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Supported Features

This page gives an overview of the functionality that is available on each platform. Android, iOS, macOS, Windows and Linux share one implementation.

General Functionality

Feature Web Android iOS Windows macOS Linux
Map ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
MapController ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Offline ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Events ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Annotations ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Widget Layer ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
User Location ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Paused Rendering ➖ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Globe Projection ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
MBTiles ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
PMTiles ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅

Layers

Feature Web Android iOS Windows macOS Linux
Background Layer ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Circle Layer ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Fill Layer ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Fill Extrusion Layer ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Heatmap Layer ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Hillshade Layer ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Line Layer ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Raster Layer ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Symbol Layer ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Color Relief Layer ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅

Sources

Feature Web Android iOS Windows macOS Linux
GeoJSON Source ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Image Source ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Video Source ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌
Raster Source ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Raster DEM Source ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Vector Source ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅

User Gestures

Feature Web Android iOS Windows macOS Linux
click ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
double click ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
secondary click ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
long click ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
pan, pinch zoom, twist, tilt ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
scroll wheel zoom ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
mouse rotate and tilt ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅

Programmatic Control

Feature Web Android iOS Windows macOS Linux
Move Map Camera ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Animate Map Camera ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Add or remove a Map Source ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Add or remove a Map Layer ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Show the User Location ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Track the User Location ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Convert Coordinates to Screen Position ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Convert Screen Position to Coordinates ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Get Meters per Pixel ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Get the currently visible Region ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Query rendered Features ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅

➖ On web, the browser already skips hidden maps, so MapLibreMap.paused has no effect there.