Query features with Arcade expression

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Query features on a map using an Arcade expression.

QueryFeaturesWithArcadeExpression

Use case

Arcade is a portable, lightweight, and secure expression language used to create custom content in ArcGIS applications. Like other expression languages, it can perform mathematical calculations, manipulate text, and evaluate logical statements. It also supports multi-statement expressions, variables, and flow control statements. What makes Arcade particularly unique when compared to other expression and scripting languages is its inclusion of feature and geometry data types. This sample uses an Arcade expression to query the number of crimes in a neighborhood in the last 60 days.

How to use the sample

Tap on any neighborhood to see the number of crimes in the last 60 days in a callout.

How it works

  1. Create a PortalItem using the URL and ID.
  2. Create a ArcGISMap using the portal item.
  3. Set up a listener for taps on the map.
  4. Identify the visible layer where it is tapped using mapView.identifyLayerAsync() and get the feature.
  5. Create the following ArcadeExpression:
expressionValue = "var crimes = FeatureSetByName(\$map, 'Crime in the last 60 days');\n"
                "return Count(Intersects(\$feature, crimes));"
  1. Create an ArcadeEvaluator using the Arcade expression and ArcadeProfile.FORM_CALCULATION.
  2. Create a map of profile variables with the following key-value pairs:
mapOf<String, Any>("\$feature" to feature, "\$map" to mapView.map)
  1. Call ArcadeEvaluator.evaluateAsync() on the Arcade evaluator object and pass the profile variables map.
  2. Get the ArcadeEvaluationResult.result.
  3. Convert the result to a numerical value (integer) and populate the callout with the crime count.

Relevant API

  • ArcadeEvaluationResult
  • ArcadeEvaluator
  • ArcadeExpression
  • ArcadeProfile
  • Portal
  • PortalItem

About the data

This sample uses the Crimes in Police Beats Sample ArcGIS Online Web Map which contains 2 layers for city beats borders, and crimes in the last 60 days as recorded by the Rochester, NY police department.

Additional information

Visit Getting Started on the ArcGIS Developer website to learn more about Arcade expressions.

Tags

Arcade evaluator, Arcade expression, identify layers, portal, portal item, query

Sample Code

MainActivity.kt
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package com.esri.arcgisruntime.sample.queryfeatureswitharcadeexpression

import android.graphics.Color
import android.graphics.Point
import android.os.Bundle
import android.util.Log
import android.view.MotionEvent
import android.view.View
import android.widget.ProgressBar
import android.widget.TextView
import android.widget.Toast
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.arcade.ArcadeEvaluationResult
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.arcade.ArcadeEvaluator
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.arcade.ArcadeExpression
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.arcade.ArcadeProfile
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.data.ArcGISFeature
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.layers.Layer
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.loadable.LoadStatus
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISMap
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.DefaultMapViewOnTouchListener
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.MapView
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.portal.Portal
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.portal.PortalItem
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.sample.queryfeatureswitharcadeexpression.databinding.ActivityMainBinding
import kotlin.math.roundToInt


class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    private val TAG = MainActivity::class.java.simpleName

    // hold a reference to the police beats layer for use in event handlers
    private var policeBeatsLayer: Layer? = null

    // hold a reference to the feature for use in event handlers
    private var previousFeature: ArcGISFeature? = null


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

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

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

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(activityMainBinding.root)

        // load the portal and create a map from the portal item
        val portal = Portal("https://www.arcgis.com/", false)
        val portalItem = PortalItem(portal, "539d93de54c7422f88f69bfac2aebf7d")

        mapView.apply {
            // set the map to be displayed in the layout's MapView
            map = ArcGISMap(portalItem)
            // set the RPD Beats layer to be visible when map is loaded
            map.addDoneLoadingListener {
                if (map.loadStatus == LoadStatus.LOADED) {
                    // find the RPD Beats layer from the map's operational layers
                    policeBeatsLayer = map.operationalLayers.find { it.name.equals("RPD Beats  - City_Beats_Border_1128-4500") }
                } else {
                    showError(map.loadError.message.toString())
                }
            }
            // add a listener on map tapped
            onTouchListener = object : DefaultMapViewOnTouchListener(this@MainActivity, mapView) {
                override fun onSingleTapConfirmed(e: MotionEvent): Boolean {
                    // get the screen point of the tapped map
                    val screenPoint = Point(e.x.roundToInt(), e.y.toInt())
                    // evaluate an Arcade expression on the point
                    evaluateArcadeExpression(screenPoint)
                    return true
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Evaluate the Arcade expression at the [tappedPoint] and use the result
     * to show a callout with the crime in the last 60 days
     */
    private fun evaluateArcadeExpression(tappedPoint: Point) {
        // get the layer based on the position tapped on the MapView.
        val identifyLayerResultFuture = mapView.identifyLayerAsync(policeBeatsLayer, tappedPoint, 12.0, false)
        identifyLayerResultFuture.addDoneListener {
            val identifyLayerResult = identifyLayerResultFuture.get()
            // if layer is not identified, then return
            if (identifyLayerResult == null || !identifyLayerResult.elements.any()) {
                return@addDoneListener
            }

            // get the tapped GeoElement as an ArcGISFeature
            val feature = identifyLayerResult.elements.first() as ArcGISFeature

            // if the previously tapped feature is null or the previous feature ID does not match the current feature ID
            // run the Arcade expression query to get the crime count for the tapped feature
            if (previousFeature == null || (feature.attributes["ID"]?.equals(previousFeature?.attributes?.get("ID")) == false)) {
                // show the loading indicator as the Arcade evaluator evaluation call can take time to complete
                progressBar.visibility = View.VISIBLE
                // instantiate a string containing the Arcade expression
                val expressionValue =
                    "var crimes = FeatureSetByName(\$map, 'Crime in the last 60 days');\n" +
                        "return Count(Intersects(\$feature, crimes));"
                // create an ArcadeExpression using the string expression
                val arcadeExpression = ArcadeExpression(expressionValue)
                // create an ArcadeEvaluator with the ArcadeExpression and an ArcadeProfile
                val evaluator = ArcadeEvaluator(arcadeExpression, ArcadeProfile.FORM_CALCULATION)
                // instantiate a list of profile variable key value pairs
                val profileVariables = mapOf<String, Any>("\$feature" to feature, "\$map" to mapView.map)
                // get the Arcade evaluation result future given the previously set profile variables
                val resultFuture = evaluator.evaluateAsync(profileVariables)
                resultFuture.addDoneListener {
                    // get the result as an ArcadeEvaluationResult
                    val arcadeEvaluationResult = resultFuture.get()
                    val crimesCount = (arcadeEvaluationResult.result as Double).toInt()
                    // set the callout content on the map using the Arcade evaluation result
                    val calloutContent = TextView(applicationContext).apply {
                        setTextColor(Color.BLACK)
                        setSingleLine()
                        text = "Crimes in the last 60 days: $crimesCount"
                    }
                    // convert the screen point to a map point
                    val mapPoint = mapView.screenToLocation(tappedPoint)
                    // display the callout at the tapped location
                    mapView.callout.apply {
                        location = mapPoint
                        content = calloutContent
                        show()
                    }
                    // center the map on the tapped map point
                    mapView.setViewpointCenterAsync(mapPoint)
                    // hide the progress bar
                    progressBar.visibility = View.GONE
                    // set the current feature as the previous feature for the next tap detection
                    previousFeature = feature
                }
            } else {
                // same feature selected, so just update the ViewPoint and callout location
                // convert the screen point to a map point
                val mapPoint = mapView.screenToLocation(tappedPoint)
                // center the map on the tapped map point
                mapView.setViewpointCenterAsync(mapPoint)
                // update the location of the callout
                mapView.callout.location = mapPoint
            }
        }
    }

    private fun showError(message: String) {
        Log.e(TAG, message)
        Toast.makeText(this, message, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
    }

    override fun onPause() {
        mapView.pause()
        super.onPause()
    }

    override fun onResume() {
        super.onResume()
        mapView.resume()
    }

    override fun onDestroy() {
        mapView.dispose()
        super.onDestroy()
    }
}

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