{"id":726682,"date":"2025-01-12T19:59:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T03:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcnews&p=726682"},"modified":"2025-01-12T14:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T22:31:53","slug":"a-new-era-for-creating-apps","status":"publish","type":"arcnews","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/a-new-era-for-creating-apps","title":{"rendered":"A New Era for Creating Apps"},"author":5752,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[425582,479282,10392],"tags":[170542,485662,479742,472731,290052],"arcnews_issues":[491292],"class_list":["post-726682","arcnews","type-arcnews","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arcgis-experience-builder","category-arcgis-instant-apps","category-arcgis-online","tag-arcgis-enterprise","tag-arcgis-maps-sdk-for-javascript","tag-arcgis-web-appbuilder","tag-configurable-apps","tag-web-apps","arcnews_issues-winter-2025","arcnews_sections-esri-technology"],"acf":{"short_description":"ArcGIS Experience Builder and ArcGIS Instant Apps have several new features to help users build robust web apps with minimal effort.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"The future of app building is here. As ArcGIS Configurable Apps and ArcGIS Web AppBuilder approach their retirement in ArcGIS Online in Q1 2026 and in ArcGIS Enterprise in Q2 2025, it\u2019s time to explore the vast possibilities offered by ArcGIS Experience Builder and ArcGIS Instant Apps.\r\n\r\nThese modern tools are designed to help users re-create their existing apps or build new ones with ease. The November 2024 ArcGIS Online update introduced several features that help users construct robust web apps with minimal effort."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":727922,"image_position":"left","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Create an Immersive Web App<\/h2>\r\nArcGIS Experience Builder is a highly configurable app for building web apps optimized for mobile devices\u2014and it requires little or no coding. Users can choose a template and create an immersive web experience for their target audience by unifying web apps, web pages, interconnected widgets, and both 2D and 3D data through a flexible drag-and-drop interface.\r\n\r\nThe November 2024 update to ArcGIS Online introduced express mode in Experience Builder. This feature simplifies the app-building process by enabling users to create mapcentric apps, with one map taking up one page. As many users transition their apps from Web AppBuilder to Experience Builder, express mode\u2019s familiar workflow makes the rebuilding process easier and more efficient.\r\n\r\nIn addition to the new express mode, Experience Builder offers a variety of widgets and features to support app migration. In the November update, the Draw widget added a text annotation tool for incorporating notes, and the Filter widget made it so that users can apply SQL expressions to filter layers at runtime. The Search widget enables users to easily locate places in a specific country or region on a map, and the Map widget allows users to zoom to selected features by attribute using URL parameters."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":727932,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"The November update also introduced the Accordion widget and enhancements to a few popular widgets that make it easier to build robust and modern apps.\r\n