Dynamic Entity Queries<\/h3>\n
Dynamic entities make it easy and intuitive to incorporate streaming and real-time data into your apps. They take care of the hard work of tracking incoming updates (observations) and associating them with existing features on the map, leaving you to focus on the user experience around that data.<\/p>\n
As dynamic entity updates stream into your app over time, you can end up with a lot of data, and this release adds the ability to perform a query on that data to focus on specific dynamic entities based on their attributes and\/or geometries.<\/p>\n
For example, you could drill down on a real-time display of aircraft updates to determine which aircraft are taxiing, or are taxiing at a specific airport, or focus on a specific aircraft by tail number. Or you could determine whether a particular squad car is on duty at the moment, or work out which ambulances are within a specific drive-time of a new incident. Focusing in on specific data within a set of streaming updates helps your users answer targeted questions, while still maintaining the broader context of the overall streaming feed.<\/p>\n
This initial dynamic entity layer querying capability provides \u201cstatic\u201d or \u201csnapshot\u201d queries which identify the dynamic entities that match a query at the time you perform it.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2753502,"id":2753502,"title":"Native-DynEntity-Query-2007","filename":"Native-DynEntity-Query-2007.gif","filesize":223795,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Native-DynEntity-Query-2007.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/developers\/announcements\/whats-new-in-arcgis-maps-sdks-for-native-apps-200-7\/native-dynentity-query-2007","alt":"Native SDKs dynamic entity query","author":"4091","description":"","caption":"Using a dynamic entity query to highlight aircraft taxiing at an airport. ","name":"native-dynentity-query-2007","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2749742,"date":"2025-04-09 06:38:12","modified":"2025-04-09 06:47:29","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":550,"height":410,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Native-DynEntity-Query-2007-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Native-DynEntity-Query-2007.gif","medium-width":350,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Native-DynEntity-Query-2007.gif","medium_large-width":550,"medium_large-height":410,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Native-DynEntity-Query-2007.gif","large-width":550,"large-height":410,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Native-DynEntity-Query-2007.gif","1536x1536-width":550,"1536x1536-height":410,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Native-DynEntity-Query-2007.gif","2048x2048-width":550,"2048x2048-height":410,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Native-DynEntity-Query-2007.gif","card_image-width":550,"card_image-height":410,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Native-DynEntity-Query-2007.gif","wide_image-width":550,"wide_image-height":410}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
Image Overlays in 2D<\/h3>\n
Image overlays are useful for efficiently displaying georeferenced images or sequences of images over the top of other map or scene content. A good example is a sequence of weather radar images. We\u2019ve supported image overlays with 3D scene views for many releases now, and with 200.7 they\u2019re available for 2D experiences using the map view.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2751152,"id":2751152,"title":"Native-Image-Overlay-2007","filename":"Native-Image-Overlay-2007.gif","filesize":9707276,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Native-Image-Overlay-2007.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/developers\/announcements\/whats-new-in-arcgis-maps-sdks-for-native-apps-200-7\/native-image-overlay-2007","alt":"Native SDKs Image Overlay in 2D Map","author":"4091","description":"","caption":"Using image overlays in a MapView to show the location, type, and intensity of precipitation during a storm. ","name":"native-image-overlay-2007","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2749742,"date":"2025-04-08 03:37:44","modified":"2025-04-09 06:50:25","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":550,"height":410,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Native-Image-Overlay-2007-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Native-Image-Overlay-2007.gif","medium-width":350,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Native-Image-Overlay-2007.gif","medium_large-width":550,"medium_large-height":410,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Native-Image-Overlay-2007.gif","large-width":550,"large-height":410,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Native-Image-Overlay-2007.gif","1536x1536-width":550,"1536x1536-height":410,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Native-Image-Overlay-2007.gif","2048x2048-width":550,"2048x2048-height":410,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Native-Image-Overlay-2007.gif","card_image-width":550,"card_image-height":410,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Native-Image-Overlay-2007.gif","wide_image-width":550,"wide_image-height":410}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
ArcGIS Maps SDK for Flutter<\/h3>\n
The initial release of the new ArcGIS Maps SDK for Flutter last year included only a subset of features available in the other Native Maps SDKs. This was the compromise we had to make to get a production-ready SDK into your hands in as short a time as possible, and we\u2019ve been thrilled to see how many of you are already releasing Flutter Maps SDK apps into production based off those initial capabilities.<\/p>\n
We published our plans for adding the remaining capabilities, and the 200.7 release of the Flutter Maps SDK delivers raster support, credential persistence, new location data sources, geotriggers, and the navigation API, as promised in the parity page<\/a>. That\u2019s in addition to the 2D image overlays described above. The one digression from our published parity plan for this release is that we\u2019ve decided to hold off on an initial release of the ArcGIS Maps SDK for Flutter open source toolkit until the next release. This will allow us to ensure it\u2019s available via pub.dev, and add a few more components.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve updated the Flutter parity page<\/a> to reflect these updates so you can always refer to it to get the current status of the SDK. It\u2019s great to see \u201cNext release\u201d and \u201cComing soon\u201d sections updating with each release. Take a look to see what we\u2019re working on for the next release.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" In addition to these key new features and enhancements, we\u2019ve included 3rd party updates, bug fixes, and performance improvements, as well as many other enhancements such as:<\/p>\n You can read about all these improvements and more in the release notes for .NET<\/a>, Flutter<\/a>, Kotlin<\/a>, Qt<\/a>, and Swift<\/a> Maps SDKs.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" As a reminder, the ArcGIS Maps SDK for Local Server (also known as “Local Server”) was deprecated earlier this year.\u00a0 The last release of Local Server will be version 200.8, scheduled for release in Q3 2025.\u00a0 This will be a long-term support release (LTS) and follows the LTS Product Life Cycle<\/a> of two years of General Availability (GA), one year of Extended Support, and two years of Mature Support, before retirement in 2030.\u00a0 If you have applications that use Local Server, it is time to start planning your migration to use core capabilities provided directly by ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps. For more information, please read our blog post announcing the deprecation of Local Server<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" To get the latest version, update the reference to your Native Maps SDK of choice via NuGet<\/a>, Gradle for Kotlin<\/a>, the Swift Package Manager<\/a>, or pub.dev<\/a> for Flutter, or alternatively go to the Esri Developer<\/a> website to download. If you are new to developing with the ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps, the SDKs for .NET<\/a>, Flutter<\/a>, Kotlin<\/a>, Qt<\/a>,\u00a0and Swift<\/a> have extensive guide documentation, API reference, tutorials, and samples.<\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":4091,"user_firstname":"Rex","user_lastname":"Hansen","nickname":"Rex Hansen","user_nicename":"rex-hansen","display_name":"Rex Hansen","user_email":"rhansen@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:15:41","user_description":"Rex Hansen is a Product Manager for the ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps and ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Game Engines. He has over 25 years of experience in GIS, spatial analytics, and computer mapping. Currently, he guides the development of native technologies in the GIS industry to use authoritative geospatial content and analysis in offline workflows, photorealistic experiences, and immersive, extended reality solutions.","user_avatar":"Other improvements<\/h3>\n
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Deprecation of ArcGIS Maps SDK for Local Server<\/h3>\n
Download and get started<\/h3>\n
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