ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.12 and 3.29

[Noah-Sager]

Today, we are pleased to release versions 4.12 and 3.29 of the ArcGIS API for JavaScript. Here are some of the 4.12 highlights (please refer to the 3.29 link at the end for 3.x updates).

The Stats

We added 42 new classes, 11 new widgets, and fixed 34 bugs. Also, 93% of the codebase is now written in TypeScript.

Time

Time is a key component of this release. We added a TimeInterval class to describe a length of time in different temporal units, a TimeSlider widget to simplify time manipulation in your application, and a timeExtent property in 2D MapViews and 3D SceneViews to easily update all time aware layers.

https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/guide/release-notes/#time

Performance

Loading, rendering, fetching, drawing, all these verbal nouns saw significant improvements with this release. Parallelization of requests. Tile processing optimizations. We’re talking revamped tessellators folks. Who wouldn’t want the new I3S specification version 1.7 to make your scene layers load 2x faster? Or how about pure client-side queries in 3D that don't require a round-trip to the server?

https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/guide/release-notes/#performance-improvements

Modernization

We take major strides to modernize our API at every release. This modernization allows our API to play nicer with others (e.g. other frameworks, native browser methods, and 3rd party APIs). This time around we made the BeforeInterceptorCallback function asynchronous, so it can now also return a promise. In fact, most asynchronous methods in the API now support an optional abort signal parameter, so they can be canceled and return a promise that will be rejected with an error. Lastly, there is a new has flag available to enable native JavaScript promises. Look out for an upcoming blog post to discuss this further.

https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/guide/release-notes/#api-modernization

Sliders

Note: we’re talking widgets, not small hamburgers. We added a slew of new slider widgets to help you interact with any kind of user input involving numbers or a range of values. You already met the TimeSlider, but we have several more Slider widgets that might interest you, including a base Slider widget, which is a great starting point if you want to make your own customized slider experience.

https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/guide/release-notes/#new-widgets

And More...

There’s so much more to cover. Realistic water rendering with the new WaterSymbol3DLayer. New 2D WebStyleSymbols (used to be only available in 3D)! Scale-dependent visualizations for smart mapping. Even better labeling options and behaviors??

It’s been a great release, and we are excited to share it with you. If we don’t see you at the UC in San Diego next week, please feel free to let us know how we’re doing via email/GeoNet/social media. Couple more links to share:

Release Blog

https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/js-api-arcgis/announcements/whats-new-in-arcgis-api-for-ja...

Video: What's new with the ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7LPAQx8IBg

4.12 Release Notes

https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/guide/release-notes/

4.12 Samples

https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/sample-code/?search=4.12

3.29 What’s New

https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/3/jshelp/whats_new.html

[DavidWilson3]

Hi Noah,

I love the new additions and updates with sliders and time, I can see these being very helpful in future applications of mine. I do however wish to know if you can tell me anything about when the FeatureTable widget will finally be available in 4.x, I have been patiently waiting for this functionality and would appreciate any words on the progress of it. 

[Noah-Sager]

Hi David,

Thanks for the comments and your patience. The FeatureTable widget is in active development, and we anticipate it's release later this year. I'll make a note to update this thread when I have more news to share.

[JoelBennett]

These new versions are not listed on the downloads page.  Will they be available there in the near future?

[DavidWilson3]

I am sure they will update that page very soon, in the meantime I have just been using the CDN in my code.

[Noah-Sager]

Yes, we will update the downloads page, probably in 1-2 weeks. We apologize for the inconvenience. 

[Anonymous User]

Great to hear focus on performance. I liked the puns.  

[ntpciland]

There are already many people who have returned Update to 4.12 will result in a serious graphic error.
Anything about graphic(Widgets , query results , or just add graphic)... not work.

Not all devices will have this problem, there are usually two possibilities:
(1) Devices cannot use sceneview: (maybe caused by webgl?), those Devices graphic not work in mapview.(almost 100%)
(2) Devices can use sceneview: those Devices graphic maybe not work in mapview...,but it work in sceneview(Very surprised)
I have four web sites use API 4.12 , The total number of users per day is approximately 4000~5000.
I received many user complaints(more and more...) when i update from 4.11 to 4.12...

can anyone help me?
please don't tell me you will fix it at 4.13...(I have to re-adjusting the relevant code to 4.11..)

That will delay too long... Orz