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Create symbol styles from a style file hosted on a portal.

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Use case

Style files hosted on an ArcGIS Online or Enterprise portal are known as web styles. They can be used to style symbols on a feature layer or graphic overlay. Since styles are published from ArcGIS Pro, you can author and design your own beautiful multilayer vector symbols. These vector symbols look good at any resolution and scale well. Runtime users can now access these styles from their native application, and make use of the vector symbols within them to enhance features and graphics in the map.

How to use the sample

The sample displays a map with a set of symbols that represent the categories of the features within the dataset. Pan and zoom on the map and view the legend to explore the appearance and names of the different symbols from the selected symbol style.

How it works

  1. Create a FeatureLayer and add it to the map.
  2. Create a UniqueValueRenderer and set it to the feature layer.
  3. Create a SymbolStyle from a portal by passing in the web style name and portal URL.
    • Note: passing null as the portal will default to arcgis.com.
  4. Search for symbols in the symbol style by name using symbolStyle.getSymbol(symbolName).
  5. Create a Symbol from the search result.
  6. Create UniqueValue objects for each symbol with defined values to map the symbol to features on the feature layer.
  7. Add each UniqueValue to the UniqueValueRenderer.

Relevant API

  • FeatureLayer
  • Symbol
  • SymbolStyle
  • UniqueValue
  • UniqueValueRenderer

About the data

The sample uses the ‘Esri2DPointSymbolsStyle’ Web Style.

The map shows features from the LA County Points of Interest service hosted on ArcGIS Online.

Additional information

2D web styles, dictionary web styles, and 3D web styles can all be hosted on an ArcGIS Online or Enterprise portal.

Tags

renderer, symbol, symbology, web style

Sample code

CreateSymbolStylesFromWebStylesViewModel.kt CreateSymbolStylesFromWebStylesViewModel.kt MainActivity.kt CreateSymbolStylesFromWebStylesScreen.kt
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package com.esri.arcgismaps.sample.createsymbolstylesfromwebstyles.components
import android.app.Application
import android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable
import androidx.lifecycle.AndroidViewModel
import androidx.lifecycle.viewModelScope
import com.arcgismaps.data.ServiceFeatureTable
import com.arcgismaps.mapping.ArcGISMap
import com.arcgismaps.mapping.BasemapStyle
import com.arcgismaps.mapping.Viewpoint
import com.arcgismaps.mapping.layers.FeatureLayer
import com.arcgismaps.mapping.symbology.SymbolStyle
import com.arcgismaps.mapping.symbology.UniqueValue
import com.arcgismaps.mapping.symbology.UniqueValueRenderer
import com.esri.arcgismaps.sample.sampleslib.components.MessageDialogViewModel
import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.asStateFlow
import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
class CreateSymbolStylesFromWebStylesViewModel(application: Application) : AndroidViewModel(application) {
// Create a unique value renderer
private val uniqueValueRenderer = UniqueValueRenderer().apply {
// Add the name of a field from the feature layer data that symbols will be mapped to
fieldNames.add("cat2")
}
// Create a feature layer from a service
private val featureLayer =
FeatureLayer.createWithFeatureTable(ServiceFeatureTable("http://services.arcgis.com/V6ZHFr6zdgNZuVG0/arcgis/rest/services/LA_County_Points_of_Interest/FeatureServer/0"))
.apply {
// Set the unique value renderer on the feature layer
renderer = uniqueValueRenderer
}
// Create a map with the light gray basemap style
val arcGISMap = ArcGISMap(BasemapStyle.ArcGISLightGray).apply {
// Set a viewpoint
initialViewpoint = Viewpoint(34.28301, -118.44186, 7000.0)
// Set a reference scale on the map for controlling symbol size
referenceScale = 100000.0
// Add the feature layer to the map's operational layers
operationalLayers.add(featureLayer)
}
// Create a symbol style from a web style. ArcGIS Online is used as the default portal when null is passed as the
// portal parameter
private val symbolStyle =
SymbolStyle.createWithStyleNameAndPortal(styleName = "Esri2DPointSymbolsStyle", portal = null)
// Create a list of the required symbol names in the web style
private val symbolNames = listOf(
"atm",
"beach",
"campground",
"city-hall",
"hospital",
"library",
"park",
"place-of-worship",
"police-station",
"post-office",
"school",
"trail"
)
// Create a flow to hold the symbol names and icons
private val _symbolNamesAndIconsFlow = MutableStateFlow<List<Pair<String, BitmapDrawable>>>(emptyList())
val symbolNamesAndIconsFlow = _symbolNamesAndIconsFlow.asStateFlow()
// Create a message dialog view model for handling error messages
val messageDialogVM = MessageDialogViewModel()
init {
// Load the symbols into a list
viewModelScope.launch {
arcGISMap.load().onFailure { error ->
messageDialogVM.showMessageDialog(
"Failed to load map", error.message.toString()
)
}
// Once map is loaded, create unique value symbols
_symbolNamesAndIconsFlow.value = createUniqueValueSymbols()
}
}
/**
* Only scale symbols if map scale greater than or equal to 80,000
*/
fun onMapScaleChanged(scale: Double) {
featureLayer.scaleSymbols = scale >= 80000
}
/**
* Create a series of unique values and add them to the unique value renderer. Also create a list of the symbol
* names and icons and return them as a list of pairs.
*/
private suspend fun createUniqueValueSymbols(): MutableList<Pair<String, BitmapDrawable>> {
// Create a list to hold the symbol names and icons
val symbolNamesAndIconsList = mutableListOf<Pair<String, BitmapDrawable>>()
symbolNames.forEach { symbolName ->
// Search for each symbol in the symbol style
symbolStyle.getSymbol(listOf(symbolName)).onSuccess { symbol ->
// Get a list of all categories to be mapped to the symbol
val categories = mapSymbolNameToField(symbolName)
categories.forEach { category ->
// Add each unique value category to the unique value renderer
uniqueValueRenderer.uniqueValues.add(
UniqueValue(
label = symbolName, symbol = symbol, values = listOf(category)
)
)
}
// Create a swatch from the symbol
symbol.createSwatch(
screenScale = 2.0f, width = 30.0f, height = 30.0f
).onSuccess { symbolBitmap ->
// Add the symbol name and symbol to the list
symbolNamesAndIconsList.add(Pair(symbolName, symbolBitmap))
}.onFailure {
messageDialogVM.showMessageDialog(
"Failed to create swatch for: $symbolName", it.message.toString()
)
}
}
}
// Sort the symbol name alphabetically
symbolNamesAndIconsList.sortBy { it.first }
// Update the flow with the new list
return symbolNamesAndIconsList
}
}
/**
* Returns a list of categories to be matched to a symbol name.
*/
private fun mapSymbolNameToField(symbolName: String): List<String> {
return mutableListOf<String>().apply {
when (symbolName) {
"atm" -> add("Banking and Finance")
"beach" -> add("Beaches and Marinas")
"campground" -> add("Campgrounds")
"city-hall" -> addAll(listOf("City Halls", "Government Offices"))
"hospital" -> addAll(
listOf(
"Hospitals and Medical Centers",
"Health Screening and Testing",
"Health Centers",
"Mental Health Centers"
)
)
"library" -> add("Libraries")
"park" -> add("Parks and Gardens")
"place-of-worship" -> add("Churches")
"police-station" -> add("Sheriff and Police Stations")
"post-office" -> addAll(listOf("DHL Locations", "Federal Express Locations"))
"school" -> addAll(
listOf(
"Public High Schools", "Public Elementary Schools", "Private and Charter Schools"
)
)
"trail" -> add("Trails")
}
}.toList()
}