{"id":571052,"date":"2023-02-08T08:54:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T16:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcuser&#038;p=571052"},"modified":"2023-02-08T08:54:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T16:54:46","slug":"newnames","status":"publish","type":"arcuser","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/newnames","title":{"rendered":"Introducing ArcGIS Maps SDKs"},"author":1031,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","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":[10832,473802],"tags":[],"arcuser_issues":[483782],"class_list":["post-571052","arcuser","type-arcuser","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-developer-technology","category-web-gis","arcuser_issues-au-winter-2023"],"acf":{"short_description":"Esri announced that client SDKs and APIs would be delivered under one name, as the ArcGIS Maps SDKs, beginning in December 2022. ","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":569832,"file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"At the Esri European Developer Summit in November 2022, Esri announced that client SDKs and APIs would be delivered under one name, as the ArcGIS Maps SDKs, beginning in December 2022.\r\n\r\nThis change reflects the common purpose and capabilities of these SDKs and will help bring them to a broader audience. They're same great SDKs. They just havenew names. The current and new names are listed below.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>The Suite of ArcGIS Maps SDKs<\/li>\r\n \t<li>ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25<\/li>\r\n \t<li>ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET 200.0<\/li>\r\n \t<li>ArcGIS Maps SDK for Java 200.0<\/li>\r\n \t<li>ArcGIS Maps SDK for Qt 200.0<\/li>\r\n \t<li>ArcGIS Maps SDK for Swift 200.0 (beta)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>ArcGIS Maps SDK for Kotlin 200.0 (beta)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unity 1.1<\/li>\r\n \t<li>ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine 1.1<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nNote that the ArcGIS Runtime SDKs for iOS and Android are being superseded by the new ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Swift and Kotlin, respectively.\r\n<h3>Common Capabilities<\/h3>\r\nArcGIS API for JavaScript, ArcGIS Runtime SDKs, and ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Game Engines have a great deal in common. Each is already a world-class SDK with conceptual guides, an API reference, tutorials, samples, and community forums. Each is backed by Esri Support. Combining these SDKs under one name better reflects these common underpinnings, which include:\r\nSophisticated APIs for easy data access, visualization, and editing\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Support for multiple data formats and services<\/li>\r\n \t<li>High-performance, powerful visualization of geospatial data<\/li>\r\n \t<li>High-precision geospatial data support at global and local scale<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Support for multiple projections and coordinate systems<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Client-side geometry engine for in-memory analysis and processing of spatial data<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Support for place search, geocoding, and routing<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nSeamless integration with the ArcGIS system: ArcGIS Platform, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise, and ArcGIS Pro\r\nIntegration with the ArcGIS system\u2019s security model, including OAuth and API keys.\r\n<h3>Reaching a Broader Audience<\/h3>\r\nEsri, which is proud to deliver some of the best SDKs available, wants to make it as easy as possible to discover them. Whether searching the web or exploring package managers, the hard truth is that ArcGIS and Runtime often don\u2019t mean much to a new audience. By including the word Maps in the SDK product name, Esri makes it much easier for developers to discover Esri\u2019s SDKs when they\u2019re searching for and evaluating location and mapping technologies for their projects.\r\n<h3>One Suite of SDKs in Three Groups<\/h3>\r\nAlthough the ArcGIS Maps SDKs share many capabilities, they do fall into three distinct groups, each of which is used to build specific kinds of solutions:\r\n\r\n<strong>Web SDKs<\/strong>\r\nArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript is the only web SDK in the ArcGIS Maps SDK family. It is used for building apps that run in web browsers.\r\n\r\n<strong>Native SDKs<\/strong>\r\nArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps will be used as a convenient shorthand for the ArcGIS Maps SDKs for .NET, Java, Qt, Swift, and Kotlin. ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps are for building apps that run directly on mobile, desktop, and embedded devices, using .NET, Java, Qt, Swift, or Kotlin, either online or offline.\r\n\r\n<strong>Game Engine SDKs<\/strong>\r\nArcGIS Maps SDKs for Game Engines will continue to be used as shorthand for the ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Unity and Unreal Engine. ArcGIS Maps SDKs are for building apps for augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), mobile, and desktop devices using Unity or Unreal Engine that can work either online or offline.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":571102,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>What Will Change<\/h3>\r\nThis is a name change only. While you might see new names in package manager listings, documentation, or on the Esri Support site, the technology you work with won\u2019t be changing. Furthermore, names will change only for new releases of the SDKs.\r\n<h3>What Won\u2019t Change<\/h3>\r\nAlthough only the names will change, it\u2019s worth reiterating some of the things that won\u2019t change. Capabilities of the APIs\/SDKs will remain the same. Namespaces, class names, methods, properties, and include statements will all stay the same. If you use a package manager, you\u2019ll continue to reference the same packages. If you\u2019re linking to ArcGIS Runtime SDK binaries, nothing will change.\r\n\r\nIn short, you won\u2019t need to change how you reference Esri APIs or SDKs. Coding patterns aren\u2019t changing, since the APIs aren\u2019t changing so the way you use them won\u2019t change either. Product support levels and product life cycles remain unchanged. Existing ArcGIS Runtime license strings will continue to be valid for ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps. Likewise, users of ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise who have ArcGIS Runtime capabilities assigned to them will be able to use apps built with ArcGIS.\r\n\r\nThe 100.15 release of all ArcGIS Runtime SDKs will remain in General Availability status until August 2024 and won\u2019t retire until September 2027. Release frequency will remain unchanged.\r\n\r\nNote that if you are migrating your projects to the new Swift and Kotlin SDKs, that migration will involve code changes. See the blog post \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3UWPObX\">ArcGIS Runtime in 2022 and Beyond<\/a>\u201d\u00a0 for more details on these SDKs.\r\n<h3>ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps<\/h3>\r\nHow does this affect versions of the APIs and SDKs that have already been released?\r\nThis is a forward-looking name change. Existing releases will not adopt the name change.\r\n<h3>When Will These Changes Happen?<\/h3>\r\nThe ArcGIS Developers website was updated in December 2022 with the release of new versions of the ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps and ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Game Engines. The Esri Support, Esri Community, and other web pages; products; dashboards; and documentation will be updated to reflect the new name throughout 2023. 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