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What's new in QuickCapture

Features are added to QuickCapture progressively. Those features are listed here by release.

Version 1.8.93 December 2020

Mobile app

  • Sign in to ArcGIS Enterprise 10.7 and 10.7.1 is now working.

Version 1.8.92 December 2020

Mobile app

  • Stability and performance improvements affect camera, data capture, data upload, and map display.
  • The app automatically calculates the magnetic declination for use in device variables and photo EXIF.
  • Webhooks are now additionally invoked when line and polygon features are submitted.
  • Link buttons can now pass the location to a survey geopoint question.
  • You can use photo location to update the geometry of the captured record.
  • A free text option was added to project user input choice lists.
  • New device variables horizontal field of view (hfov), vertical field of view (vfov), and magnetic declination are supported.

Website

  • An option was added to enable oriented imagery for projects (BETA).
  • Templates now include related items such as feature layer views, web maps, and dashboards.
  • Configure link buttons to pass the location to a survey geopoint question.
  • Configure buttons to use the photo location to update the location of the captured record.
  • Configure the free text option for project user input choice lists.
  • Assign vertical and horizontal field of view (hfov), vertical field of view (vfov), and magnetic declination variables to fields.
  • Configure label size of buttons in designer.
  • Configure project download links to force the user to sign into the app using an external browser.

Version 1.7.56 September 2020

Mobile app

  • New device variables have been added, including geometry lengths and areas, coordinate formats, photo location, and direction.
  • EXIF metadata is now saved in captured photos.
  • Support has been added for link buttons, bigger buttons, and locked groups of buttons.
  • Support has been added for choice lists as a project user input.
  • Based on the functionality used in a project, a minimum required version of the app may be enforced.
  • Sign in workflow when an AppConfig portalURL is used has been updated.

Website

  • Add and configure link buttons in projects.
  • Configure choice lists as a project user input.
  • Additional button sizes—x large and xx large—have been added.
  • Lock a group so that it is not collapsible.
  • Based on included functionality, a minimum required version of the mobile app will be set when saving a project.
  • Enhance the project preview experience with more elements available in the preview screen.

Version 1.6.85 July 2020

Mobile app

  • Peer-to-peer project sharing has been added.
  • Use the default basemap of your ArcGIS organization.
  • Trigger update notifications for projects by dragging and releasing the workspace page.
  • Map recenters on the user's location after 6 seconds when manually panning while in either recenter or navigation mode.
  • Record and play back an NMEA log so that you can demonstrate your project anywhere.
  • Camera flash is now working.
  • App is now available in Microsoft Store.

Website

  • Automatically share associated layers and maps when sharing a project.
  • Collaborative design of projects.
  • Use a group to configure which templates are available for your organization.
  • Disable the ability to update the location of a point.
  • Create folders when creating a project.

Version 1.5.49 May 2020

Mobile app

  • Improved launch and sharing of projects with app links.
  • Sign in with PKI authentication added.
  • Change unit setting used by the app.
  • Support for webhooks added.

Website

  • Errors and warnings now presented to the project author when saving and sharing a project.
  • Create a new project from projects shared with you or templates.
  • Ability to configure webhook added.
  • Improved app links created for launching and sharing of projects.
  • QuickCapture connector added to Integromat.

Version 1.4.104 February 2020

Mobile app

  • Split screen to view buttons and map side by side.
  • Map can now always be viewed, even when data has been sent.
  • Autopan mode added to the map to keep centered on the user's location.
  • Ability to predefine a portalURL using (MDM) AppConfig.
  • Reduced size of iOS installation file.
  • Records are now sent in batches instead of individually, making sending faster.

Website

  • Choose Save project as to duplicate an existing project.
  • Online and offline maps can be configured in the designer.
  • Enable and preview split screen.
  • When you create a new project from existing feature layers, buttons are now created using layer symbology instead of feature templates.
  • iPhone 11 layouts have been added for device preview.

Version 1.3.114 December 2019

Mobile app

  • Use custom web maps with secured services as your project map.
  • Use offline maps as your project map (downloaded from ArcGIS Online only).
  • Use projects shared publicly.
  • Typed portal URLs are now remembered.
  • Improvements to the uploading of streaming points.
  • Landscape images are now correctly rotated on iOS.

Website

  • Photo capture can be set as optional.
  • Required and recommended accuracy thresholds can be defined.
  • Configure capture of streaming points.
  • Configure capture of user input for the project or for individual buttons.
  • Share projects publicly with ArcGIS Hub Premium.
  • Automatically map device variables to fields with expected field names.
  • Improved project validation to help avoid submission errors in the app.
  • Web designer is now installed with ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8 (includes snapshot of documentation for offline viewing).

Version 1.2.114 October 2019

Mobile app

  • Use a custom web map as your project map.
  • Enter a user input after tapping a button to capture data.
  • Immediate upload of data is now available.
  • Improved location capture on Android devices using the internal location sensor.
  • Ability to launch a QuickCapture project from a link or by scanning a QR code.
  • Photos can now be optional.
  • Enforced minimum accuracy for capture.
  • Battery consumption improvements.

Website

  • Manage layers used by the project and set defaults for each field.
  • Edit the project thumbnail, title, data recovery email, summary, description, and terms of use.
  • Prevent multiple line or polygon buttons for capturing data at the same time by placing buttons in exclusivity groups.
  • Generate links and QR codes to use for sharing projects with others.
  • Duplicate and delete buttons.
  • Drag new buttons and groups.
  • The web designer is now translated. See Supported languages.

Version 1.1.50 July 2019

Mobile app

  • The mobile app is now translated. See Supported languages.
  • Closing a project now provides the option to end all active line and polygon captures.
  • Scan a bar code to populate the ArcGIS Enterprise URL in the mobile app.

Website

  • The data source for buttons can now be changed. This is limited to layers that were defined when the project was created.
  • Creation of new groups and adding new or duplicate buttons is now supported.
  • Improved drag-and-drop experience for buttons and groups.

Version 1.0.301 June 2019

  • The QuickCapture mobile app is released to Google Play and the App Store. The Windows and Android apps are also available for download from the QuickCapture Resources page.
  • The QuickCapture designer is available as a technical preview. To provide feedback and follow the progress of the updates to the designer, visit the Early Adopter Community website.