Play a KML Tour

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Play tours in KML files.

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Use case

KML, the file format used by Google Earth, supports creating tours, which can control the viewpoint of the scene, hide and show content, and play audio. Tours allow you to easily share tours of geographic locations, which can be augmented with rich multimedia. Runtime allows you to consume these tours using a simple API.

How to use the sample

The sample will load the KMZ file from ArcGIS Online. When a tour is found, the play button will be enabled. Use the play and pause buttons to control the tour.

How it works

  1. Load the AGSKMLDataset and add it to a layer.
  2. Create the KML tour controller. Wire up the buttons to the play(), pause(), and rewind() methods.
  3. Explore the tree of KML content and find a KML tour. Once a tour is found, provide it to the KML tour controller.
  4. Enable the buttons to allow the user to play, pause, and reset the tour.

Relevant API

  • AGSKMLTour
  • AGSKMLTour.tourStatus
  • AGSKMLTourController
  • AGSKMLTourController.pause()
  • AGSKMLTourController.play()
  • AGSKMLTourController.reset()
  • AGSKMLTourController.tour

Offline data

This sample uses the Esri_tour.kmz. It is downloaded from ArcGIS Online automatically.

About the data

This sample uses a custom tour created by a member of the ArcGIS Runtime API samples team. When you play the tour, you'll see a narrated journey through some of Esri's offices.

Additional information

See Google's documentation for information about authoring KML tours.

Tags

animation, interactive, KML, narration, pause, play, story, tour

Sample Code

PlayKMLTourViewController.swift
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//
// Copyright © 2019 Esri.
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
//

import UIKit
import ArcGIS

/// A view controller that manages the interface of the Play a KML Tour sample.
class PlayKMLTourViewController: UIViewController {
    /// The scene view managed by the view controller.
    @IBOutlet weak var sceneView: AGSSceneView! {
        didSet {
            sceneView.scene = makeScene(kmlDataset: dataset)
        }
    }
    /// The toolbar containing the button items for controlling the tour.
    @IBOutlet var toolbar: UIToolbar!
    /// A bar button item that resets the tour.
    @IBOutlet var rewindButtonItem: UIBarButtonItem!
    /// A bar button item that starts or resumes the tour.
    @IBOutlet var playButtonItem: UIBarButtonItem!
    /// A bar button item that pauses the tour.
    @IBOutlet var pauseButtonItem: UIBarButtonItem!

    /// The controller of the tour.
    var tourController: AGSKMLTourController!

    /// The data set in which to find the tour.
    lazy var dataset: AGSKMLDataset = { [unowned self] in
        let url = URL(string: "https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/f10b1d37fdd645c9bc9b189fb546307c/data")!
        let dataset = AGSKMLDataset(url: url)
        dataset.load { _ in self.datasetDidLoad() }
        return dataset
    }()

    /// Called in response to the dataset load operation completing.
    func datasetDidLoad() {
        if let error = dataset.loadError {
            presentAlert(error: error)
        } else if let tour = dataset.tours.first {
            tourStatusObservation = tour.observe(\.tourStatus, options: .initial) { [weak self] (_, _) in
                DispatchQueue.main.async { self?.tourStatusDidChange() }
            }
            tourController = makeTourController(tour: tour)
        }
    }

    /// Makes a scene with a KML layer from the given dataset.
    ///
    /// - Parameter kmlDataset: A KML dataset.
    /// - Returns: A new `AGSScene` object.
    func makeScene(kmlDataset: AGSKMLDataset) -> AGSScene {
        let scene = AGSScene(basemapStyle: .arcGISImagery)

        let elevationServiceURL = URL(string: "https://elevation3d.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/WorldElevation3D/Terrain3D/ImageServer")!
        let elevationSource = AGSArcGISTiledElevationSource(url: elevationServiceURL)
        scene.baseSurface?.elevationSources.append(elevationSource)

        let kmlLayer = AGSKMLLayer(kmlDataset: kmlDataset)
        scene.operationalLayers.add(kmlLayer)

        return scene
    }

    /// Creates a KML tour controller with the given KML tour.
    ///
    /// - Parameter tour: A KML tour.
    /// - Returns: A new `AGSKMLTourController` object.
    func makeTourController(tour: AGSKMLTour) -> AGSKMLTourController {
        let tourController = AGSKMLTourController()
        tourController.tour = tour
        return tourController
    }

    /// Resets the tour to the beginning.
    @IBAction func rewind() {
        let wasPlaying = tourController.tour!.tourStatus == .playing
        tourController.reset()
        if wasPlaying {
            tourController.play()
        }
    }

    /// Starts or resumes the tour.
    @IBAction func play() {
        tourController.play()
    }

    /// Pauses the tour.
    @IBAction func pause() {
        tourController.pause()
    }

    /// The observation of the tour status.
    var tourStatusObservation: NSKeyValueObservation?

    /// Called in response to the tour status changing.
    func tourStatusDidChange() {
        let playPauseButtonItem: UIBarButtonItem
        switch tourController.tour!.tourStatus {
        case .notInitialized, .initializing:
            rewindButtonItem.isEnabled = false
            playButtonItem.isEnabled = false
            playPauseButtonItem = playButtonItem
        case .initialized, .paused, .completed:
            rewindButtonItem.isEnabled = tourController.tour!.tourStatus != .initialized
            playButtonItem.isEnabled = true
            playPauseButtonItem = playButtonItem
        case .playing:
            rewindButtonItem.isEnabled = true
            playPauseButtonItem = pauseButtonItem
        @unknown default:
            return
        }
        let indexOfPlayPause = toolbar.items!.midIndex
        toolbar.items![indexOfPlayPause] = playPauseButtonItem
    }

    // MARK: UIViewController

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        // Add the source code button item to the right of navigation bar.
        (navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem as! SourceCodeBarButtonItem).filenames = ["PlayKMLTourViewController"]
    }

    override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
        super.viewWillDisappear(animated)

        tourController?.pause()
    }
}

private extension AGSKMLDataset {
    /// Returns all tours found in the dataset.
    var tours: [AGSKMLTour] {
        return rootNodes.reduce(into: []) { (tours, node) in
            switch node {
            case let tour as AGSKMLTour:
                tours.append(tour)
            case let container as AGSKMLContainer:
                tours.append(contentsOf: container.tours)
            default:
                break
            }
        }
    }
}

private extension AGSKMLContainer {
    /// Returns all tours found in the container.
    var tours: [AGSKMLTour] {
        return childNodes.reduce(into: []) { (tours, node) in
            switch node {
            case let tour as AGSKMLTour:
                tours.append(tour)
            case let container as AGSKMLContainer:
                tours.append(contentsOf: container.tours)
            default:
                break
            }
        }
    }
}

private extension Collection {
    /// The position of the middle element in a nonempty collection.
    var midIndex: Index {
        return index(startIndex, offsetBy: distance(from: startIndex, to: endIndex) / 2)
    }
}

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