task

A task is a class that provides methods to perform and manage asynchronousAsynchronous is a style of programming that involves executing multiple tasks simultaneously rather than sequentially.Learn more operations on online or offline dataA data source is a service or file containing geographic data that is accessed by a data layer.Learn more or servicesA service, also known as an ArcGIS service, is software that supports an ArcGIS REST API and provides geospatial functionality or data. A service can be hosted by Esri or in ArcGIS Enterprise.Learn more. Tasks are used in ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native AppsArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps, previously known as ArcGIS Runtime SDKs, are developer products for building mapping and spatial analysis applications for native devices.Learn more to manage a wide variety of requests, such as performing routing, finding places, and generating offline maps. Occasionally, tasks may use job requestsA job request is an HTTPS request to a service that starts a server-side operation (or job) with a long duration.Learn more to perform status updates and results.