Not the primary topic of this discussion but
seewhy:
The other useful thing would be the possibility of downloading mbtiles directly from a Central server (maybe this is a different feature request) - if there were a function to upload mbtile as 'media' with a form definition, and for ODK Collect to download and transfer that to the appropriate folder, that would be a great step forward too
This would really be very useful in order to propagate forms on lot of phones, belonging to non informatics friendly users
1. What is the general goal of the feature?
Yesterday I had to share a notice with new ODK user.
And I realize that that the explanation about where to put mbtiles in order to use it in the form is not so complicated for us but not so "basic user" friendly.
I thougt a button in the map entry of Collect settings menu, to select the mbtiles on the phone to automatically copy it into the right folder to get it work with my forms.
2. What are some example use cases for this feature?
This could …
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, without having to manually put the layers at the right place on each phone. Layers could by downloaded from anywhere, not only from central.