Latest Contributions by Nicholas-Furness

Just FYI for anyone else reading this, @youknowww and I have been chatting in a DM thread about some of his prototyping. We're always interested in hearing more about how you're using Vision Pro with Esri tech, so I encourage people to reply here or post in the Swift Maps SDK Questions forum if you have questions or just want to share what you're doing.

Hello @ValerioQuintarelli85. Thanks for the question. I'm afraid you've found some old documentation that slipped through the cracks. Per-layer selection color was deprecated in 2019 and has been removed. We will fix the doc, and I apologize for the inconvenience! The short version is that we have not supported different selection colors since 100.4. We found that it impacted performance and impaired our ability to deliver new features. You can read more about that in the Selection behaviour changes in Runtime 100.5" blog post from 2019. Again, sorry for giving you false hope and having you dig around the API for things that no longer exist! If your use case allows you to only select features from one layer at a time, you could dynamically change the overall selection color as the user selects features from each layer, but if you need to support two separate selection colors being displayed at the same time with features selected from multiple layers, the selection capabilities won't work for you. Let me know if that's the case, and a little more about the layer types (points? lines? polygons?), and I can try to come up with some suggestions.

The 300.0 release of the ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps is a significant milestone and has been a long time in the making. It introduces important new functionality including a completely new spatial analysis API, local scene support, and the building scene layer along with many many more enhancements. Lightning fast viewshed analysis and map algebra in the 300.0 Native Maps SDKs Available now via the package manager of your choice or via the Esri Developer site. Read the release announcement blog post for more details.

‎03-17-2026

I'm not familiar with the data formats that WinTAK uses, but from a quick search it seems that they might be using OGC GeoPackages (which are written as SQLite databases, and would make sense as an open format). So you could try the GeoPackage class in the Native Maps SDK, and take a look at this sample. Let us know how that works.

‎01-29-2026

The first LTS patch release for 200.8 is now available for .NET, Kotlin, Qt, and Swift Native Maps SDKs. 200.8.1 includes plenty of bug fixes and performance improvements, as well as 3rd party library updates. For more details, please see the SDK-specific Release Notes topics: ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET ArcGIS Maps SDK for Kotlin ArcGIS Maps SDK for Qt ArcGIS Maps SDK for Swift Get the update via the package manager for your chosen platform, or download from the Esri Developer site: ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET Downloads ArcGIS Maps SDK for Kotlin Downloads ArcGIS Maps SDK for Qt Downloads ArcGIS Maps SDK for Swift Downloads Note: Since ArcGIS Maps SDK for Flutter is still focusing on reaching parity, version 200.8 is not a long-term support release and there is no 200.8.1 release for the Flutter Maps SDK. See the 200.8 release blog post "What's next" section for more details.

‎12-22-2025

Hi @NathanMeade. I agree, that wording is a bit confusing. That reference to extending your deadline is left over from the 100.15.7 release notes, when Google's deadline was imminent. I'll work with the team to clarify the text. Rest assured that 100.15.8 includes the 16Kb page size fix.

‎12-17-2025

Hi @HansSchmidt, That's generally true, but it depends on what your app is doing. It sounds like you might be exploring areas that test the boundaries of that free license, but I can't tell without more information. The key consideration here is this: the expectation is that with a Lite license you will be using the SDKs with one of our foundational products (ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Location Platform, ArcGIS Enterprise, or ArcGIS Pro) in some way. This is expressed by item 62 of our E300 product-specific terms of use: "Value-Added Applications must be used in conjunction with other Esri Products." In the case of ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Location Platform, you're consuming paid services. Or your might be using ArcGIS Pro to create mobile map packages or network datasets for offline use, etc. etc. You can determine the product-specific terms in that document which apply to Flutter at Lite under the Developer Products section: To provide a more concrete answer, I'd have to understand how you will be using the SDK. I'm happy to discuss. Feel free to DM me if you prefer. Hope that helps.

‎11-05-2025

Hi @KokiSHIOHARA. An Esri Support KB Article has now been published.

‎11-04-2025

One thing I would add: the ArcGIS Runtime SDK for iOS is now in Mature Support. You should really consider migrating to the ArcGIS Maps SDK for Swift if at all possible.

‎11-04-2025

Just to build on @dotMorten_esri's answer: In order to open and read shapefiles, you will need a Standard level deployment license or higher (see the table in the License level and capabilities page). You can get a Standard license either through a license string as Morten mentioned (you'll need to purchase a Deployment License Pack from Esri or your local distributor if not in the US) or you can use an ArcGIS account of appropriate user type. See this page to learn more about which ArcGIS accounts enable which license levels (but to summarize Creator, Professional, or Professional Plus user types would grant you Standard or above). Note: you don't need a license for development and testing (simply don't apply a license and all capabilities will be enabled) but you must license your app before deploying to production.

‎11-04-2025

Hello. Thanks for the question. To clarify: Routing is the process of getting a turn-by-turn route solution between points, and navigation is the process of following that route interactively, considering the user's location, potentially with voice-guidance and/or re-routing. Both the ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript and the ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps support turn-by-turn routing. Only the Native Maps SDKs support navigation (through the RouteTracker API). The RouteTracker API is available in the .NET, Flutter, Kotlin, Qt, and Swift Maps SDKs (the Flutter Maps SDK does not yet have conceptual guide doc, but you can explore the samples here and here, and the API reference here). Interactive location tracking and navigation is not typically a browser-based experience, so the JavaScript Maps SDK does not have an equivalent. If you are looking to build a React-Native type of experience around one of our Native SDKs, you would have to build the bindings yourself. You might also try asking in JavaScript Maps SDK Questions. Hope this helps.

‎11-01-2025

Hi @ZhouYi. Glad that solution works. With respect to your questions: 1) Yes, many developers make use of API Keys and the Location Platform basemap services (and so use this constructor). It's a popular way to enable access to our high quality up-to-date basemaps (and other location services) for apps where the app users do not sign in with an ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise account. 2) Since 2022, many developers have been required to use our modern, metered basemap services through Location Platform. You can learn more about this requirement and our full terms of use here. In short (though please read that page for full details): if your application does not require your users to sign in with their ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise account, then this most likely applies to you. In that case, API Keys are the appropriate way to access those basemaps. Bear in mind that you get a generous free basemap allowance. If you are building an application for ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise users where those users will sign into the app with their ArcGIS account, then you might not need to use API Keys. In that case your app can enable basemap access for those users by allowing them to sign in with their ArcGIS account.

‎10-29-2025

Hi. That constructor is marked as deprecated. You should use this instead, and set the Map's initialViewpoint or the MapView's viewpoint (see this tutorial). You'll need to convert your zoom level 5 to a scale value (see this tool). Please let us know if you still see the issue with that constructor.

‎10-17-2025

This blog post details our plans for modernizing and streamlining the ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET at our next major release (300.0), coming in Q2 2026. This will allow us to deliver performance improvements, to better support modern .NET development patterns, and align us more closely with Microsoft’s developer roadmap. With that in mind, the following technologies are deprecated in ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET 200.8: .NET Framework .NET Standard UWP x86 support on Windows (win-x86) This means that the last version of ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET to support these technologies is 200.8 (including all 200.8.x long-term support patch releases). ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET 300.0 and later will not support them. [Update] You can find the Esri Technical Support Article for this deprecation here. If you haven't already done so then you will need to address the following before you can upgrade to ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET 300.0: If you're still building with .NET Framework, you should update your projects to use .NET 9 or later. If you're using UWP to build Windows apps, you should migrate to WinUI. If you're building 32-bit Windows apps, you should update these apps to 64-bit. It’s important to reiterate that the 200.8 long-term support release of the ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET will continue to support these deprecated technologies until its retirement in 2030, giving you plenty of time to update your projects if you’re not quite ready to do so now. However, in general the barriers to updating your projects are low, and we encourage you to migrate your projects away from these technologies. Some of you may have previously assessed moving from .NET Framework to .NET, or to upgrade your 32-bit x86 Windows projects to 64-bit, but found at the time that your project dependencies might not support that move. A lot has changed in the last few years, so if you haven’t re-assessed that lately, we encourage you to take another look. There are many great resources available that cover these migrations. Here are some handy links: Esri Developer Summit 2023: Maps SDK for .NET Building Apps Esri Developer Summit 2022: Maps SDK for .NET Building Apps Pt 2 Microsoft documentation: Porting from .NET Framework to .NET Analyze before porting Upgrade WPF to .NET 8 Migrate from UWP to Windows App SDK (WinUI) If you're still on the fence about updating from .NET Framework to .NET, now is a great time to get that done using the current 200.8 SDK.

‎10-14-2025

A Lite license is all you'll need (it's free). While you're developing you typically don't use a license, and you see the "Licensed for developer use only" watermark on your map. When it comes time to deploy, you need to use a license. You can learn more here: https://developers.arcgis.com/net/license-and-deployment/

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Latest Contributions by Nicholas-Furness

Re: Spatial Share Testers on Vision Pro

Re: Change Selection FeatureLayer Color Kotlin 200.8.1

Introducing ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps 300.0

Re: SQLite Database Ingest

200.8.1 LTS patch for ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps is now available

Re: Announcing ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Android 100.15.7 with 16KB page size support

Re: Distribution with Lite license

Re: Deprecation notice: .NET Framework, UWP, and x86 Windows support in ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET

Re: Always error and white screen when using the Vector base map on 'ProMax' iPhone.

Re: Is it possible to use .NET Maps SDK without an API key?

Re: ESRI SDK Question

Re: Always error and white screen when using the Vector base map on 'ProMax' iPhone.

Re: Always error and white screen when using the Vector base map on 'ProMax' iPhone.

Deprecation notice: .NET Framework, UWP, and x86 Windows support in ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET

Re: WPF - Adding markers to Operational Layers using data from database rather than service

Re: Spatial Share Testers on Vision Pro

Introducing ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps 300.0

200.8.1 LTS patch for ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native ...

Re: Distribution with Lite license

Re: Deprecation notice: .NET Framework, UWP, and x...