Introduction to the ArcGIS Mobile Software Development Kit

The ArcGIS Mobile Software Development Kit (SDK) provides developers with the resources needed to create standalone mobile applications, embed GIS functionality into existing applications, and build custom tasks/extensions for the ArcGIS Mobile applications.

The SDK refers to the developer components used to build applications, the help, and the tools to support development. There is a wide range of help included, from product documentation highlighting development possibilities and giving a product overview to detailed API help for class members illustrating their functionality and usage.

The ArcGIS Mobile SDK contains several assemblies that provide developers with different opportunities. The MobileClient assembly is used to customize the ArcGIS Mobile applications by building extensions that leverage the Application framework and the Mobile assembly functionality. The Mobile assembly contains a suite of developer components that encapsulate the core functionality into .Net controls that can be used to quickly develop a new application.

This developer help system is organized by the type of development; Building an application, writing a Windows Mobile Application Extension, or writing a Windows Application Extension. Each of the sections contain the following types of help:

• Documentation for learning about ArcGIS Mobile and things that need to be considered before you start programming.
• API Help containing class diagrams, documentation on how to use the classes and members, as well as code snippets illustrating their use.
• Samples illustrating how to programmatically perform a variety of tasks and work with the ArcGIS Mobile SDK. There are samples for a wide range of skill sets from learning how to build a very basic application to advanced programming tasks.