillSymbol)

        // create a graphics overlay and add the graphic
        areaOverlay.graphics.add(offlineAreaGraphic)

        return offlineArea

    }
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Click Run > Run > app to run the app.

You should see a red outline on the

stormwater network within Naperville, IL, USA

. This indicates the area of the web map that you are going to take offline.

Download and display the offline map

You can generate and download an offline map for a specified area of interest using an asynchronous task. When complete, it will provide the offline map for display in your map view.

Define a new function createOfflineMapTaskAndParameters(). Create an OfflineMapTask that references the online map.

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    private fun createOfflineMapTaskAndParameters(map: ArcGISMap, offlineArea : Envelope) {

        // create an offline map task using the current map
        val offlineMapTask = OfflineMapTask(map)

    }

Get default parameters to generate and download the offline map. Since the return value of createDefaultGenerateOfflineMapParametersAsync() is a listenable future, add a done listener, where you modify the default parameters to download a read-only offline map.

This tutorial does not involve editing and updating the contents of the offline map. When an offline map is editable, metadata is stored in ArcGIS to track and synchronize edits. Setting the GenerateOfflineMapUpdateMode to NO_UPDATES avoids the overhead of maintaining this metadata in ArcGIS.

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    private fun createOfflineMapTaskAndParameters(map: ArcGISMap, offlineArea : Envelope) {

        // create an offline map task using the current map
        val offlineMapTask = OfflineMapTask(map)

        // create a default set of parameters for generating the offline map from the area of interest
        val parametersFuture =
            offlineMapTask.createDefaultGenerateOfflineMapParametersAsync(offlineArea)
        parametersFuture.addDoneListener {
            val parameters = parametersFuture.get().apply {
                updateMode = GenerateOfflineMapUpdateMode.NO_UPDATES
            }
            downloadOfflineMap(offlineMapTask, parameters)
        }

    }

Define a new function downloadOfflineMap(). Set a download location for the offline map.

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    private fun downloadOfflineMap(offlineMapTask: OfflineMapTask, parameters: GenerateOfflineMapParameters) {

        // Build a folder path named with today's date/time in the "My Documents" folder.
        val downloadLocation =
            getExternalFilesDir(null)?.path + "OfflineMap_" + Calendar.getInstance().time

    }

This tutorial code creates a new unique folder in your app's data folder, using the current date and time.

Create a new GenerateOfflineMapJob using the parameters passed into the function and the downloadLocation.

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    private fun downloadOfflineMap(offlineMapTask: OfflineMapTask, parameters: GenerateOfflineMapParameters) {

        // Build a folder path named with today's date/time in the "My Documents" folder.
        val downloadLocation =
            getExternalFilesDir(null)?.path + "OfflineMap_" + Calendar.getInstance().time

        val generateJob =
            offlineMapTask.generateOfflineMap(parameters, downloadLocation).apply {

            }

    }

Add a progress changed listener for the generate offline map job.

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    private fun downloadOfflineMap(offlineMapTask: OfflineMapTask, parameters: GenerateOfflineMapParameters) {

        // Build a folder path named with today's date/time in the "My Documents" folder.
        val downloadLocation =
            getExternalFilesDir(null)?.path + "OfflineMap_" + Calendar.getInstance().time

        val generateJob =
            offlineMapTask.generateOfflineMap(parameters, downloadLocation).apply {

                addProgressChangedListener {
                    progressBar.progress = progress
                }

            }

    }

Add a job done listener for the generate offline map job.

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    private fun downloadOfflineMap(offlineMapTask: OfflineMapTask, parameters: GenerateOfflineMapParameters) {

        // Build a folder path named with today's date/time in the "My Documents" folder.
        val downloadLocation =
            getExternalFilesDir(null)?.path + "OfflineMap_" + Calendar.getInstance().time

        val generateJob =
            offlineMapTask.generateOfflineMap(parameters, downloadLocation).apply {

                addProgressChangedListener {
                    progressBar.progress = progress
                }

                addJobDoneListener {
                    // replace the current map with the result offline map when the job finishes
                    if (status == Job.Status.SUCCEEDED) {
                        progressBar.visibility = View.GONE
                        Toast.makeText(
                            this@MainActivity,
                            "Showing offline map.",
                            Toast.LENGTH_LONG
                        ).show()
                        val result = result
                        mapView.map = result.offlineMap
                        areaOverlay.graphics.clear()
                    }
                }

            }

    }

Start the generate offline map job, display a progress bar, and display a Toast saying that the job is starting.

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            }

        generateJob.start()
        progressBar.visibility = View.VISIBLE
        Toast.makeText(this@MainActivity, "Starting generate offline map job.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()

    }
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In setupMap(), call the functions you defined to create the area of interest graphic and then create the offline map task. First, call createAreaofInterestGraphic() and then pass the result when you call createOfflineMapTaskAndParameters().

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        // set the map to the map view
        mapView.map = map

        // add a graphics overlay to the map view
        mapView.graphicsOverlays.add(areaOverlay)

        // create a graphic showing the area of interest
        val offlineArea = createAreaOfInterestGraphic()
        createOfflineMapTaskAndParameters(map, offlineArea)

    }
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Click Run > Run > app to run the app.

You should see an offline map for the specified area of the

stormwater network within Naperville, IL, USA

. Remove your network connection and you will still be able to use the mouse to drag, scroll, and double-click the map view to explore this offline map.

What's next?

Learn how to use additional API features, ArcGIS location services, and ArcGIS tools in these tutorials:

Create a mobile map package

Display an offline map (on-demand)

Steps

Open an Android Studio project

Add import statements and packagingOptions

Get the web map item ID

Define a ProgressBar and create read-only properties

Display the web map

Specify an area of the web map to take offline

Download and display the offline map

What's next?

Define a `ProgressBar` and create read-only properties