require(["esri/layers/TileLayer"], function(TileLayer) {
  var layer = new TileLayer({
    url: "https://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Terrain_Base/MapServer"
  });
  // Add layer to map
});

Property Overview

Property Details

allSublayersCollection<Sublayer>readonly

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.9

A flat Collection of all the sublayers in the TileLayer including the sublayers of its sublayers. All sublayers are referenced in the order in which they are drawn in the view (bottom to top).

Example:

// finds the census tracts sublayer from a parent sublayer of the
// TileLayer containing various census sublayers
var tractsId = 5;
var tracksSublayer = layer.allSublayers.find(function(sublayer){
  return sublayer.id === tracksId;
});

attributionDataUrlStringreadonly

The URL that points to the location of the layer's attribution data.

capabilitiesObjectreadonly

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.8

Indicates the layer's supported capabilities.

Properties:

exportMap Object Indicates options supported by the exportMap operation. Will be null if the supportsExportMap is false. Specification: supportsSublayersChanges Boolean Indicates if sublayers can be added, removed, or reordered. supportsDynamicLayers Boolean Indicates if sublayers rendering can be modified or added using dynamic layers. supportsSublayerVisibility Boolean Indicates if sublayers visibility can be changed. supportsSublayerDefinitionExpression Boolean Indicates if sublayers definition expression can be set.

exportTiles Object Indicates options supported by the exportTiles operation. Will be null if the supportsExportTiles is false. Specification: maxExportTilesCount Number Specifies the maximum number of tiles that can be exported to a cache dataset or a tile package.

operations Object Indicates operations that can be performed on the service. Specification: supportsQuery Boolean Indicates if features in the sublayers can be queried. supportsExportMap Boolean Indicates if the service can generate images. supportsExportTiles Boolean Indicates if the tiles from the service can be exported. supportsTileMap Boolean Indicates if the service exposes a tile map that describes the presence of tiles.

copyrightString

The copyright text as defined by the service.

declaredClassStringreadonly inherited

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.7

The name of the class. The declared class name is formatted as esri.folder.className.

fullExtentExtent

The full extent of the layer as defined by the map service.

Example:

// zooms the view to the full extent of the layer
layer.when(function(){
  view.goTo(layer.fullExtent);
});

hasAttributionDataBooleanreadonly

Indicates if the layer has attribution data.

hasAttributionDataBooleanreadonly

Indicates if the layer has attribution data.

idString inherited

The unique ID assigned to the layer. If not set by the developer, it is automatically generated when the layer is loaded.

legendEnabledBoolean

Indicates whether the layer will be included in the legend.

Default Value:true

listModeString inherited

Indicates how the layer should display in the LayerList widget. The possible values are listed below.

Value	Description
show	The layer is visible in the table of contents.
hide	The layer is hidden in the table of contents.
hide-children	If the layer is a GroupLayer, hide the children layers from the table of contents.

Default Value:show

loadedBooleanreadonly inherited

Indicates whether the layer's resources have loaded. When true, all the properties of the object can be accessed.

Default Value:false

loadErrorErrorreadonly inherited

The Error object returned if an error occurred while loading.

Default Value:null

loadStatusStringreadonly inherited

Represents the status of a load operation.

Value	Description
not-loaded	The object's resources have not loaded.
loading	The object's resources are currently loading.
loaded	The object's resources have loaded without errors.
failed	The object's resources failed to load. See loadError for more details.

Default Value:not-loaded

loadWarningsObject[]readonly inherited

A list of warnings which occurred while loading.

maxScaleNumber

The maximum scale (most zoomed in) at which the layer is visible in the view. If the map is zoomed in beyond this scale, the layer will not be visible. A value of 0 means the layer does not have a maximum scale. The maxScale value should always be smaller than the minScale value.

Default Value:0

Examples:

// The layer will not be visible when the view is zoomed in beyond a scale of 1:1,000
layer.maxScale = 1000;

// The layer's visibility is not restricted to a maximum scale.
layer.maxScale = 0;

minScaleNumber

The minimum scale (most zoomed out) at which the layer is visible in the view. If the map is zoomed out beyond this scale, the layer will not be visible. A value of 0 means the layer does not have a minimum scale. The minScale value should always be larger than the maxScale value.

Default Value:0

Examples:

// The layer will not be visible when the view is zoomed out beyond a scale of 1:3,000,000
layer.minScale = 3000000;

// The layer's visibility is not restricted to a minimum scale.
layer.minScale = 0;

opacityNumber inherited

The opacity of the layer. This value can range between 1 and 0, where 0 is 100 percent transparent and 1 is completely opaque.

Default Value:1

Example:

// Makes the layer 50% transparent
layer.opacity = 0.5;

portalItemPortalItem

The portal item from which the layer is loaded. If the portal item references a Feature Service or Scene Service, then you can specify a single layer to load with the layerId property.

Examples:

// while this example uses FeatureLayer, this same pattern can be
// used for other layers that may be loaded from portalItem ids
var lyr = new FeatureLayer({
  portalItem: {  // autocasts as new PortalItem()
    id: "caa9bd9da1f4487cb4989824053bb847"
  }  // the first layer in the service is returned
});

// set hostname when using an on-premise portal (default is ArcGIS Online)
// esriConfig.portalUrl = "http://myHostName.esri.com/arcgis";
// while this example uses FeatureLayer, this same pattern can be
// used for SceneLayers
var lyr = new FeatureLayer({
  portalItem: {  // autocasts as new PortalItem()
    id: "8d26f04f31f642b6828b7023b84c2188"
  },
  // loads the third item in the given feature service
  layerId: 2
});

refreshIntervalNumber

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.6

Refresh interval of the layer in minutes. Minimum refresh interval is 0.1 minute (6 seconds). Value of 0 indicates no refresh.

Default Value:0

Example:

// the layer will be refreshed every 6 seconds.
layer.refreshInterval = 0.1;

spatialReferenceSpatialReferencereadonly

The spatial reference of the layer as defined by the service.

sublayersCollection<Sublayer>readonly

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.9

A Collection of Sublayer objects. All sublayers are referenced in the order in which they are drawn in the view (bottom to top). Sublayer properties on TileLayer are read-only, with the following exceptions:

• legendEnabled
• popupEnabled
• popupTemplate
• title

tileInfoTileInfo

Contains information about the tiling scheme for the layer.

tileServersString[]

An array of tile servers used for changing map tiles.

titleString

The title of the layer used to identify it in places such as the Legend and LayerList widgets.

When loading a layer by service url, the title is derived from the service name. If the service has several layers, then the title of each layer will be the concatenation of the service name and the layer name. When the layer is loaded from a portal item, the title of the portal item will be used instead. Finally, if a layer is loaded as part of a webmap or a webscene, then the title of the layer as stored in the webmap/webscene will be used.

tokenStringreadonly

Deprecated

• since version 4.8. Will be removed at version 4.10.

Token generated by the token service using the specified userId and password. The recommended approach to pass a token on a layer is to use IdentityManager.registerToken().

typeStringinner,readonly

For TileLayer the type is tile.

typeStringreadonly inherited

The layer type provides a convenient way to check the type of the layer without the need to import specific layer modules.

Possible values: base-dynamic | base-elevation | base-tile | bing-maps | elevation | feature | graphics | group | imagery | integrated-mesh | map-image | open-street-map | point-cloud | scene | stream | tile | unknown | unsupported | vector-tile | web-tile

urlString

The URL of the REST endpoint of the layer. The URL may either point to a resource on ArcGIS Enterprise or ArcGIS Online.

Example:

// URL points to a cached tiled map service hosted on ArcGIS Server
var layer = new TileLayer({
 url: "https://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Terrain_Base/MapServer"
});

versionNumberreadonly

The version of ArcGIS Server in which the map service is published.

Example:

// Prints the version number to the console, e.g. 10.2, 10.3, 10.41.
console.log(layer.version);

visibleBoolean inherited

Indicates if the layer is visible in the View. When false, the layer may still be added to a Map instance that is referenced in a view, but its features will not be visible in the view.

Default Value:true

Example:

// The layer is no longer visible in the view
layer.visible = false;

Method Overview

Method Details

cancelLoad()inherited

Cancels a load() operation if it is already in progress.

createServiceSublayers(){Collection<Sublayer>}

Returns a deep clone of a map service's sublayers as defined by the service. This is useful for scenarios when the developer is unfamiliar with the service sublayers and needs to "reset" the layer's sublayers to match those defined by the service.

Returns:

Type	Description
Collection<Sublayer>	A collection of sublayers as defined by the map service.

Example:

Layer.fromPortalItem({
  portalItem: {
    portalId: "dbb9b48477444015912061b182f196b9"
  }
}).then(function(layer){
  var serviceSublayers = layer.createServiceSublayers();
  layer.sublayers = serviceSublayers;
});

emit(type, event)inherited

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.5

Emits an event on the instance. This method should only be used when creating subclasses of this class.

Parameters:

type String The name of the event.

event Object The event payload.

fetchAttributionData(){Promise<Object>}inherited

Fetches custom attribution data for the layer when it becomes available.

Returns:

Type	Description
Promise<Object>	Resolves to an object containing custom attribution data for the layer.

fetchTile(level, row, col, options){Promise<HTMLImageElement>}

This method fetches a tile for the given level, row and column present in the view.

Parameters:

level Number Level of detail of the tile to fetch. This value is provided by LayerView.

row Number The row(y) position of the tile fetch. This value is provided by LayerView.

col Number The column(x) position of the tile to fetch. This value is provided by LayerView.

options Object optional Optional settings for the tile request. The options have the following properties. Specification: timestamp Boolean optional Number to append to the tile request to prevent fetching the tile from the browser cache.

Returns:

Type	Description
Promise<HTMLImageElement>	Returns a promise that resolves to an HTMLImageElement.

findSublayerById(id){Sublayer}

Returns the sublayer with the given layerId.

Parameter:

id Number The id of the sublayer.

Returns:

Type	Description
Sublayer	Returns the sublayer at the given layer ID.

Example:

// returns the sublayer with a layerId of 0
var sublayer0 = layer.findSublayerById(0);

getTileUrl(level, row, col){String}

This method returns a URL to a tile for a given level, row and column.

Parameters:

level Number The requested tile's level.

row Number The requested tile's row.

col Number The requested tile's column.

Returns:

Type	Description
String	Returns the tile URL.

hasEventListener(type){Boolean}inherited

Indicates whether there is an event listener on the instance that matches the provided event name.

Parameter:

type String The name of the event.

Returns:

Type	Description
Boolean	Returns true if the class supports the input event.

isFulfilled(){Boolean}inherited

isFulfilled() may be used to verify if creating an instance of the class is fulfilled (either resolved or rejected). If it is fulfilled, true will be returned.

Returns:

Type	Description
Boolean	Indicates whether creating an instance of the class has been fulfilled (either resolved or rejected).

isRejected(){Boolean}inherited

isRejected() may be used to verify if creating an instance of the class is rejected. If it is rejected, true will be returned.

Returns:

Type	Description
Boolean	Indicates whether creating an instance of the class has been rejected.

isResolved(){Boolean}inherited

isResolved() may be used to verify if creating an instance of the class is resolved. If it is resolved, true will be returned.

Returns:

Type	Description
Boolean	Indicates whether creating an instance of the class has been resolved.

load(){Promise}inherited

Loads the resources referenced by this class. This method automatically executes for a View and all of the resources it references in Map if the view is constructed with a map instance.

This method must be called by the developer when accessing a resource that will not be loaded in a View.

Returns:

Type	Description
Promise	Resolves when the resources have loaded.

on(type, listener){Object}inherited

Registers an event handler on the instance. Call this method to hook an event with a listener.

Parameters:

type String The name of event to listen for.

listener Function The function to call when the event is fired.

Returns:

Type	Description
Object	Returns an event handler with a remove() method that can be called to stop listening for the event. Property Type Description remove Function When called, removes the listener from the event.

See also:

• dojo/on

Example:

view.on("click", function(event){
  // event is the event handle returned after the event fires.
  console.log(event.mapPoint);
});

refresh()

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.6

Fetches all the data for the layer.

when(callback, errback){Promise}inherited

Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.6

when() may be leveraged once an instance of the class is created. This method takes two input parameters: a callback function and an errback function. The callback executes when the instance of the class loads. The errback executes if the instance of the class fails to load.

Parameters:

callback Function optional The function to call when the promise resolves.

errback Function optional The function to execute when the promise fails.

Returns:

Type	Description
Promise	Returns a new promise for the result of callback that may be used to chain additional functions.

Example:

// Although this example uses MapView, any class instance that is a promise may use then() in the same way
var view = new MapView();
view.when(function(){
  // This function will execute once the promise is resolved
}, function(error){
  // This function will execute if the promise is rejected due to an error
});

Event Overview

{view: View,layerView: LayerView}

{view: View,layerView: LayerView}

Event Details

layerview-createinherited

Fires after the layer's LayerView is created and rendered in a view.

Properties:

view View The view in which the layerView was created.

layerView LayerView The LayerView rendered in the view representing the layer in layer.

See also:

• View.whenLayerView()

Example:

// This function will fire each time a layer view is created for this
// particular view.
layer.on("layerview-create", function(event){
  // The LayerView for the layer that emitted this event
  event.layerView;
});

layerview-destroyinherited

Fires after the layer's LayerView is destroyed and no longer renders in a view.

Properties:

view View The view in which the layerView was destroyed.

layerView LayerView The destroyed LayerView representing the layer.