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Open a shapefile stored on the device and display it as a feature layer with default symbology.

Image of feature layer shapefile

Use case

Shapefiles store location, shape and attributes of geospatial vector data. Shapefiles can be loaded directly into ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps.

How to use the sample

Pan and zoom around the map. View the data loaded from the shapefile.

How it works

  1. Create a ShapefileFeatureTable passing in the URL of a shapefile.
  2. Create a FeatureLayer using the shapefile feature table.
  3. Add the layer to the map’s operation layers.

Relevant API

  • FeatureLayer
  • ShapefileFeatureTable

Tags

Layers, shapefile, shp, vector

Sample Code

module-info.java module-info.java FeatureLayerShapefileSample.java
/*
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module com.esri.samples.feature_layer_shapefile {
// 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;
requires javafx.controls;
exports com.esri.samples.feature_layer_shapefile;
}