Offline mapping apps | Documentation | Esri Developer

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 support developing offline mapping applicationsAn offline application, also known as offline app, is an application that runs on a phone, tablet, laptop or desktop device with limited or no network connection. Offline applications are built with ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps.Learn more that work where network connectivity is unreliable or entirely absent. Offline applications can perform a variety of mapping and location-based operations, such as displaying maps and layers, querying and editing data, searching for places, geocoding addresses, and generating routes without requiring a continuous network connection.

What's in this guide

This guide introduces the key concepts, workflows, and tools used to build offline mapping applications with Native Maps SDKs, including:

Partially offline apps
Fully offline apps
Mobile data sources

Get started building offline mapping apps

Diagram showing a mobile device with a map area outlined in red that is taken offline. — A partially offline app using an offline map

Diagram showing a mobile device displaying a map sideloaded from a mobile map package created in ArcGIS Pro. — A fully offline app using a mobile map package

Diagram showing identical maps created in ArcGIS Pro and Map Viewer that can be used in offline mapping apps. — Mobile data sources for apps

Learn how to build apps

Offline maps displayed on multiple mobile devices.

Introduction to offline apps

Learn about offline apps, when to use them, and their capabilities.

Diagram showing the different types of offline apps.

Types of offline apps

Learn about the different types of offline apps you can create based on network connectivity.

Diagram showing the steps to build an offline app.

How to build an offline app

Learn about the steps required to build an offline app.

Diagram showing the different types of mobile data sources to build an offline app.

Types of mobile data sources

Learn about the different mobile data sources for building offline apps.

A mobile device displaying a map with a limited Wi-Fi icon, representing a partially offline app.

Partially offline apps

Learn the steps required to build an app that works when the network is unreliable.

A mobile device displaying a map with a crossed-out Wi-Fi icon, representing a fully offline app.

Fully offline apps

Learn the steps required to build an app that works when the network is entirely absent.

Find code examples

Code examples are available for the following:

ArcGIS Maps SDK for Kotlin
ArcGIS Maps SDK for Swift
ArcGIS Maps SDK for Flutter
ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET
ArcGIS Maps SDK for Qt

Go to how-to's, tutorials, samples

Mapping and location services

Portal and data services

Spatial analysis services

Security and authentication