Access offline edits from ArcGIS Field Maps directly from an iOS or Android device

Summary

ArcGIS Field Maps stores offline replicas in an SQLite database or runtime geodatabase (as .geodatabase files) before they are synchronized to the feature service. In the event the offline edits cannot be synchronized, the locally stored edits are extracted from the mobile device and converted to a file geodatabase. The instructions provided describe the steps to do this in ArcGIS Field Maps on iOS and Android operating systems, and how to work with or convert the recovered data in ArcGIS Pro.

Procedure

Recover the runtime geodatabase from the mobile device

1. Recover the runtime geodatabase from the iOS device. 

Note:
Files can be extracted from an iOS device in different ways. For instance, files can be shared from the Files app to iCloud and then downloaded from iCloud. This article describes the workflow of extracting files using iTunes.

1. 1. Ensure iTunes is installed on the computer.
   2. Connect the iOS device to the computer and launch iTunes.
   3. Click on the device icon once the device is successfully connected to iTunes.
   4. Select File Sharing in the left pane.
   5. Select Field Maps in the Apps column, as shown in the image below
   6. Select the runtime geodatabase folder and click Save.
   7. Select a location to save the folder.

2. Recover the runtime geodatabase from the Android device.
3. 1. Connect the Android device to the PC.
   2. Browse to the ArcGIS Field Maps folder.
      For example:

<Name of phone>\Internal shared storage\Android\data\com.esri.fieldmaps\files\<username>\mapareas

1. 3. Copy the entire folder containing the .geodatabase file from the device and paste it on the local machine. Ensure the .geodatabase file is inside the folder first, as shown in the image below.

Note:
If unable to browse files using the Android device, install a file explorer application to access the data.

Sync the offline edits of the runtime geodatabase in ArcGIS Pro

1. 1. Launch ArcGIS Pro and log in to ArcGIS Online with the same credentials used in ArcGIS Field Maps.
   2. In the Catalog pane, on the Project tab, click Folders to add a folder connection to the runtime geodatabase folder. Refer to ArcGIS Pro: Connect to a folder for instructions.
   3. Right-click the feature class and click Add To New > Map, as shown in the next image.

4. On the ribbon, click the Map tab, and click Sync in the Offline group, shown in the next image. The Sync tool must be active when a valid offline dataset is added to the map contents.

Alternatively, use the following steps to convert the runtime geodatabase or mobile geodatabase to a file geodatabase using the Mobile Geodatabase To File Geodatabase tool in ArcGIS Pro.

1. Launch ArcGIS Pro and open a project.
2. In the Geoprocessing pane, search for the Mobile Geodatabase To File Geodatabase tool. Refer to ArcGIS Pro: Run a tool in the Geoprocessing pane for the steps to do this.
3. In the Mobile Geodatabase To File Geodatabase pane, configure the Parameters tab as follows, and as shown in the next image:
   1. For Input Mobile Geodatabase, click Browse  to browse and select the mobile geodatabase file.
   2. For Output File Geodatabase, click Browse  to specify the location of the output geodatabase file.
   3. Click Run.

The image below shows the mobile geodatabase converted to the file geodatabase in ArcGIS Pro.