fully offline app

A fully offline app is a type of offline appAn offline application, also known as offline app, is an application that runs on a phone, tablet, laptop or desktop device with limited or no network connection. Offline applications are built with ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps.Learn more that is designed to work without a network connection. It is commonly used when working in the field far from any network, or behind a firewall that prohibits internet access, or when data is too large and impractical to transfer over the network. With fully offline apps, the device has to have all of the data that the app needs to work without a network connection. While you can still edit data offline, synchronizing the edits or pulling down changes from a server is not possible since that requires a network connection.

Fully offline apps can use mobile packagesA mobile package is a stand-alone Mobile Map Package (MMPK) or Mobile Scene Package (MSPK) file for use in offline applications built with ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps.Learn more or data filesA data file is a stand-alone file containing geographic data that can be sideloaded on to a device. It is typically used in offline applications that never connect to a network.Learn more.

Introduction to fully offline apps