Identify layer features

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Sample viewer app

Identify features in all layers in a map.

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Use case

"Identify layers" operation allows users to tap on a map, returning features at that location across multiple layers. Because some layer types have sublayers, the sample recursively counts results for sublayers within each layer.

How to use the sample

Tap to identify features. A bottom text banner will show all layers with features under the tapped location, as well as the number of features.

How it works

The tapped position is passed to MapView.identifyLayers(...) method.
For each IdentifyLayerResult in the results, features are counted.
- Note: there is one identify result per layer with matching features; if the feature count is 0, that means a sublayer contains the matching features.

Relevant API

IdentifyLayerResult
IdentifyLayerResult.sublayerResults
LayerContent

Additional information

This sample uses the GeoViewCompose Toolkit module to be able to implement a Composable MapView. The GeoView supports two methods of identify: identifyLayer, which identifies features within a specific layer and identifyLayers, which identifies features for all layers in the current view.

Sample Code

MainActivity.kt

MapViewModel.kt

MainScreen.kt

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package com.esri.arcgismaps.sample.identifylayerfeatures

import android.os.Bundle
import androidx.activity.ComponentActivity
import androidx.activity.compose.setContent
import androidx.compose.material3.MaterialTheme
import androidx.compose.material3.Surface
import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
import com.arcgismaps.ApiKey
import com.arcgismaps.ArcGISEnvironment
import com.esri.arcgismaps.sample.sampleslib.theme.SampleAppTheme
import com.esri.arcgismaps.sample.identifylayerfeatures.screens.MainScreen

class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        // authentication with an API key or named user is
        // required to access basemaps and other location services
        ArcGISEnvironment.apiKey = ApiKey.create(BuildConfig.API_KEY)

        setContent {
            SampleAppTheme {
                IdentifyLayerFeaturesApp()
            }
        }
    }

    @Composable
    private fun IdentifyLayerFeaturesApp() {
        Surface(
            color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.background
        ) {
            MainScreen(
                sampleName = getString(R.string.app_name)
            )
        }
    }
}