AnnotationLayer QML Type

A layer that can visualize annotation text data. More...

Import Statement:	import Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.15
Since:	Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.5
Inherits:	Layer

List of all members, including inherited members

Properties

barrierWeight : Enums.LabelBarrierWeight
credential : Credential
definitionExpression : string
featureTable : ArcGISFeatureTable
item : ArcGISItem
referenceScale : double
requestConfiguration : RequestConfiguration
selectFeaturesResult : FeatureQueryResult
selectFeaturesStatus : Enums.TaskStatus
selectedFeaturesResult : FeatureQueryResult
selectedFeaturesStatus : Enums.TaskStatus
serviceLayerId : string
serviceLayerIdAsInt : int
url : url

Methods

void clearSelection()
void resetFeaturesVisible()
void selectFeature(Feature feature)
void selectFeatures(list<Feature> features)
string selectFeaturesWithQuery(QueryParameters parameters, Enums.SelectionMode mode)
string selectedFeatures()
void setFeatureVisible(Feature feature, bool visible)
void setFeaturesVisible(list<Feature> features, bool visible)
void unselectFeature(Feature feature)
void unselectFeatures(list<Feature> features)

Detailed Description

Annotation can be used to symbolize text on your maps as described here in Annotation. It is defined using a text string, geographical location, and display properties including font, size, and color. This information is stored together in an annotation feature class within a geodatabase.

Functional characteristics

There are two kinds of annotation:

Standard annotation is not formally associated with features in the geodatabase. An example of standard annotation is the text on a map for a mountain range. No specific feature represents the mountain range, but it is an area you want to mark. Standard annotation is read-only.
Feature-linked annotation is associated with a specific feature in another feature class in the geodatabase. The text in feature-linked annotation reflects the value of a field or fields from the feature to which it is linked. For example, the water transmission mains in a water network can be annotated with their names, which are stored in a field in the transmission mains feature class. If you edit the attributes and/or geographical position of the feature associated with the feature-linked annotation, any changes will be applied to the annotation feature table, and visible changes to the annotation will be reflected in the MapView. If the feature-linked annotation is stored in an Enterprise server, its feature and annotation tables must contain global object ids.

You can construct an annotation layer using any of the following:

URL or portal item of an online annotation feature class
Feature table containing annotation features: - An online ServiceFeatureTable that has a feature layer service type of Enums.ArcGISFeatureLayerInfoServiceTypeAnnotationLayer - An offline GeodatabaseFeatureTable returned by the Geodatabase::geodatabaseAnnotationTables collection when a GenerateGeodatabaseJob has completed

Annotation layers can be taken offline from a feature service hosted on ArcGIS Enterprise 10.7.1 or later, using the GeodatabaseSyncTask. Annotation layers are also supported in mobile map packages created in ArcGIS Pro 2.3 or later.

Annotation respects the reference scale defined by the map, so annotation will always be presented to the user at the correct size and position, as defined by the annotation author.

Each annotation layer is partitioned into annotation sublayers. Each annotation sublayer corresponds to the label class of the original labels that were used to publish the annotation. In ArcGIS Pro, the annotation sublayers are known as annotation classes.

Annotation sublayers offer greater control over the annotation:

An author can set different visual properties on the sublayer compared to the parent annotation layer. For example, font, size, color, or different minimum and maximum scale ranges.
You can access the annotation sublayer metadata information, such as the legend information, and set the visibility of each annotation sublayer

Property Documentation

barrierWeight : Enums.LabelBarrierWeight

The weight of annotation features when considered as barriers to labeling. The default is Enums.LabelBarrierWeightHigh.

This property was introduced in Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.14.

credential : Credential

The security credential used to access the remote resource.

This is only applicable if the service is secured.

This property was introduced in Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.13.

definitionExpression : string

An expression which is an SQL statement WHERE clause to specify the subset of features to be displayed. The definition expression string uses the SQL-92 WHERE clause syntax: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL-92). The default value is an empty string, which will allow all annotation features in the data source to be used by the AnnotationLayer.

This property was introduced in Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.12.

[default] featureTable : ArcGISFeatureTable

The featureTable, containing annotation features, used as the source of the annotation layer.

This property can be set only during instantiation. If the feature table does not contain annotation data then the AnnotationLayer will fail to load. ArcGISFeatureTable.layerInfo and ArcGISFeatureLayerInfo.serviceType can be checked to verify the feature type, before attempting to create a Layer.

This property was introduced in Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.6.

[default] item : ArcGISItem

A feature service PortalItem used to create the annotation layer.

AnnotationLayer can be created with an item or a url.

This may only be set once to initialize the layer.

referenceScale : double

The reference scale for the layer (read-only).

The reference scale of the layer is the scale at which a client should view the layer for the text to appear at its authored size.

If the client changes the viewing scale, then text will grow or shrink to keep a consistent size on the map (not the screen).

For a valid layer, the reference scale will always be a finite value, greater than zero. Until the layer is loaded, the reference scale will be zero.

requestConfiguration : RequestConfiguration

The configuration parameters used for network requests sent by this object.

This property was introduced in Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.13.

selectFeaturesResult : FeatureQueryResult

The result returned when the asynchronous selectFeaturesWithQuery(QueryParameters, Enums.SelectionMode) operation completes (read-only).

This property was introduced in Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.12.

selectFeaturesStatus : Enums.TaskStatus

The current status of the asynchronous selectFeaturesWithQuery(QueryParameters, Enums.SelectionMode) operation (read-only).

This property was introduced in Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.12.

selectedFeaturesResult : FeatureQueryResult

The result returned when the asynchronous selectedFeatures operation completes (read-only).

This property was introduced in Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.12.

selectedFeaturesStatus : Enums.TaskStatus

The current status of the asynchronous selectedFeatures operation (read-only).

This property was introduced in Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.12.

serviceLayerId : string

The service layer ID being used by the annotation layer.

Note: The underlying Runtime property is represented as a 64-bit integer type. See Accessing 64-bit integer properties from QML.

This property must be set along with the item property. Failure to set both properties will result in the layer failing to load.

The service layer ID cannot be changed after the layer is loaded.

See also serviceLayerIdAsInt.

serviceLayerIdAsInt : int

The same as serviceLayerId but represented as an integer type.

The service layer ID cannot be changed after the layer is loaded.

Note: The underlying Runtime property is represented as a 64-bit integer type. See Accessing 64-bit integer properties from QML.

[default] url : url

The Feature Service URL for the layer.

AnnotationLayer can be created with an item or a url.

This may only be set once to initialize the layer.

Signal Documentation

barrierWeightChanged()

Emitted when the barrierWeight property changes.

Note: The corresponding handler is onBarrierWeightChanged.

This signal was introduced in Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.14.

credentialChanged()

Emitted when the credential property changes.

Note: The corresponding handler is onCredentialChanged.

This signal was introduced in Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.13.

definitionExpressionChanged()

Emitted when the definitionExpression property changes.

Note: The corresponding handler is onDefinitionExpressionChanged.

This signal was introduced in Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.12.

featureTableChanged()

Emitted when the featureTable property changed.

Note: The corresponding handler is onFeatureTableChanged.

This signal was introduced in Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.6.

referenceScaleChanged()

Emitted when the referenceScale property changes.

Note: The corresponding handler is onReferenceScaleChanged.

requestConfigurationChanged()

Emitted when the requestConfiguration property changes.

Note: The corresponding handler is onRequestConfigurationChanged.

This signal was introduced in Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.13.

selectFeaturesStatusChanged()

Emitted when the selectFeaturesStatus property changes.

Note: The corresponding handler is onSelectFeaturesStatusChanged.

This signal was introduced in Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.12.

selectedFeaturesStatusChanged()

Emitted when the selectedFeaturesStatus property changes.

Note: The corresponding handler is onSelectedFeaturesStatusChanged.

This signal was introduced in Esri.ArcGISRuntime 100.12.

serviceLayerIdAsIntChanged()

Emitted when the serviceLayerIdAsInt property changes.

Note: The corresponding handler is onServiceLayerIdAsIntChanged.

serviceLayerIdChanged()

Emitted when the serviceLayerId property changes.

Note: The corresponding handler is onServiceLayerIdChanged.

urlChanged()

Emitted when the url property changes.

Note: The corresponding handler is onUrlChanged.