Adding Esri maps to Windows devices

To use Esri maps on Windows devices, you add the map file to the Technician and Inspector apps.

Before you begin

Create the maps that you need to add to the Technician app or the Inspector app.

Enable the map view on the Windows device by updating the app.xml file to specify the name of the map and how to access the map file.

About this task

Due to security restrictions, the map file must be located in the project folder, which is hidden by default. You must configure the Windows folder visualization to show hidden folders and files.

1. Identify which file is the project folder by obtaining the hash key of the app that is available in the package.appxmanifest file in the app/windows8/native folder. This hash key is located in the Identity Name tag.

For example, the manifest file is MaximoAnywhere/apps/WorkExecution/windows8/native/package.appxmanifest. The Identity Name value is com.ibm.maximo.anywhere.workexecution_h35559jr9hy9m. Therefore, the complete path where the map file must be copied to is C:/Users/DEVICE_USER/AppData/Local/Packages/a02b50fe-bb55-4be5-8bd9-6c2f93cef175/LocalState/basemaps.

If the basemaps folder does not exist in your environment, you must create one for the map file.

2. Build and deploy the app.