Learn how to use an ArcGIS portal item to access and display a feature layer A feature layer (client-side) is a data layer that can access and display features from a feature service that has the same type of geometry and attribute fields. Learn more in a map A map is a collection of layers that are displayed in 2D. It is typically composed of a basemap layer and data layers. Learn more .

add a feature layer from a portal item

You can host a variety of geographic data and other resources using ArcGIS Online ArcGIS Online is a GIS mapping, analytics, data hosting, and content management software as a service (SaaS) product. It includes applications, tools, APIs, and location services for users and developers. It is subscription-based and requires an ArcGIS Online account. Learn more . These portal items An item, also known as a content item, is a resource stored in a portal such as a web map, hosted layer, style, script tool, file, or notebook. Learn more can also define how the data is presented. A web map A web map is a map stored as a JSON object that defines properties such as the basemap layer, data layers, layer styles, and pop-up styles. Its JSON structure is defined by the web map specification. Learn more or web scene A web scene is a scene stored as a JSON object that defines properties such as the basemap layer, data layers, layer styles, and pop-up styles. Its JSON structure is defined by the web scene specification. Learn more , for example, not only defines the layers for a map A map is a collection of layers that are displayed in 2D. It is typically composed of a basemap layer and data layers. Learn more or scene A scene is a collection of layers that are displayed in 3D. It is typically composed of a basemap layer, data layers, and 3D data. Learn more , but also how layers are symbolized, the minimum and/or maximum scales at which they display, and several other properties. Likewise, a hosted feature layer contains the data for the layer and also defines the symbols and other display properties for how it is presented. When you add a map, scene, or layer from a portal item to your app, everything that has been saved with the item An item, also known as a content item, is a resource stored in a portal such as a web map, hosted layer, style, script tool, file, or notebook. Learn more is applied in your app. Adding portal items to your app rather than creating them programmatically saves you from writing a lot of code, and can provide consistency across apps that use the same data.

In this tutorial, you will add a hosted feature layer to display trailheads in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California. The hosted layer defines the trailhead locations (points) as well as the symbols used to display them.

Prerequisites

Before starting this tutorial:

  1. You need an ArcGIS Location Platform or ArcGIS Online account.

  2. Your system meets the system requirements.

Develop or Download

You have two options for completing this tutorial:

  1. Option 1: Develop the code or
  2. Option 2: Download the completed solution

Option 1: Develop the code

To start the tutorial, complete the Display a map tutorial. This creates a map to display the Santa Monica Mountains in California using the topographic basemap from the ArcGIS Basemap Styles service The ArcGIS Basemap Styles service, also referred to as the Basemap Styles service, is a location service that provides basemap styles and data for the world. It returns styles as Mapbox styles and web maps, and data as vector tiles and/or map tiles. It supports all of the styles in the ArcGIS Basemap style and Open Basemap style family. An ArcGIS Location Platform or ArcGIS Online account is required to use the service. Learn more .

Open an Xcode project

  1. Open the .xcodeproj project you created by completing the Display a map tutorial.
  2. Continue with the following instructions to use an ArcGIS portal item to access and display a feature layer in a map.

Add a feature layer to the map

  1. Open the ContentView.swift file and update the map object. Create a PortalItem object referencing the feature layer by passing in the portal and item ID.

    ContentView.swift
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    // Copyright 2023 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
    //
    // https://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.
    import SwiftUI
    import ArcGIS
    struct ContentView: View {
    @State private var map = {
    // Creates a map with the topographic basemap style.
    let map = Map(basemapStyle: .arcGISTopographic)
    // Sets the initial viewpoint to Malibu, California.
    map.initialViewpoint = Viewpoint(latitude: 34.027, longitude: -118.805, scale: 72_000)
    // Creates an anonymous portal item pointing to https://www.arcgis.com with an item ID.
    let portalItem = PortalItem(
    portal: .arcGISOnline(connection: .anonymous),
    id: Item.ID("2e4b3df6ba4b44969a3bc9827de746b3")!
    )
    return map
    }()
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    var body: some View {
    // Displays the map.
    MapView(map: map)
    }
    }
  2. Create a FeatureLayer object from the portal item and a layer ID. The layer ID uniquely identifies one of the layers from the portal item. Add the layer to the map’s operational layers.

    ContentView.swift
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    // Copyright 2023 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
    //
    // https://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.
    import SwiftUI
    import ArcGIS
    struct ContentView: View {
    @State private var map = {
    // Creates a map with the topographic basemap style.
    let map = Map(basemapStyle: .arcGISTopographic)
    // Sets the initial viewpoint to Malibu, California.
    map.initialViewpoint = Viewpoint(latitude: 34.027, longitude: -118.805, scale: 72_000)
    // Creates an anonymous portal item pointing to https://www.arcgis.com with an item ID.
    let portalItem = PortalItem(
    portal: .arcGISOnline(connection: .anonymous),
    id: Item.ID("2e4b3df6ba4b44969a3bc9827de746b3")!
    )
    // Creates a feature layer from the portal item and a layer ID.
    let layer = FeatureLayer(featureServiceItem: portalItem, layerID: 0)
    // Adds the layer to the map's operational layers.
    map.addOperationalLayer(layer)
    return map
    }()
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    var body: some View {
    // Displays the map.
    MapView(map: map)
    }
    }

Run the solution

Press Command + R to run the app.

You should see a map of trail heads in the Santa Monica mountains. Tap, drag, and zoom on the map view to explore the map.

Alternatively, you can download the tutorial solution, as follows.

Option 2: Download the solution

  1. Click the Download solution link under Solution and unzip the file to a location on your machine.

  2. Open the .xcodeproj file in Xcode.

Since the downloaded solution does not contain authentication credentials, you must first set up authentication to create credentials, and then add the developer credentials to the solution.

Set developer credentials in the solution

To access the secure ArcGIS location services ArcGIS Location Services, also referred to as Location Services, are services hosted by Esri that provide geospatial functionality for developing mapping applications. They include the ArcGIS Basemap Styles service, ArcGIS Static Basemap Tiles service, ArcGIS Places service, ArcGIS Geocoding service, ArcGIS Routing service, ArcGIS GeoEnrichment service, and ArcGIS Elevation service. An ArcGIS Location Platform or ArcGIS Online account is required to use the services. Learn more used in this tutorial, you must implement API key authentication API key authentication is a type of authentication that uses an API key to authenticate requests to ArcGIS services and secure portal items. Learn more or user authentication User authentication is a type of authentication that allows users with an ArcGIS account to sign into an application and allow it to access ArcGIS content, services, and resources on their behalf. The typical authorization protocol used is OAuth2.0. Learn more using an ArcGIS Location Platform An ArcGIS Location Platform account, formerly known as an ArcGIS Developer account, is an identity associated with an ArcGIS Location Platform subscription. Learn more or an ArcGIS Online An ArcGIS Online account, also known as an ArcGIS Organization account, is an identity associated with an ArcGIS Online subscription. It can be used to access ArcGIS tools and develop applications with ArcGIS location services for an organization. Learn more account.

To complete this tutorial, click on the tab in the switcher below for your authentication type of choice, either API key authentication or User authentication.

Create a new API key access token An access token is an authorization string that provides access to secure ArcGIS content, data, and services. Its capabilities are determined by the privileges it supports. It is obtained by implementing API key authentication, User authentication, or App authentication. Learn more with privileges Privileges are a set of permissions assigned to ArcGIS accounts, developer credentials, and applications that grant access to secure resources and functionality in ArcGIS. Learn more to access the secure resources used in this tutorial.

  1. Complete the Create an API key tutorial and create an API key with the following privilege(s) Privileges are a set of permissions assigned to ArcGIS accounts, developer credentials, and applications that grant access to secure resources and functionality in ArcGIS. Learn more :

    • Privileges
      • Location services > Basemaps
  2. Copy and paste the API key access token into a safe location. It will be used in a later step.

Set developer credentials

To allow your app users to access ArcGIS location services ArcGIS Location Services, also referred to as Location Services, are services hosted by Esri that provide geospatial functionality for developing mapping applications. They include the ArcGIS Basemap Styles service, ArcGIS Static Basemap Tiles service, ArcGIS Places service, ArcGIS Geocoding service, ArcGIS Routing service, ArcGIS GeoEnrichment service, and ArcGIS Elevation service. An ArcGIS Location Platform or ArcGIS Online account is required to use the services. Learn more , use the developer credentials that you created in the Set up authentication step to authenticate requests for resources.

Pass your API Key access token to the ArcGISEnvironment.

  1. In the Project Navigator, click MainApp.swift.

  2. Set the AuthenticationMode to .apiKey.

    MainApp.swift
    // Change the `AuthenticationMode` to `.apiKey` if your application uses API key authentication.
    private var authenticationMode: AuthenticationMode { .apiKey }
  3. Set the apiKey property with your API key access token.

    MainApp.swift
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    // 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
    //
    // https://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.
    import SwiftUI
    import ArcGIS
    import ArcGISToolkit
    @main
    struct MainApp: App {
    // The authentication mode.
    private enum AuthenticationMode {
    case apiKey
    case user
    }
    // Change the `AuthenticationMode` to `.apiKey` if your application uses API key authentication.
    private var authenticationMode: AuthenticationMode { .apiKey }
    // Please enter an API key access token if your application uses API key authentication.
    private let apiKey = APIKey("<#YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN#>")
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    // Setup an `Authenticator` with OAuth configuration if your application uses OAuth credentials.
    @ObservedObject var authenticator = Authenticator(
    oAuthUserConfigurations: [
    OAuthUserConfiguration(
    // Please enter OAuth credentials for user authentication.
    portalURL: URL(string: "<#YOUR-PORTAL-URL#>")!,
    clientID: "<#YOUR-CLIENT-ID#>",
    redirectURL: URL(string: "<#YOUR-REDIRECT-URL#>")!
    )
    ]
    )
    func setAuthentication() {
    switch authenticationMode {
    case .apiKey:
    ArcGISEnvironment.apiKey = apiKey
    case .user:
    ArcGISEnvironment.authenticationManager.arcGISAuthenticationChallengeHandler = authenticator
    }
    }
    init() {
    setAuthentication()
    }
    var body: some SwiftUI.Scene {
    WindowGroup {
    ContentView()
    .authenticator(authenticator)
    .ignoresSafeArea()
    }
    }
    }

Best Practice: The access token is stored directly in the code as a convenience for this tutorial. Do not store credentials directly in source code in a production environment.

Run the solution

Press Command + R to run the app.

You should see a map of trail heads in the Santa Monica mountains. Tap, drag, and zoom on the map view to explore the map.

What’s next?

Learn how to use additional API features, ArcGIS location services, and ArcGIS tools in these tutorials: