Control annotation sublayer visibility

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Use annotation sublayers to gain finer control of annotation layer subtypes.

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Use case

Annotation, which differs from labels by having a fixed place and size, is typically only relevant at particular scales. Annotation sublayers allow for finer control of annotation by allowing properties (like visibility in the map and legend) to be set and others to be read (like name) on subtypes of an annotation layer.

An annotation dataset which marks valves as "Opened" or "Closed", might be set to display the "Closed" valves over a broader range of scales than the "Opened" valves, if the "Closed" data is considered more relevant by the map's author. Regardless, the user can be given a manual option to set visibility of annotation sublayers on and off, if required.

How to use the sample

Start the sample and take note of the visibility of the annotation. Zoom in and out to see the annotation turn on and off based on scale ranges set on the data.

Use the checkboxes to manually set "Open" and "Closed" annotation sublayers visibility to on or off.

How it works

  1. Load a MobileMapPackage that contains AnnotationSublayer.
  2. Get the sublayers from the map package's layers by calling Layer.getSubLayerContents.get(i).
  3. You can toggle the visibility of each sublayer manually using .setVisible().
  4. To determine if a sublayer is visible at the current scale of the MapView, use sublayer.isVisibleAtScale(), by passing in the map's current scale.

Relevant API

  • AnnotationLayer
  • AnnotationSublayer
  • LayerContent

About the data

The scale ranges were set by the map's author using ArcGIS Pro:

  • The "Open" annotation sublayer has its maximum scale set to 1:500 and its minimum scale set to 1:2000.
  • The "Closed" annotation sublayer has no minimum or maximum scales set, so will be drawn at all scales.

Tags

annotation, scale, text, utilities, visualization

Sample Code

ControlAnnotationSublayerVisibilitySample.java
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package com.esri.samples.control_annotation_sublayer_visibility;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Alert;
import javafx.scene.control.CheckBox;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.layout.Background;
import javafx.scene.layout.BackgroundFill;
import javafx.scene.layout.CornerRadii;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.paint.Paint;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

import com.esri.arcgisruntime.layers.AnnotationLayer;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.layers.AnnotationSublayer;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.layers.Layer;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.loadable.LoadStatus;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.MobileMapPackage;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.MapView;

import java.io.File;

public class ControlAnnotationSublayerVisibilitySample extends Application {

  private MapView mapView;
  private MobileMapPackage mobileMapPackage;

  @Override
  public void start(Stage stage) {

    try {
      // create stack pane and application scene
      StackPane stackPane = new StackPane();
      Scene scene = new Scene(stackPane);
      scene.getStylesheets().add(getClass().getResource("/control_annotation_sublayer_visibility/style.css").toExternalForm());

      // set title, size, and add scene to stage
      stage.setTitle("Control Annotation Sublayer Visibility");
      stage.setWidth(800);
      stage.setHeight(700);
      stage.setScene(scene);
      stage.show();

      // create a map view
      mapView = new MapView();

      // create checkboxes for toggling the sublayer visibility manually
      CheckBox closedSublayerCheckbox = new CheckBox();
      closedSublayerCheckbox.setSelected(true);
      CheckBox openSublayerCheckbox = new CheckBox();
      openSublayerCheckbox.setSelected(true);

      // create a control panel and label for the checkboxes
      VBox controlsVBox = new VBox(6);
      controlsVBox.getStyleClass().add("panel-region");
      controlsVBox.setBackground(new Background(new BackgroundFill(Paint.valueOf("rgba(0,0,0,0.3)"), CornerRadii.EMPTY,
              Insets.EMPTY)));
      controlsVBox.setPadding(new Insets(10.0));
      controlsVBox.setMaxSize(180, 85);

      // show current map scale in a label within the control panel
      Label currentMapScaleLabel = new Label();
      mapView.addMapScaleChangedListener(mapScaleChangedEvent ->
              currentMapScaleLabel.setText("Scale: 1:" + Math.round(mapView.getMapScale()))
      );

      // add checkboxes and label to the control panel
      controlsVBox.getChildren().addAll(closedSublayerCheckbox, openSublayerCheckbox, currentMapScaleLabel);

      // load the mobile map package
      File mmpkFile = new File(System.getProperty("data.dir"), "./samples-data/mmpk/GasDeviceAnno.mmpk");
      mobileMapPackage = new MobileMapPackage(mmpkFile.getAbsolutePath());
      mobileMapPackage.loadAsync();
      mobileMapPackage.addDoneLoadingListener(() -> {
        if (mobileMapPackage.getLoadStatus() == LoadStatus.LOADED && !mobileMapPackage.getMaps().isEmpty()) {
          // set the mobile map package's map to the map view
          mapView.setMap(mobileMapPackage.getMaps().get(0));
          // find the annotation layer within the map
          for (Layer layer : mapView.getMap().getOperationalLayers()) {
            if (layer instanceof AnnotationLayer) {
              // load the annotation layer
              layer.loadAsync();
              layer.addDoneLoadingListener(() -> {
                if (layer.getLoadStatus() == LoadStatus.LOADED) {
                  // get annotation sublayer name from sublayer content
                  AnnotationSublayer closedSublayer = (AnnotationSublayer) layer.getSubLayerContents().get(0);
                  AnnotationSublayer openSublayer = (AnnotationSublayer) layer.getSubLayerContents().get(1);

                  // set the layer name for the checkboxes
                  closedSublayerCheckbox.setText(closedSublayer.getName());
                  openSublayerCheckbox.setText(String.format("%s (1:%d - 1:%d)", openSublayer.getName(), Math.round(openSublayer.getMaxScale()), Math.round(openSublayer.getMinScale())));

                  // toggle annotation sublayer visibility on check
                  closedSublayerCheckbox.setOnAction(event -> closedSublayer.setVisible(closedSublayerCheckbox.isSelected()));
                  openSublayerCheckbox.setOnAction(event -> openSublayer.setVisible(openSublayerCheckbox.isSelected()));

                  // gray out the open sublayer when the layer is out of scale
                  mapView.addMapScaleChangedListener(mapScaleChangedEvent -> {
                    if (openSublayer.isVisibleAtScale(mapView.getMapScale())) {
                      openSublayerCheckbox.setStyle("-fx-text-fill: white");
                    } else {
                      openSublayerCheckbox.setStyle("-fx-text-fill: darkgrey");
                    }
                  });

                } else {
                  new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR, "Error loading Annotation Layer " + layer.getName()).show();
                }
              });
            }
          }

        } else {
          new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR, "Mobile Map Package failed to load.").show();
        }
      });

      // add map view and label to stack pane
      stackPane.getChildren().addAll(mapView, controlsVBox);
      StackPane.setAlignment(controlsVBox, Pos.TOP_LEFT);
      StackPane.setMargin(controlsVBox, new Insets(20, 0, 0, 20));

    } catch (Exception e) {
      // on any error, print the stack trace
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Stops and releases all resources used in application.
   */
  @Override
  public void stop() {

    // release resources when the application closes
    if (mapView != null) {
      mapView.dispose();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Opens and runs application.
   *
   * @param args arguments passed to this application
   */
  public static void main(String[] args) {

    Application.launch(args);
  }

}

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