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

Image of show callout

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
    to create a click event handler.
  2. Capture the click event and use its x and y coordinates to create a new
    representing the screen point.
  3. Get the screen point’s location on the map using
    .
  4. Get the
    ’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
    .

Relevant API

  • Callout
  • MapView
  • Point

Tags

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

Sample Code

module-info.java module-info.java ShowCalloutSample.java
/*
* Copyright 2022 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
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*/
module com.esri.samples.show_callout {
// require ArcGIS Maps SDK for Java module
requires com.esri.arcgisruntime;
// handle SLF4J http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder
requires org.slf4j.nop;
// require JavaFX modules that the application uses
requires javafx.graphics;
exports com.esri.samples.show_callout;
}