Display a web scene

Learn how to create and display a from a stored in ArcGIS.

display a web scene

This tutorial shows you how to create and display a from a . All web scenes are stored in ArcGIS with a unique . You will access an existing web scene by item ID and display its layers. The web scene contains for the Santa Monica Mountains in California.

Prerequisites

Before starting this tutorial, you need the following:

  1. An ArcGIS Location Platform or ArcGIS Online account.

  2. A development and deployment environment that meets the system requirements.

  3. An IDE for Android development in Kotlin.

Steps

Open an Android Studio project

  1. To start this tutorial, complete the Display a scene tutorial, or download and unzip the Display a scene solution in a new folder.

  2. Modify the old project for use in this new tutorial.

  3. Get an access token and set the API key in MainActivity.kt.

Get the web scene item ID

You can use to create and view . Use the to identify the web scene . This item ID will be used later in the tutorial.

  1. Go to the LA Trails and Parks web scene in the Scene Viewer in . This web scene displays trails, trailheads and parks in the Santa Monica Mountains.
  2. Make a note of the item ID at the end of the browser's URL. The item ID should be 579f97b2f3b94d4a8e48a5f140a6639b.

Add import statements

In MainScreen.kt, replace the import statements with the imports needed for this tutorial.

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@file:OptIn(ExperimentalMaterial3Api::class)

package com.example.app.screens

import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxSize
import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding
import androidx.compose.material3.ExperimentalMaterial3Api
import androidx.compose.material3.Scaffold
import androidx.compose.material3.Text
import androidx.compose.material3.TopAppBar
import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
import androidx.compose.ui.res.stringResource
import com.arcgismaps.mapping.ArcGISScene
import com.arcgismaps.mapping.PortalItem
import com.arcgismaps.portal.Portal
import com.arcgismaps.toolkit.geoviewcompose.SceneView
import com.example.app.R

Display the web scene

You can display a using the web scene's . Create a from the web scene portal , and display it in your app.

  1. Open the app > kotlin+java > com.example.app > MainActivity.kt. Delete the code inside createScene(). These lines come from the Display a scene tutorial and do not apply here.

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    fun createScene(): ArcGISScene {
    
        // add base surface for elevation data
        val elevationSource = ArcGISTiledElevationSource("https://elevation3d.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/WorldElevation3D/Terrain3D/ImageServer")
        val surface = Surface().apply {
            elevationSources.add(elevationSource)
            // add an exaggeration factor to increase the 3D effect of the elevation.
            elevationExaggeration = 2.5f
        }
    
        val cameraLocation = Point(
            x = -118.794,
            y = 33.909,
            z = 5330.0,
            spatialReference = SpatialReference.wgs84()
        )
    
        val camera = Camera(
            locationPoint = cameraLocation,
            heading = 355.0,
            pitch = 72.0,
            roll = 0.0
        )
    
        return ArcGISScene(BasemapStyle.ArcGISImagery).apply {
    
            baseSurface = surface
    
            initialViewpoint = Viewpoint(cameraLocation, camera)
    
        }
    
    }
  2. Inside the empty createScene(), create a new Portal referencing as the url parameter and Portal.Connection.Anonymous for the connection parameter.

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    fun createScene(): ArcGISScene {
    
        val portal = Portal(
            url = "https://www.arcgis.com",
            connection = Portal.Connection.Anonymous
        )
    
    }
  3. Next, create a Portal by passing the portal and the web scene's as parameters.

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    fun createScene(): ArcGISScene {
    
        val portal = Portal(
            url = "https://www.arcgis.com",
            connection = Portal.Connection.Anonymous
        )
    
        val portalItem = PortalItem(
            portal = portal,
            itemId = "579f97b2f3b94d4a8e48a5f140a6639b"
        )
    
    }
  4. Last, create an ArcGISScene using portalItem as the constructor parameter.

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    fun createScene(): ArcGISScene {
    
        val portal = Portal(
            url = "https://www.arcgis.com",
            connection = Portal.Connection.Anonymous
        )
    
        val portalItem = PortalItem(
            portal = portal,
            itemId = "579f97b2f3b94d4a8e48a5f140a6639b"
        )
    
        return ArcGISScene(portalItem)
    
    }
  5. Click Run > Run > app to run the app.

You should see a scene of trails, trailheads and parks in the Santa Monica Mountains. Drag, swipe, or pinch on the scene view to explore the scene.

If your app displays but the scene view is blank, you might need to adjust your emulator's settings.

What's Next?

Learn how to use additional API features, ArcGIS location services, and ArcGIS tools in these tutorials:

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