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Debugging Delphi Apps on Android 8.1 Works

When Google introduced Android 8 this summer, they increased platform security but happened to block socket access to the debugger, basically preventing debugging applications on a device. You’d see the error message “Can’t open socket: Permission denied.” as reported also at https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-18992. The issue was not a change in our debugger support, but a…
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New VCL Date and Time Picker Controls in Delphi 10.2.2

We at Embarcadero continue to consider the VCL as the best library for Windows-specific GUI development and are continuing the effort of improving and modernizing it, particularly improving the overall support for Windows 10. One of the directions of this effort (along side…
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Delphi 10.2.2 Has Been Released

As you can see at https://community.embarcadero.com/blogs/entry/rad-studio-10-2-2-released-today, the new version 10.2.2 of Delphi, C++Builder, and RAD Studio is now available.  The new features are covered in the docWiki…
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Delphi Blogs of the Month #57

As usual, this is a collection of links to relevant blog post and other newws you might heve missed over the recent perios of time, and that relate with Delphi one way or another. Embarcadero News There is a new Sencha MVP program, similar to the RAD Studio…
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Hotfix 1 for InterBase 2017 Update 1

Applies to Product InterBase 13.1.0.264 (InterBase 2017 Update 1) which was available for download between dates  September 19th 2017 and October 23rd 2017.   Summary The reason for this hotfix is a crash bug with no workaround in InterBase 2017 Update 1 (13.1.0.264). A…
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Implementing AJAX and JSONP Support in RAD Server for ExtJS

Idera recently acquired Sencha (https://www.sencha.com/) and has added the company products to the Embarcadero business unit, which produced RAD Studio and also the RAD Server web service technology. A natural question arises on how to use the two products together. While…
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My Courses on the New Embarcadero Academy

The online training site Embarcadero Academy, an independently-run but Embarcadero affiliated training web site, was launched a couple of weeks ago: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170918005798/en/Embarcadero-Academy-Debuts-Online-Courses-Developers-Levels. The…
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Why I Choose Delphi Summary

Over the summer, there has been a number of blog posts on the “Why I Choose Delphi?” topic. While providing personal ideas, they do have common themes and I think there are very interesting to read, for anyone who is using Delphi today (or used it in the past). Here is…
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InterBase 2017 Update 1 Is Now Available

We are pleased to announce general availability of InterBase 2017 Update 1. This update expands on the InterBase 2017 version we release earlier this year and introduced many new features as discussed at…