Version 8

This release includes a number of new features, as well quality improvements and bug fixes.

Please see below for the details of what is included in this release.

Major Enhancements

  • Custom themes
    Sweet users can now create custom Themes that will change the colours of the Client apps, to better match organisational branding. These Themes can be saved and shared across their ArcGIS Organisation.
  • Assignments workflow to take Sweet apps offline
    Apps can now be taken offline by assigning users areas and enabling them to collect data within set parameters. This is enabled through the support of assignment schema created by ArcGIS Workforce. 
  • Sweet for ArcGIS Offline ability to Pre-load and Side load custom basemaps
    Basemaps can now be sideloaded onto a device ahead of users synching data for offline use. Preloading basemaps is also supported and documented in our help. 
  • Updated User Interface for web and mobile applications
    The editing interface in both the browser and in the offline apps have been updated.
  • Migration to a new locking server
    The locking server that supports the use of multi-user editing has been updated. This is to make it more robust across different user cases and to offer an alternative deployment pattern for single machine Enterprise deployment. See our help for more details.
  • GPS and GNSS integration into the Sweet client and Offline applications.
    GPS and GNSS devices are now compatible across the Sweet Offline apps. Users can use these devices for geolocation and to add new features.
  • Migration to a new locking server
    The locking server that supports the use of multi-user editing has been updated. This is to make it more robust across different user cases and to offer an alternative deployment pattern for single machine Enterprise deployment.

Important Information

  • Sweet for ArcGIS
    Sweet for ArcGIS versions 4 both ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online is due to retire on 31st Dec 2021. Sweet for ArcGIS Online version 5 is also due to retire on 31st Dec 2021. Please make sure all apps are moved to a more current version before this date. Contact Esri UK Technical Support if you require assistance.
  • Bluetooth GPS is not supported on iOS devices.
    Integrated GPS/GNSS is supported, however we are working on supporting a wide range of external Bluetooth GPS/GNSS.
  • iOS Latest Version
    The compatible version of Sweet for ArcGIS on iOS is version 8.0. From Google Play the Android supported version is also version 8.0. If you cannot see this version in the store of your choice 14 days after the release, please contact Esri UK Technical Support.

Minor Enhancements

  • ENH-2480: Change form visibility when an action is running
  • ENH-8698: Offline Bridge connection to integrate the Offline apps with 3rd party software.
  • ENH-11509: Bluetooth GPS support added for Android devices.
  • ENH-11559: Spatial Display Filter
    Using custom commands spatial filters can be applied with the following command in Arcade:
return {
    command: "set-layer-geometry-display-filter",  
    layer: "<Layer Title>",  // can use "layerid": 
    <somename>  geometry: //geometry,  
    spatialRelationship: "intersects"
};

Bug Fixes

  • BUG-4651: Covered Topology rule not upheld when using the Reshape by Line tool.
    When users had a multi-layer Covered Topology rule set up for two polygons (one as the boundary polygon, and the other as the covering polygon), the reshape by line tool did not honour the covered principle, and users could create holes within their data.
  • BUG-8684: Error producing CIM symbol in Sweet
  • BUG-9004: Field cannot be added to a chart if the Field name is listed off screen.
  • BUG-9051: Shape_Area and Shape_Length don’t autofill until the application is refreshed
  • BUG-9130: Add environment to ApplicationProperty function
  • BUG-9513: $CaptureProperties global needs listing
  • BUG-9647: MIME type support in AWS
  • BUG-9674: External configuration file edit mechanism
  • BUG-9741: Dissolve Arcade function produces error when iterating through a featureset.
  • BUG-10069: Character encoding issue with Coordinate Display characters within ArcGIS Enterprise.
  • BUG-10525: Incorrect connectivity error from Arcade connectivity query with over 2000 features.
  • BUG-11423: Last point coordinates function returned two X coordinates instead of an X and Y.
  • BUG-12090: Improving client application response when digitising line features near pull out menus.
  • BUG-12096: Scrollbars on Panels made clearer for application users.
  • BUG-12241: applyEdits creates duplicates during the merge function within certain databases
  • BUG-12245: Making Measurement Services Available within the Offline Applications
  • BUG-12484: Reshaped measurement services not updating on the client map.