Install and set up

Before installing the API, make sure your development machine meets the system requirements.

An app built with ArcGIS Runtime API for Java requires the following dependencies:

  • The arcgis-java jar
  • ArcGIS Runtime jniLibs, resources, and required libraries
  • OpenJFX 11 or OpenJFX 17 modules

There are three ways to get set up with the API:

  • Gradle
  • Maven
  • Downloaded .zip file

Additional downloads

Additional sources of sample code, data, and tools are available to enhance your ArcGIS Runtime development projects. You can even download this guide as stand-alone developer documentation.

Sample code

Review sample code in our complete sample directory, or download the code from our GitHub repository. Interact with live samples using the sample viewer app.

ArcGIS Runtime API for Java Toolkit

The ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Java Toolkit contains controls and utilities to simplify your app development. For example:

  • Compass: A control that shows orientation when a map is rotated.
  • OverviewMap: An overview map control that indicates the viewpoint of another map or scene view.
  • Scalebar: Scalebar control that shows an accurate distance that can be used to visually gauge distances on a map view.

Local Server

Local Server enables you to run offline geoprocessing tasks to provide advanced spatial analysis and data manipulation in your applications. These tasks work in the same way as geoprocessing tasks running on ArcGIS Enterprise. If you want to run offline geoprocessing tasks in your app, install local server following the steps in Local Server.

Stand-alone developer documentation

You can download the developer documentation (for any ArcGIS Runtime API) as an archive from the downloads. The archive contains instructions to serve the documentation from a local web server so you can access it without a connection to the internet. The stand-alone documentation includes the developer guide, API reference, tutorials, and samples documentation. This documentation is designed to run on a local stand-alone computer or on an internal network and not on the public internet.

To serve the documentation locally:

  • Download the documentation for the ArcGIS Runtime API(s) you want to use. The downloaded files are in a .zip archive format.
  • Extract the archive to a local folder. The extracted archive has two subfolders: public and install.
  • Open the README.md file in the install folder and follow the instructions for your chosen web server.

Supplemental data

StreetMap Premium

StreetMap Premium for ArcGIS Runtime provides enriched street data, which powers a high-quality cartographic maps and high-quality search, geocoding, and route analysis. StreetMap Premium maps are consistent across all regions of the world and can be taken offline for disconnected use; they can simultaneously fulfill the need for an address locator, street network dataset, and basemap in your app.

If you want to use StreetMap Premium data (the StreetMap Premium extension), download the demonstration data from the downloads page for development and testing. Please contact Esri Customer Service for access to a region of your choice for development and testing or to license StreetMap Premium data for deployment.

Projection Engine data

Datum transformations are used when geometries must be projected from one spatial reference to another when there is a difference in the datum that underlies the two spatial references. Datum transformations can be mathematically defined (equation-based transformations), or may rely on external supporting files (grid-based transformations). Certain Projection Engine data files must be present when you use a grid-based transformation in your app; attempting to use a transformation with missing Projection Engine files will cause an error. The API can detect whether the necessary files are available on the local file system.

If your app requires grid-based transformations, you can download supporting Projection Engine files from the downloads page. See the Spatial references topic for more information about working with coordinate systems, projections, and datum transformations.

Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC)

Electronic navigational charts (ENCs) are georeferenced vector datasets for the visualization and analysis of hydrographic and maritime information. ArcGIS Runtime supports ENCs that conform to the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) S-57 standard.

If you want to work with Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC) download the hydrography directory from the downloads page.

See the Display electronic navigational charts topic for more information about working with ENC data.

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