ArcGIS API For iOS Update 1 Now Available

It’s been a couple months since the public beta of the ArcGIS API for iPhone was made available. This much anticipated API enables developers to build iPhone applications that utilize the power mapping, geocoding, geoprocessing and custom capabilities provided by ArcGIS Server.

Since then we have seen the release of the iPhone 4 as well as ArcGIS for iOS and with these releases there has also been a name change.

As some of you have already noticed, we renamed ArcGIS API for iPhone to ArcGIS API for iOS in anticipation of providing support for iOS 4.

We are very pleased to announce that Update 1 of ArcGIS API for iOS is now available. This update, not surprisingly, adds support for iOS 4. You can use it to create applications that run on newer devices like iPad and iPhone 4, but you can also continue to target older devices such as iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS,  and iPod Touch as long as they are running iOS 3.1.2 or higher. We’ve also significantly revamped the map control in order to provide the best possible user experience across the range of supported devices.

Since upgrading to iOS4 I have been waiting for this update and it’s great to see it’s been released. There are a few things that need to be done before you can start using this update. Instructions on these can be found here: http://blogs.esri.com/dev/…

There have also been a number of API changes and bug fixes as part of this update and information on these can be found on the link above.

ArcGIS API for iOS Update 1 can be downloaded here: http://resources.arcgis.com/content/…. You need to be logged in before you are able to download this update.