Create and save map

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Create and save a map as a web map item to an ArcGIS portal.

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Use case

Maps can be created programmatically in code and then serialized and saved as an ArcGIS portal item. In this case, the portal item is a web map which can be shared with others and opened in various applications and APIs throughout the platform, such as ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, the JavaScript API, Collector, and Explorer.

How to use the sample

When you run the sample, you will be challenged for an ArcGIS Online login. Enter a username and password for an ArcGIS Online named user account (such as your ArcGIS for Developers account). Then, tap the Edit Map button to choose the basemap and layers for your new map. To save the map, add a title, tags and description (optional), and a folder on your portal (you will need to create one in your portal's My Content section if you don't already have one). Click the Save to Account button to save the map to the chosen folder.

How it works

  1. Configure an AuthenticatorState to handle authentication challenges.
  2. Add the AuthenticatorState to a DialogAuthenticator in the app's MainActivity to invoke the authentication challenge.
  3. Create a new Portal and load it.
  4. Access the PortalUserContent with portal.portalInfo?.user?.fetchContent()?.onSuccess, to get the user's list of portal folders with portalUserContent.folders.
  5. Create an ArcGISMap with a BasemapStyle and a few operational layers.
  6. Call ArcGISMap.saveMap() to save a new ArcGISMap with the specified title, tags, and folder to the portal.

Relevant API

  • ArcGISMap
  • Portal

Additional information

This sample uses the GeoView-Compose Toolkit module to be able to implement a composable MapView.

Tags

ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, geoview-compose, portal, publish, share, web map

Sample Code

MapViewModel.ktMapViewModel.ktMainActivity.ktMainScreen.kt
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package com.esri.arcgismaps.sample.createandsavemap.components

import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.asStateFlow
import kotlinx.coroutines.launch

import android.app.Application
import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
import androidx.lifecycle.viewModelScope
import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
import androidx.lifecycle.AndroidViewModel

import com.arcgismaps.httpcore.authentication.OAuthUserConfiguration
import com.arcgismaps.mapping.ArcGISMap
import com.arcgismaps.mapping.Basemap
import com.arcgismaps.mapping.BasemapStyle
import com.arcgismaps.mapping.Viewpoint
import com.arcgismaps.mapping.layers.ArcGISMapImageLayer
import com.arcgismaps.mapping.layers.Layer
import com.arcgismaps.portal.Portal
import com.arcgismaps.portal.PortalFolder
import com.arcgismaps.toolkit.authentication.AuthenticatorState
import com.esri.arcgismaps.sample.createandsavemap.R
import com.esri.arcgismaps.sample.sampleslib.components.MessageDialogViewModel

class MapViewModel(application: Application) : AndroidViewModel(application) {

    // view model to handle popup dialogs
    val messageDialogVM = MessageDialogViewModel()

    // set up authenticator state to handle authentication challenges
    val authenticatorState = AuthenticatorState().apply {
        oAuthUserConfiguration = OAuthUserConfiguration(
            portalUrl = application.getString(R.string.portal_url),
            clientId = application.getString(R.string.client_id),
            redirectUrl = application.getString(R.string.redirect_url)
        )
    }

    // require use of user credential to load portal
    private val portal = Portal("https://www.arcgis.com", Portal.Connection.Authenticated)

    // update displayed map once user is authenticated
    var arcGISMap by mutableStateOf(ArcGISMap())

    // folders on portal associated with the authenticated user
    private val _portalFolders = MutableStateFlow<List<PortalFolder>>(listOf())
    val portalFolders = _portalFolders.asStateFlow()


    // define a couple of feature layers to be loaded
    private val worldElevation =
        ArcGISMapImageLayer("https://sampleserver6.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/WorldTimeZones/MapServer")
    private val usCensus =
        ArcGISMapImageLayer("https://sampleserver6.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/Census/MapServer")
    val availableLayers: List<Layer> = listOf(worldElevation, usCensus)

    // associate basemap styles with friendly names
    val stylesMap: Map<String, BasemapStyle> = mapOf(
        Pair("Streets", BasemapStyle.ArcGISStreets),
        Pair("Imagery", BasemapStyle.ArcGISImageryStandard),
        Pair("Topographic", BasemapStyle.ArcGISTopographic),
        Pair("Oceans", BasemapStyle.ArcGISOceans)
    )

    // properties hoisted from UI bottom sheet

    var selectedBasemapStyle by mutableStateOf("Streets")
        private set

    fun updateBasemapStyle(style: String) {
        selectedBasemapStyle = style

        // update map to display selected basemap style
        arcGISMap.setBasemap(Basemap(stylesMap.getValue(selectedBasemapStyle)))
    }

    fun updateActiveLayers(layer: Layer) {
        arcGISMap.operationalLayers.apply {
            if (contains(layer)) {
                remove(layer)
            } else {
                add(layer)
            }
        }
    }

    var mapName by mutableStateOf("My Map")
        private set

    fun updateName(name: String) {
        mapName = name
    }

    var mapTags by mutableStateOf("map, census, layers")
        private set

    fun updateTags(tags: String) {
        mapTags = tags
    }

    var portalFolder by mutableStateOf<PortalFolder?>(null)

    fun updateFolder(folder: PortalFolder?) {
        portalFolder = folder
    }

    var mapDescription by mutableStateOf("")
        private set

    fun updateDescription(description: String) {
        mapDescription = description
    }

    init {
        viewModelScope.launch {
            portal.load().onSuccess {
                // when the user has successfully authenticated and the portal is loaded...

                // populate the portal folders flow
                portal.portalInfo?.apply {
                    this.user?.fetchContent()?.onSuccess {
                        _portalFolders.value = it.folders
                    }
                }

                // load the streets basemap and set an initial viewpoint
                arcGISMap = ArcGISMap(BasemapStyle.ArcGISStreets).apply {
                    initialViewpoint = Viewpoint(38.85, -90.2, 1e7)
                }

                // load operational layers
                worldElevation.load()
                usCensus.load()
            }.onFailure {
                // login was cancelled or failed to authenticate
                messageDialogVM.showMessageDialog(
                    application.getString(R.string.createAndSaveMap_failedToLoadPortal),
                    it.message.toString()
                )
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Saves the map to a user's account.
     */
    suspend fun save(): Result<Unit> {
        return arcGISMap.saveAs(
            portal,
            description = mapDescription,
            folder = portalFolder,
            tags = mapTags.split(",").map { str -> str.trim() },
            forceSaveToSupportedVersion = false,
            thumbnail = null,
            title = mapName
        )
    }


}

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