Display a web map

Learn how to create and display a map from a web map stored in ArcGIS.

display a web map

A web map contains the definition of a map, including properties such as the basemap, initial extent, layers, styles, pop-ups, and labels. You can author and save web maps using the Map Viewer or ArcGIS Pro and share them in ArcGIS. Each web map is stored as an item in ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise, allowing you to access a web map from a portal using its item ID and display it in your app.

In this tutorial, you use a web map's item ID to display a map of

trails, trailheads and parks in the Santa Monica Mountains

. The web map is hosted in ArcGIS Online.

Prerequisites

Before starting this tutorial:

  1. You need an ArcGIS Location Platform or ArcGIS Online account.

  2. Confirm that your system meets the system requirements.

  3. An IDE for Android development in Kotlin.

Steps

Open an Android Studio project

  1. To start this tutorial, complete the Display a map tutorial. Or download and unzip the Display a map solution in a new folder.

  2. Modify the old project for use in this new tutorial. Expand More info for instructions.

  3. If you downloaded the solution, get an access token and set the API key.

Get the web map item ID

You can use ArcGIS tools to create and view web maps. Use the Map Viewer to identify the web map item ID. This item ID will be used later in the tutorial.

  1. Go to the LA Trails and Parks web map in the Map Viewer in ArcGIS Online. This web map displays

    trails, trailheads and parks in the Santa Monica Mountains

    .
  2. Make a note of the item ID at the end of the browser's URL. The item ID should be

    41281c51f9de45edaf1c8ed44bb10e30

    .

Add import statements

  1. Replace app-specific import statements with the imports needed for this tutorial.

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    package com.example.app
    
    import android.os.Bundle
    import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
    
    import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment
    import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISMap
    import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.MapView
    import com.esri.arcgisruntime.portal.Portal
    import com.esri.arcgisruntime.portal.PortalItem
    
    import com.example.app.databinding.ActivityMainBinding
    

Display the web map

You can create a map from a web map using the web map's item ID. Use the PortalItem class to access the web map, and the ArcGISMap class to create and display a map from it.

  1. Delete the code inside the setupMap method. These lines come from the Display a map tutorial and do not apply here.

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        // set up your map here. You will call this method from onCreate()
        private fun setupMap() {
    
            // create a map with the BasemapStyle streets
            val map = ArcGISMap(BasemapStyle.ARCGIS_TOPOGRAPHIC)
    
            // set the map to be displayed in the layout's MapView
            mapView.map = map
    
            // set the viewpoint, Viewpoint(latitude, longitude, scale)
            mapView.setViewpoint(Viewpoint(34.0270, -118.8050, 72000.0))
    
        }
    
  2. Create a new Portal referencing ArcGIS Online as the portalUrl parameter and false for the loginRequired parameter.

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        // set up your map here. You will call this method from onCreate()
        private fun setupMap(){
    
            val portal = Portal("https://www.arcgis.com", false)
    
        }
    
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  3. Create a PortalItem for the web map, by passing the portal and the web map's item ID as parameters.

  4. Create an ArcGISMap using the portalItem as the constructor parameter.

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            val portal = Portal("https://www.arcgis.com", false)
    
            val itemId = "41281c51f9de45edaf1c8ed44bb10e30"
            val portalItem = PortalItem(portal, itemId)
            val map = ArcGISMap(portalItem)
    
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  5. Set the map property of mapView to the ArcGISMap you just created.

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        // set up your map here. You will call this method from onCreate()
        private fun setupMap(){
    
            val portal = Portal("https://www.arcgis.com", false)
    
            val itemId = "41281c51f9de45edaf1c8ed44bb10e30"
            val portalItem = PortalItem(portal, itemId)
            val map = ArcGISMap(portalItem)
    
            mapView.map = map
    
        }
    
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  6. Click Run > Run > app to run the app.

You should see a map of

trails, trailheads and parks in the Santa Monica Mountains

. Drag, swipe, or pinch on the map view to explore the map.

What's next?

Learn how to use additional API features, ArcGIS location services, and ArcGIS tools in these tutorials:

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