Our work with mobile ArcGIS Online and disconnected or offline mode continues. The most recent addition we made to the mobile app was attachments. Those clever people at Esri have integrated attachments – images, video, audio – into feature layers/services.

A very nice integration given mobile devices ability to capture photos, videos and audio. So we can use the camera on the mobile device for example, to take a picture of feature and attach that to what is stored in the ArcGIS service for that feature. Adding this functionality while in online mode we discussed in our last post. Doing the same while offline was a little more tricky. But after some late nights we managed to add offline attachments to the app.

The demo below shows this in action:

Very smooth indeed. So now attachments can be added in online and offline modes. We see that as a big deal; an important addition for those using the app. Contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information. (Source)