What's new for Mobile GIS

This topic provides links to information on new Esri mobile product offerings and on what's new for existing mobile products.

New products since ArcGIS 10.0

The new ArcGIS app

• ArcGIS application for Android
• ArcGIS application for iOS
• ArcGIS application for Windows Phone

New SDKs

• ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Android (previously known as ArcGIS API for Android)
• ArcGIS Runtime SDK for iOS (previously known as ArcGIS API for iOS)
• ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Windows Phone (previously ArcGIS API for Windows Phone)
• ArcGIS Runtime SDKs for WPF (for Windows) and Java (for Windows and Linux), first release in beta at time of publication, allow you to bring ArcGIS capabilities to small-footprint, focused applications you build. If your users don't have a network or Internet connection, you can provision their devices so that they can work while disconnected. They can perform spatial analysis, geocoding, routing, and editing while disconnected.

ArcGIS Runtime SDKs for WPF and Java, like other Esri Runtime SDKs, include support for GPS/location-aware applications.

What's new in mobile applications

• ArcGIS for Windows Mobile (previously ArcGIS Mobile) applications. Includes:
  • An application for Windows Mobile devices
  • An application for Windows running on notebooks and tablets
  • Mobile Project Center
  • Mobile geoprocessing tools
• ArcPad.
• For information on Esri smartphone and tablet apps, as well as user-created smartphone and tablet apps, (for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone) see ArcGIS smartphone and tablet apps.

What's new in mobile SDKs

• ArcGIS API for Flex. You can build mobile apps with this API; for details, see Mobile applications with Flex.
• ArcGIS API for JavaScript. With this API you can build mobile web pages (see the mobile folder), or, with a third-party tool, you can build mobile apps.
• ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Windows Mobile (previously ArcGIS Mobile SDK).
• ArcPad (includes what's new for developers).