ESRI mobile applications enable field-based personnel to capture, store, update, manipulate, analyze, and display geographic information.
Consider using rich client applications if:
- Your users depend on handheld devices.
- Your user requirements can be addressed by a simple UI that is suitable for use on small screens.
- Your application must support offline or occasionally connected scenarios; mobile rich clients may be utilized if additional functionality is required.
- Your application must be device-independent and can depend on network connectivity; mobile Web clients may be used