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Get access to a portal and developer tools so you can start building applications.

ArcGIS Online

Get an ArcGIS Online account with access to a multi-user organization.
Get access to a portal with tools to create developer credentials, content, and data services.
Use location services, spatial analysis services, and additional ArcGIS services.
Common use cases:
- Build low-code/no-code applications with app builders.
- Build private applications for your organization that requires users to sign in with an ArcGIS account.
- Build public applications that don't require users to sign in.

ArcGIS Enterprise

Get an ArcGIS Online account with access to a multi-user organization.
Get access to a portal hosted in your infrastructure with tools to create developer credentials, content, and data services.
Use ArcGIS Enterprise services.
Common use cases:
- Build low-code/no-code applications with app builders.
- Build private applications for your organization that requires users to sign in with an ArcGIS account.
- Build public applications that don't require users to sign in.

Explore the topics to learn about the types of offline apps you can build.

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

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

Learn about the steps required to build an offline app.

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

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

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

Want to explore more things you can do? Go to Popular topics.

Create an API key or implement user authentication to access secure resources.

API key authentication

Build public applications that don't require users to sign in with an ArcGIS account.
Use a long-lived API key access token to authenticate service requests.
Applications can access location services, spatial analysis services, the portal service, and secure data services in a portal.
Privileges and portal item access are defined by the developer.
Service usage and data storage is billed to the developer.

OAuth 2.0 user authentication

Build private applications for your organization that requires users to sign in with an ArcGIS account.
Create OAuth 2.0 credentials and implement OAuth 2.0 flows to get an access token.
Applications can access all resources available to the signed-in user, including location services, spatial analysis services, data services, secure items, and portal management operations.
Privileges and portal item access are defined by the user's account.
Service usage and data storage is billed to the organization of the user signed into the application.

Try one of the tutorials or workflows to build your first offline app.

Use Map Viewer and the ArcGIS portal to create an offline-enabled web map.

Download and display an offline map for a custom area of a web map stored in ArcGIS.

Use ArcGIS Pro to create a mobile map package.