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iPhone X and iPad Pro resolution support on Delphi 10.3.1

With Delphi 10.3.1, you can build applications for the iPhone X series devices and iPad Pro with native resolution support. To support the newer resolutions, the overall configuration and some of the image names have changed. While this applies to new projects, existing projects opened with 10.3.1 require a couple of quick project changes. Go to the Deployment Manager window Click on the Revert…
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RAD Studio 10.3.1 HTTP and SOAP Clients Enhancements

In RAD Studio 10.3, Embarcadero moved the SOAP client implementation to the HTTP client library for all platforms, given the issues support HTTPS with the previous architecture (based on Indy) on mobile platforms. On Windows, there was already a native implementation, but…
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Expanded iOS 12 and iPhone X series support in 10.3.1

In RAD Studio 10.3.1, we have expanded our support for iOS 12 and the iPhone X series devices. This was done to address the upcoming March 2019 App Store requirement from Apple, which requires that apps are built with the iOS 12.1 SDK and fully support the iPhone XS Max…
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What’s New in FireDAC for Firebird in RAD Studio 10.3.1

Among the many databases FireDAC supports, one commonly used by our customers isFirebird(the open source spin-off of InterBase). FireDAC used to have a single driver for Firebird and InterBase, given they still have a significant degree of compatibility after many years, but more recently the R&D team split it in two separate drivers, with more specific configuration settings and…
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New RAD Server Console Ext JS UI in RAD Studio 10.3.1

The new RAD Server Console UI in10.3.1is an additional download from GetIt and it sits side by side with the older console. We’ll integrate it more deeply in the future, but you can start using it easily today. 1. Download from GetIt The new web…
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ABI Changes in RAD Studio 10.3

In RAD Studio 10.3 we’ve made an interesting very low-level change that affects both Delphi and C++. This is a change in the how method parameters are passed when a method is invoked. For the vast majority of customers, this issue won’t affect you — or if it does, you will see the effect in terms of bugs that no longer occur. However, you may be interested in what we changed, why, and…
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#CodingResolutions: Strings and the RegExpDemo Sample App

Author: Rebekah D In this installment of the #CodingResolutions series, let’s take a look at Strings and how to manipulate them. While today still has a fair amount of reading, we’ll finish off by playing with a sample application that demonstrates String validation. Prerequisites: You should already have downloaded and installed either the RAD Studio 30 Day FREE Trial…
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