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FireMonkey and VCL Style Packs from DelphiStyles.com

Their FireMonkey Style Packs provide custom themes for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android, plus Linux (via their FMX for Linux support). They also include style templates for the Bitmap Style Designer with multi-resolution graphics. Below are screenshots of some of their great new styles. DelphiStyles.com also offers a variety of really nice VCL Style Packs with different Windows…
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FireMonkey on Linux!

Author: Pawe Gowacki It did not take long since the release of Delphi Linux compiler to have the ability to build Linux GUIs with Delphi! Just go to http://fmxlinux.com and get the only currently available download of FireMonkey for Linux which is “Free Trial v…
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Eight 3D Demos Featuring Volume Rendering, Textures, Shaders, Materials, Polygons, And Models In Delphi FireMonkey

Author: Yogi Yang 007 Developer luxidea over on the LUXOPHIA GitHub account has quite a few 3D demos for Delphi FireMonkey featuring various techniques includingVolume Rendering, Textures, Shaders, Materials, Polygons, Models, and more. If you are looking to work with 3D and FireMonkey this probably a pretty good place to start. The demos appear to be mainly targeted at Windows as some of…
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FireMonkey vs. VCL

Frequently when I am talking about the VCL or FireMonkey I get some of these common questions: Is VCL deprecated? Which is better FMX or VCL? If I am starting a new app today, should I use VCL or FMX? The first is easy to answer, the other two are a little harder. The VCL…
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Top Five Android And IOS Device Sensors You Can Easily Access From FireMonkey

RAD Studio in FireMonkey provides access to a variety of device sensors on Android and iOS. Six different demos show how to easily access a variety of these various sensors. The demos include the Gyroscope, Accelerometer, AccessCameraApp/CameraComponent, Location, and OrientationSensor. These demos make use of the TOrientationSensor, TLocationSensor, TMotionSensor, TCameraComponent, and…
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