AppStudio for ArcGIS allows you to easily build native apps from existing web maps and templates for Android, iOS, Window, Mac OS X and Linux. You can also build custom apps from scratch with Qt/QML. Visit the help for more information.
In this lab, you will use AppStudio to build a native app from a single webmap.
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Click this link to go to the AppStudio website.
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Scroll down to the Map Viewer section and click
start with this template
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Sign in with your ArcGIS Developer or Organization account.
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Download the images you are going to use to build this app.
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Enter in a title for your app. For the
Thumbail
image use the beerthumbail_200.png. -
For the
Launch Image
use the beerbackground1024.jpg. -
For the
App Icon
use the beer_glass_icon_256.png. -
Click
Map Viewer Settings
and for theStart Background Image
use beerbackground1024.jpg. ClickStart Button
and use brewerybutton.png. -
Click
Choose Web Map(s)
, choose thePublic
tab, and in search typegeodev breweries colorado
. Click theBreweries in Colorado
webmap. ClickOK
andSave and Finish
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To view your app before you build the binaries for your plaform of choice you can use AppStudio Player for ArcGIS. Players are available for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android here. If you have a device that supports one of these operating systems go ahead and download it.
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Open AppStudio Player and
Sign In
to view your apps. Select the app you just created and selectYes
to download the selected app to your device. Once the download is complete clickOK
. Select the app again and you now have that app running in AppStudio Player.
You are now ready to deploy your native app
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Click this link to go to the AppStudio website.
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Click
Sign In
> clickMy Apps
> click your app > clickBuild App
> select the plaforms you want to build your app for(e.g., Windows x86(32 bit) or Mac OS)
> clickBuild
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Once the build is completed. Click
Download
to install your app.
- You can find all your app builds in your ArcGIS Developers or Organization account under
My Content
>My Apps
.
- You can also further customize your apps using AppStudio for ArcGIS (Desktop Edition), available here for Windows, Mac and Linux. To deploy applications customized with Desktop Edition, you need to purchase a AppStudio for ArcGIS
Standard
license. However, you can still build and play these customized apps without a paid license. See here for more details.