Show callout

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Show a callout with the latitude and longitude of user-clicked points.

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Use case

Callouts are used to display temporary detail content on a map. You can display text and arbitrary UI controls in callouts.

How to use the sample

Click anywhere on the map. A callout showing the WGS84 coordinates for the clicked point will appear.

How it works

  1. Use MapView.setOnMouseClicked() to create a click event handler.
  2. Capture the click event and use its x and y coordinates to create a new Point2D representing the screen point.
  3. Get the screen point's location on the map using MapView.screenToLocation(Point2D).
  4. Get the MapView's callout.
  5. Set the title and detail of the callout to display the map point's coordinates.
  6. Display the callout at the map point callout.showCalloutAt(mapPoint).

Relevant API

  • Callout
  • MapView
  • Point

Tags

balloon, bubble, callout, click, flyout, flyover, info window, popup

Sample Code

ShowCalloutSample.java
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/*
 * Copyright 2017 Esri.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
 * the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */

package com.esri.samples.show_callout;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.geometry.Point2D;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.input.MouseButton;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

import com.esri.arcgisruntime.ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.GeometryEngine;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.Point;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.geometry.SpatialReferences;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.ArcGISMap;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.BasemapStyle;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.Callout;
import com.esri.arcgisruntime.mapping.view.MapView;

public class ShowCalloutSample extends Application {

  private MapView mapView;

  @Override
  public void start(Stage stage) {

    try {
      // create stack pane and application scene
      StackPane stackPane = new StackPane();
      Scene scene = new Scene(stackPane);

      // set title, size, and add scene to stage
      stage.setTitle("Show Callout Sample");
      stage.setWidth(800);
      stage.setHeight(700);
      stage.setScene(scene);
      stage.show();

      // authentication with an API key or named user is required to access basemaps and other location services
      String yourAPIKey = System.getProperty("apiKey");
      ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment.setApiKey(yourAPIKey);

      // create a map with the streets relief basemap style
      ArcGISMap map = new ArcGISMap(BasemapStyle.ARCGIS_STREETS_RELIEF);

      // create a map view and set the map to it
      mapView = new MapView();
      mapView.setMap(map);

      // get the map view's callout
      Callout callout = mapView.getCallout();

      // click event to display the callout
      mapView.setOnMouseClicked(e -> {

        // check that the primary mouse button was clicked and user is not panning
        if (e.getButton() == MouseButton.PRIMARY && e.isStillSincePress()) {

          // create a point from where the user clicked
          Point2D point = new Point2D(e.getX(), e.getY());

          // create a map point from a point
          Point mapPoint = mapView.screenToLocation(point);

          // project user-tapped map point location
          Point projectedPoint = (Point)GeometryEngine.project(mapPoint, SpatialReferences.getWgs84());

          // set the callout's details
          callout.setTitle("Location");
          callout.setDetail(String.format("Lat: %.3f, Long: %.3f", projectedPoint.getY(), projectedPoint.getX()));

          // show the callout where the user clicked
          callout.showCalloutAt(mapPoint);

          // dismiss the callout on secondary click
        } else if (e.getButton() == MouseButton.SECONDARY && e.isStillSincePress()) {
          callout.dismiss();
        }
      });

      // add map view and control panel to stack pane
      stackPane.getChildren().addAll(mapView);

    } catch (Exception e) {
      // on any error, print the stack trace
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Stops and releases all resources used in application.
   */
  @Override
  public void stop() {

    // release resources when the application closes
    if (mapView != null) {
      mapView.dispose();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Opens and runs application.
   *
   * @param args arguments passed to this application
   */
  public static void main(String[] args) {

    Application.launch(args);
  }

}

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