AGSFeatureCollectionLayer Class Reference

Description

A layer that can visualize a feature collection.

A feature collection layer is used to display the features in a feature collection. A feature collection provides a way of grouping logically related feature collection tables. Tables in the collection can have different schema, geometry types, and rendering. A feature collection layer allows multiple tables with different schemas to be managed as a group.

Functional characteristics Sketch information (called Map Notes in ArcGIS Online), may contain points, lines, polygons, and associated text to describe things in the map. Because they have different schema and geometry types, these features are stored in several distinct tables. A feature collection layer allows these tables to be rendered and managed as a group.

A feature collection can be saved in the map or as a stand-alone portal item. If you need to share the feature collection between several maps, it's best to store it as a separate portal item. If you need to make frequent (near real-time) edits to features in a collection, consider storing these in a feature service instead, because the feature collection is not refreshed until the map or portal item is reloaded. If features are used by a single map or are not subject to frequent updates, it might be best to store them directly in the map. Edits made to features stored in a map will be saved when the map is saved. Edits made to features stored in a portal item (and loaded into a map, for example) must be explicitly saved to the original portal item.

Performance characteristics Feature collection layers are designed to display a moderate amount of feature data (hundreds or thousands of features). They are ideal for sharing data that is not subject to frequent updates among several clients.

As full feature information is cached locally in a geodatabase and features are drawn natively, this layer type offers excellent display performance when zooming and panning the map, within the extent of cached features.

Downloading features to the device may require extensive network usage and local device storage space. After the features are present on the client, the app no longer needs to make requests for the data. App memory usage increases with the number and complexity of the features in the collection.

See also

AGSLayer, AGSFeatureCollection, Sample: Feature collection layer, Sample: Feature collection layer (query)

Since

100

See also

AGSFeatureCollection

Inheritance diagram for AGSFeatureCollectionLayer:

Instance Methods
(void)	- cancelLoad
(void)	- doCancelLoading
(void)	- doStartLoading:
(id< AGSCancelable >)	- fetchLegendInfosWithCompletion:
(instancetype)	- initWithFeatureCollection:
(BOOL)	- isEqualToLayer:
(BOOL)	- isVisibleAtScale:
(void)	- loadDidFinishWithError:
(void)	- loadWithCompletion:
(void)	- onLoadStatusChanged
(void)	- retryLoadWithCompletion:

Class Methods
(instancetype)	+ featureCollectionLayerWithFeatureCollection:

Properties
NSString *	attribution
BOOL	canChangeVisibility
AGSFeatureCollection *	featureCollection
AGSEnvelope *	fullExtent
BOOL	identifyEnabled
AGSItem *	item
NSString *	layerDescription
NSString *	layerID
NSArray< AGSFeatureLayer * > *	layers
NSError *	loadError
AGSLoadStatus	loadStatus
double	maxScale
double	minScale
NSString *	name
float	opacity
BOOL	showInLegend
AGSSpatialReference *	spatialReference
NSArray< id< AGSLayerContent > > *	subLayerContents
void(^	subLayerContentsChangedHandler )(void)
BOOL	visible

Method Documentation

cancelLoad

- (void) cancelLoad

requiredinherited

Cancels loading if it is in progress, otherwise it does nothing. This should be called carefully because other objects could be waiting for loadWithCompletion: or retryLoadWithCompletion: to complete and this will call them all back with the error of NSUserCancelledError

Since

100

doCancelLoading

- (void) doCancelLoading

Never call this method directly. The framework calls this method on a background thread when cancelLoad (AGSLoadable-p) is called. It is meant to be overriden by subclasses. Subclasses should override this method to cancel loading their data and call loadDidFinishWithError: (AGSLoadableBase(ForSubclassEyesOnly)) at the end passing in an error representing NSUserCancelledError.

Since

100

Provided by category AGSLoadableBase(ForSubclassEyesOnly).

doStartLoading:

- (void) doStartLoading:

(BOOL)

retrying

Never call this method directly. The framework calls this method on a background thread when loadWithCompletion: (AGSLoadable-p) or retryLoadWithCompletion: (AGSLoadable-p) is called. It is meant to be overriden by subclasses. Subclasses should override this method to load their data and call loadDidFinishWithError: (AGSLoadableBase(ForSubclassEyesOnly)) upon completion, passing in the error if any.

Parameters

retrying

flag that is true if this method was called from retryLoadWithCompletion: (AGSLoadable-p).

Since

100

Provided by category AGSLoadableBase(ForSubclassEyesOnly).

featureCollectionLayerWithFeatureCollection:

+ (instancetype) featureCollectionLayerWithFeatureCollection:

(AGSFeatureCollection *)

featureCollection

Initialize the layer with a feature collection

Parameters

featureCollection

The collection of features that will be displayed by this layer.

Returns

Initialized feature collection layer

Since

100

fetchLegendInfosWithCompletion:

- (id<AGSCancelable>) fetchLegendInfosWithCompletion:

(void(^)(NSArray< AGSLegendInfo * > *__nullable legendInfos, NSError *__nullable error))

completion

Fetches the array of legend infos (AGSLegendInfo) for this layer.

Since

100

initWithFeatureCollection:

- (instancetype) initWithFeatureCollection:

(AGSFeatureCollection *)

featureCollection

Initialize the layer with a feature collection

Parameters

featureCollection

The collection of features that will be displayed by this layer.

Returns

Initialized feature collection layer

Since

100

isEqualToLayer:

- (BOOL) isEqualToLayer:

(AGSLayer *)

other

isVisibleAtScale:

- (BOOL) isVisibleAtScale:

(double)

scale

Check whether this layer is visible at a given scale.

Since

100

loadDidFinishWithError:

- (void) loadDidFinishWithError:

(nullable NSError *)

error

Only subclasses should call this method in doStartLoading: (AGSLoadableBase(ForSubclassEyesOnly)) and doCancelLoading (AGSLoadableBase(ForSubclassEyesOnly)) when done loading or failed to load.

Since

100

Provided by category AGSLoadableBase(ForSubclassEyesOnly).

loadWithCompletion:

- (void) loadWithCompletion: (nullable void(^)(NSError *__nullable error))  completion

requiredinherited

Loads data for the object asynchronously. The completion block is invoked upon completion.

You can call this method any number of times, however only one attempt is made to load the data. If it is already loading, it will just continue to load (i.e. not force a reload). If it has already loaded successfully, the completion block will be invoked right away. If it has already failed to load, the completion block will be invoked right away with error previously encountered. This method supports multiple callers and will call them all back on completion. However, each caller's completion block will be invoked once and only once.

Parameters

completion

block that is invoked when object loads successfully or fails to load. An error is passed to the block if the object fails to load.

Note

The completion block is always invoked on the main thread.

Since

100

See also

- cancelLoad to cancel loading

- retryLoadWithCompletion: to force reload

onLoadStatusChanged

- (void) onLoadStatusChanged

Never call this method directly. The framework calls this method on a background thread when AGSLoadable::loadStatus changes is called. Subclasses can optionally implement this to know when their loading status has changed.

Since

100

Provided by category AGSLoadableBase(ForSubclassEyesOnly).

retryLoadWithCompletion:

- (void) retryLoadWithCompletion: (nullable void(^)(NSError *__nullable error))  completion

requiredinherited

Tries to reload when an object has failed to load. This method should be called judiciously. It should be called when:

1. you didn't have network connectivity earlier when it failed and you want to retry now that you have connectivity
2. the server was down earlier when it failed and you want to retry
3. the request is taking too long and you want to cancel it and retry, in which case you will first call cancelLoad and then this method

If the data hasn't started loading, it will start loading. If it is already loading, it will just continue to load. If it has already loaded successfully, calls back right away. If it has already failed to load, tries again. This method supports multiple callers and will call them all back on completion. However, each caller's completion block will be invoked once and only once.

Parameters

completion

block that is invoked when object loads successfully or fails to load. An error is passed to the block if the object fails to load.

Note

The completion block is always invoked on the main thread.

Since

100

Property Documentation

attribution

- (NSString*) attribution

readnonatomiccopyinherited

Attribution information of the layer.

Since

100

canChangeVisibility

- (BOOL) canChangeVisibility

readrequirednonatomicassigninherited

Denotes whether the layer can change visibility or not.

Since

100

featureCollection

- (AGSFeatureCollection*) featureCollection

readnonatomicstrong

The collection of features that will be displayed by this layer

Since

100

fullExtent

- (AGSEnvelope*) fullExtent

readnonatomicstronginherited

Full extent of the layer.

Since

100

identifyEnabled

- (BOOL) identifyEnabled

readnonatomicassigninherited

Specifies whether the layer supports identify.

Since

100

item

- (AGSItem*) item

readnonatomicstronginherited

The item the layer has been created from.

Since

100

layerDescription

- (NSString*) layerDescription

readwritenonatomiccopyinherited

The layer's description.

Since

100

layerID

- (NSString*) layerID

readwritenonatomiccopyinherited

The layer's ID specified in the web map item of ArcGIS Online or an on-premises portal.

Since

100

layers

- (NSArray<AGSFeatureLayer*>*) layers

readnonatomiccopy

The sub-layers that are responsible for displaying features from individual feature collection tables in the feature collection.

Since

100

loadError

- (NSError*) loadError

readnonatomicstronginherited

The error that was encountered during the most recent load operation. Will be nil if the operation succeeded.

Since

100

loadStatus

- (AGSLoadStatus) loadStatus

readrequirednonatomicassigninherited

Status of the load operation.

Since

100

maxScale

- (double) maxScale

readwritenonatomicassigninherited

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.

Since

100

minScale

- (double) minScale

readwritenonatomicassigninherited

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.

Since

100

name

- (NSString*) name

readwritenonatomiccopyinherited

The name of the layer.

Since

100

opacity

- (float) opacity

readwritenonatomicassigninherited

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

Since

100

showInLegend

- (BOOL) showInLegend

readwritenonatomicassigninherited

Indicates whether to show legend information.

Since

100

spatialReference

- (AGSSpatialReference*) spatialReference

readnonatomicstronginherited

The spatial reference of the layer.

Since

100

subLayerContents

- (NSArray<id<AGSLayerContent> >*) subLayerContents

readnonatomiccopyinherited

This layer's sub-layers.

Since

100

subLayerContentsChangedHandler

- (void(^ subLayerContentsChangedHandler) (void))

readwritenonatomiccopyinherited

Block that is invoked when the sub layer contents changes.

Note

The block will be invoked on the same thread on which the event occurred, which could be any arbitrary thread. You need to dispatch any UI related work to the main thread.

Since

100

visible

- (BOOL) visible

readwritenonatomicassigninherited

Denotes whether the layer is visible or not. The visibility changes can be monitored using Key-Value Observing (KVO).

Since

100