Dear Android Owner,
I love your enthusiasm for Esri Apps on Android…this is great feedback for the App Team. I just want to assure you that we have not forgotten Android, it is very important to us. (I’m a diehard Android fan myself). We are well aware of Android’s mobile distribution and growing dominance. Ideally we would have released the Android and iOS version of Explorer at the same time, but we had a great number of people asking for Explorer on iOS and it did not make sense to hold back that release.
We are currently finishing up development on the Android version of Explorer for ArcGIS and it has come along nicely. (personally I can’t wait to get it out). Next week at the Esri Users Conference we will be showing Explorer for ArcGIS on Android at the Esri Apps area of the Product Showcase, users can see a demo of the app and try it out for themselves. We will also be demonstrating the app at the “ArcGIS Apps: The Road Ahead” session at UC. Right now we hope to have the Explorer on Android released in to the Play Store in the Fall, when it is released I think you will be pleased with the performance and native look and feel of the app.
-Chris
For more information on what is coming with Explorer see the sneak peak in the doc. http://doc.arcgis.com/en/explorer/#sneakPeek
