Anchors

This page is a supplement to the AR Foundation Anchors manual. The following sections describe the optional features of AR Foundation's XRAnchorSubsystem supported by ARKit.

Tip

When developing an AR app, refer to both the AR Foundation documentation as well as the required packages for each platform you support.

Optional feature support

ARKit implements the following optional features of AR Foundation's XRAnchorSubsystem:

Feature	Descriptor Property	Supported
Trackable attachments	supportsTrackableAttachments	Yes
Synchronous add	supportsSynchronousAdd	Yes
Save anchor	supportsSaveAnchor
Load anchor	supportsLoadAnchor
Erase anchor	supportsEraseAnchor
Get saved anchor IDs	supportsGetSavedAnchorIds
Async cancellation	supportsAsyncCancellation

Note

Refer to AR Foundation Anchors platform support for more information on the optional features of the anchor subsystem.