CreateFeatureLayer(Item,ILayerContainerEdit,LayerPosition,String,RendererDefinition) Method

Overloaded. Creates a new Feature Layer instance using the specified Item and adds that to a container such as a map or group layer. Optionally you can provide a name and rendererDefinition to override the default display name and renderer respectively. This method must be called on the MCT. Use QueuedTask.Run

Syntax

C#
Visual Basic (Declaration)

public FeatureLayer CreateFeatureLayer( 
   Item item,
   ILayerContainerEdit mapOrGroupLayer,
   LayerPosition position,
   string layerName,
   RendererDefinition rendererDefinition
)

Public Overloads Function CreateFeatureLayer( _
   ByVal item As Item, _
   ByVal mapOrGroupLayer As ILayerContainerEdit, _
   Optional ByVal position As LayerPosition, _
   Optional ByVal layerName As String, _
   Optional ByVal rendererDefinition As RendererDefinition _
) As FeatureLayer

Parameters

item: An ArcGIS.Desktop.Core.Item
mapOrGroupLayer: A map or group layer instance to which the Feature Layer will be added
position: LayerPosition specifies whether the Feature Layer should be auto positioned or be on the top or at the bottom
layerName: (optional) It not provided, the default display name gets used e.g. the dataset name or alias. (default value = "")
rendererDefinition: (optional) Provide a RendererDefinition to create a FeatureLayer with your custom renderer instead of the default renderer that gets generated automatically. (default value = null)

Return Value

FeatureLayer

Exceptions

Exception	Description
ArcGIS.Core.CalledOnWrongThreadException	This method or property must be called within the lambda passed to QueuedTask.Run.

Remarks

You should always check using LayerFactory.Instance.CanCreateLayerFrom() method before passing an item to this method.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1

Reference

LayerFactory Class
LayerFactory Members
Overload List