Mobile Layer
- URL:http:// <mobileservice-url>/<layerId>
- Version Introduced:10.0
Description

This operation is intended to be used by Mobile SDK only.
The mobile layer resource represents a single layer in a mobile service published by ArcGIS Server. It provides basic information about the layer such as its ID, name, type, geometry type, fields, extent, data type, etc.
Resource Hierarchy
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Request Parameters
Parameter |
Details |
---|---|
f |
Description: The response format. The default response format is html. Values: html | json |
JSON Response Syntax
{
"id": <layerId>,
"name": "<layerName>",
"type": "<layerType>",
"description": "<description>",
"geometryType": "<geometryType>",
"minScale": <minScale>,
"maxScale": <maxScale>,
"extent": <envelope>,
"dataType": "<dataType>",
"featureDatasetName": "<featureDatasetName>",
"featureClassName": "<featureClassName>",
"displayField": "<displayField>",
"fields": [
{ "name": "<fieldName1>", "type": "<fieldType1>", "alias": "<fieldAlias1>" },
{ "name": "<fieldName2>", "type": "<fieldType2>", "alias": "<fieldAlias2>" }
]
}
{
"error" : {
"code" : <code>,
"message" : "<message>",
"details" : [
"<details>"
]
}
}
JSON Response Example
{
"id": 0,
"name": "wind",
"type": "Feature Layer",
"description": "",
"geometryType": "esriGeometryPoint",
"minScale": 0,
"maxScale": 0,
"extent": {
"xmin": -84.44, "ymin": 36.82, "xmax": -69.30, "ymax": 44.34,
"spatialReference": {"wkid": 104000}
},
"dataType": "SDE Feature Class",
"featureDatasetName": "servertest.MAP.JAVASAMPLE_USA",
"featureClassName": "servertest.MAP.wind",
"displayField": "ID",
"fields": [
{ "name": "ID", "type": "esriFieldTypeInteger", "alias": null },
{ "name": "VELOCITY", "type": "esriFieldTypeInteger", "alias": null },
{ "name": "DIRECTION", "type": "esriFieldTypeInteger", "alias": null },
{ "name": "OBJECTID", "type": "esriFieldTypeOID", "alias": "OBJECTID" }
]
}
{"url" : "http://atlantic:6080/arcgis/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/_ags_mobile_588be132a8b94241b79047077731d02f.db"}
{
"error" : {
"code" : -2147024809,
"message" : "Unable to complete operation.",
"details" : [
"Failed to parse required parameter (version)."
]
}
}