ArcGISTiledLayer

A layer that can visualize data from an ArcGIS map service or a local TileCache by using previously generated tiles. ArcGIS tiled layers consume image tiles provided by an ArcGIS map service or a local tile package. Raster tiles are cached at various scales when the map service is created. This API requests the tiles needed at a particular map extent. ArcGISTiledLayer will display data from an ArcGIS MapServer if "Single Fused Map Cache" is set to true in its ArcGIS REST Services Directory.

You can use the ExportTileCacheTask class to generate and download tiles from the service, creating a tile package (.tpk/.tpkx) for use locally on the device. Alternatively, you can use ArcGIS Pro to create a map tile package and provision it to the device.

Functional characteristics

ArcGIS tiled layers do not support reprojection, query, select, identify, or editing.

Performance characteristics

Tiled image layers (those that derive functionality from the ImageTiledLayer class) provide fast display of geographic imagery stored in raster files. These rasters typically contain image data acquired from satellite, aircraft, or drones. The resolution of such imagery can be very high, providing a detailed view. With increased resolution comes increased file sizes and potentially slower performance.

Raster tiling is a process that resamples the pixel size at different scales to create images with the appropriate resolution for each scale. The tiling process creates level-of-detail pyramids to efficiently manage how much detail you see as you zoom in and out on the map. Typically, as you zoom closer to the Earth's surface, you want to see greater detail of the geographic information. Tiled image layers allow you to see just the information you need very quickly based on the level-of-detail pyramid at a particular scale, rather than having to load a single large image at once.

Tiles are generated by the server when the service is created. Requests for tiles are made on multiple threads and handled asynchronously. The size of each returned tile increases as the resolution or complexity of the image in the tile increases. For example, high-resolution imagery tiles can be result in larger file sizes than topographic mapping for the same area and map extent.

Since

200.1.0

See also

Constructors

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constructor(item: Item)

Creates an ArcGIS tiled layer from a PortalItem representing an ArcGIS map service. The item's type should be PortalItemType.MapService.

constructor(tileCache: TileCache)

Creates an ArcGIS Tiled Layer object from a local cache of previously rendered map tiles.

constructor(uri: String)

Creates an ArcGIS tiled layer from the specified URI. If the specified URI is a map service URL, the MapServer must have "Single Fused Map Cache" set to true in its ArcGIS REST Services Directory. If the specified URI is a portal item URL, the underlying PortalItem is created and can be accessed through Layer.item. See PortalItem.PortalItem(String) for the supported URL formats.

Types

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object Companion

Properties

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The ArcGIS map service information. This information is available after the layer has successfully loaded.

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The local tiled cache. This property is populated if the ArcGISTiledLayer has been loaded from a local tile package (.tpk/.tpkx).

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The read-only collection sublayers in an ArcGIS tiled layer.

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val uri: String?

The URL to the endpoint of an ArcGIS map service or the path to a local tile package (.tpk/.tpkx) file. The URI is available after the layer has successfully loaded.

Inherited properties

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open override var apiKey: ApiKey?

The API key allows your app to access ArcGIS location services and private portal items. An API key is a unique long-lived access token that is used to authenticate and monitor requests to ArcGIS location services and private portal items. You can create and manage an API key using your portal when you sign in with an ArcGIS Location Platform account or an ArcGIS Online account with administrator access or a custom role that has the Generate API keys privilege. To learn how to create and manage API keys, go to the Create an API Key tutorial. You must ensure that your API key has the correct privileges to access secure resources.

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open override var attribution: String

The attribution string for the image tiled layer.

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The brightness of the layer.

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open override val canChangeVisibility: Boolean

A flag indicating whether the layer content's visibility can be changed. A flag indicating whether the layer content visibility can be changed. Will return false if an error occurs.

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The contrast of the layer.

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The description for the layer.

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The full extent of this layer, which is the extent where all layer data is contained. You can use this to zoom to all of the data contained in this layer. For feature layers, the extent is retrieved from its FeatureTable.extent.

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The gamma of the layer.

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var id: String

The unique identifying string for the layer, as specified in a map or scene. The id is used by other parts of this API to refer to a specific Layer, such as in a set of FeatureFenceParameters or a FacilityLayerDefinition. If not supplied, all layers will be assigned a unique id when created.

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True if the layer supports identify, false otherwise. The value of this property may not be correct until the layer is in a fully loaded state.

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open override var isVisible: Boolean

The layer content's visibility. The layer content visibility. Will return false if an error occurs.

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val item: Item?

The item the layer has been created from.

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open override val loadStatus: StateFlow<LoadStatus>

The load status.

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The maximum scale for the layer. The maximum scale at which this layer is visible. If the map or scene is zoomed in beyond this scale, the layer will not be visible. A value of 0 means there is no maximum scale threshold and the layer will be visible at the smallest scale available for the map or scene. If the value is nil, there is no maximum scale. All of the connected map and scene views will be updated.

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The minimum scale for the layer. The minimum scale at which this layer is visible. If the map or scene is zoomed out beyond this scale, the layer will not be visible. A value of 0 means there is no minimum scale threshold and the layer will be visible at the largest scale available for the map or scene. If the value is nil, there is no minimum scale. All of the connected map and scene views will be updated.

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open override var name: String

The name of this layer.

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Controls how a tile request that returns 'NoData' is resampled. Zooming in can result in tile requests with no tiles at the requested level of detail. In this case, there are options that control what to display where the tile should be including:

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The opacity for the layer. The opacity of this layer as a value between 0 (fully transparent) and 1 (fully opaque). The default opacity value is 1.

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open override var refreshInterval: Long?

The objects refresh interval. The refresh interval, in milliseconds. A refresh interval of null means never refresh.

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open override var showInLegend: Boolean

A flag indicating whether the layer content participates in the legend. A flag indicating whether the layer content is shown in the legend.

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The spatial reference of the layer.

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open override val subLayerContents: StateFlow<List<LayerContent>>

The sub layer contents of a layer content.

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The tiling scheme information for this layer. The value of tileInfo cannot be changed after this layer is loaded.

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val visibilityChanged: SharedFlow<Boolean>

Callback invoked when the visibility of the layer changes.

Functions

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open override fun clone(): ArcGISTiledLayer

Clones the ArcGISTiledLayer.

Inherited functions

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open override fun cancelLoad()

Cancels loading metadata for the Loadable object.

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open operator override fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean
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open suspend override fun fetchLegendInfos(): Result<List<LegendInfo>>

Fetches the list of legend info.

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open override fun hashCode(): Int
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open override fun isVisibleAtScale(scale: Double): Boolean

Returns the layer content's effective visibility at the specified scale. Returns the effective layer content visibility. This effective visibility takes care of the effective visibility of the parents at the specified scale. Will return false if an error occurs.

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open suspend override fun load(): Result<Unit>

Loads the metadata for the object.

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open suspend override fun retryLoad(): Result<Unit>

Loads or retries loading metadata for the object.