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Developing Mobile Web ArcGIS Applications
Table of Contents
Developing Mobile Web ArcGIS Applications
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example code
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Introduction to Mobile Web ArcGIS Development
Screen size
Interacting with mobile applications
From clickable to tappable
New data input and collection methods
Providing interaction feedback
Designing for mobile
Simplicity and intuition
Layout
Orientation
Styling
Mobile targeted functionality
Focused mobile applications
Target audience GIS versus non-GIS users
Fast responding mobile applications
Working with mobile browsers
Web, native, and hybrid mobile applications
Mobile frameworks, toolkits, and libraries
Bootstrap
PhoneGap
Summary
2. Understanding Mobile Frameworks and APIs
Esri ArcGIS JavaScript API
Dojo and jQuery mobile
Dojo
Dojo Widgets and Plugins
jQuery Mobile
Dojo and Esri's ArcGIS API for JavaScript
Bootstrap and Responsive design
The Geolocation API
Summary
3. Building Your First Mobile ArcGIS Application
Development and coding review
JavaScript development tools
WebKit and browsers
Web server setup
The ArcGIS API for JavaScript API
ArcGIS map layers
Listening for map events
JavaScript Geolocation API
Summary
4. Advancing the Basic Mobile ArcGIS Application
Getting started
Adding popular tools
Feature popups
Adding a legend
Finding features
Address search
Summary
5. Providing Cross-device Support with Responsive Design
Approaches to cross-device support
The magic of style sheets
Responsive design using Bootstrap
Adding responsive page elements
Responsive tools
Summary
6. Integration with ArcGIS Online
Introduction
ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Online
ArcGIS Online basics
Named Users and Groups
Webmaps
OAuth authentication
Building an ArcGIS Online mobile application
Summary
7. Developing Hybrid ArcGIS Mobile Applications with PhoneGap
Introducing PhoneGap
PhoneGap setup
Test Build
Generating an Android certificate
Developing hybrid ArcGIS mobile applications
Additional code examples
Plugins
PhoneGap Build
Summary
Index
Developing Mobile Web ArcGIS Applications
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First published: February 2015
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Credits
Author
Matthew Sheehan
Reviewers
Mark Cederholm
Andy Gup
Antti Kajanus
Noah Sager
Commissioning Editor
Kartikey Pandey
Acquisition Editor
Rebecca Youé
Content Development Editor
Siddhesh Salvi
Technical Editor
Vivek Pala
Copy Editor
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Project Coordinator
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Proofreaders
Lawrence A. Herman
Paul Hindle
Kevin McGowan
Indexer
Rekha Nair
Production Coordinator
Nilesh R. Mohite
Cover Work
Nilesh R. Mohite
About the Author
Matthew Sheehan is the founder and principal of WebMapSolutions (http://www.webmapsolutions.com/). He has over 20 years of experience working with both Esri and open source GIS technologies. Much of his current focus is on helping to expand the understanding and use of GIS. Using web technology, he is working with his technical team to build flexible ArcGIS solutions that can be integrated with existing enterprise systems. Disconnected use of GIS in the browser is a key part of this work.
Matthew has a bachelor's degree in geography from University of London and a master's degree in Applied GIS from the University of Utah.
About the Reviewers
Mark Cederholm, GISP, has over 20 years of experience in developing GIS applications using various Esri technologies, from Arc/Info AML to ArcObjects to ArcGIS Runtime and Web SDKs. He lives in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Andy Gup is a developer evangelist with Esri who focuses on building Mobile web and native Android map applications. He works on everything from small websites to enterprise systems, and he is also involved in a number of open source projects. You can check out his blog at http://www.andygup.net or reach him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/agup.
Antti Kajanus is a Finnish programmer who is very interested in mobile development and focuses on .NET client technologies. For the last 4 years, he has been creating customer solutions that are based on ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Online. For the first 3 years, he was working as a software architect at Esri, Finland and after that he joined Esri's ArcGIS Runtime for the .NET development team. Currently, he lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.
He is an active presenter and loves to talk about ArcGIS application development and development practices. He's also a familiar face at Esri's Developer Summit conferences. If he's not building awesome GIS technology or applications, you can most likely find him roaming the Scottish mountains.