Author: Mike F55022
If you purchase Delphi, C++Builder or RAD Studio 10.1 Berlin, you get access to the premium style packs for both VCL and FireMonkey that are part of our bonus pack. New in the 10.1 Berlin style packs is the addition of a dark copper style for both VCL and FireMonkey.
The FireMonkey Premium Style Pack for 10.1 Berlin includes nine custom FireMonkey styles. Choose from Jet…
Author: Developer Skill Sprints
Learn to apply Effects, Animations & Transitions on FireMonkey controls.
Why Use Animations, Transitions and Effects?
Give you user interface life
Make application more interactive
Keep users attention
Use motion to provide…
Using the new Windows 10 TMultiView mode in your FireMonkey applications
September 9, 2015
TMultiView is a smart menu component for FireMonkey applications that makes it really easy to create app navigation that automatically adjusts itself depending on form factor, orientation and target platform. TMultiView is a container component which means that you can…
Delphi VCL and FireMonkey: eBooks, Books, Tutorials and Courseware - a collection of links
July 6, 2015
We are often asked where developers and teachers can find books, courseware and tutorials available today that cover Delphi programming and Multi-Device FireMonkey app development. The great news is that there are more and more books appearing on Amazon, Lulu and online. Here is my latest list of books, courseware and tutorials from book shopping sites and developer sites.
ebooks
Mobile…
Pawel Glowacki asked about vibrating smartphones using Delphi code for iOS and Android. Thierry Laborde and Williamm Wittwer of Embarcadero France provided the following Delphi and FireMonkey sample code:
unit Umain;
interface
uses
System.SysUtils, System.Types…
RAD Studio XE8 provides new FireMonkey Media Library options. This includes the ability to automatically save pictures taken by the device camera (in your iOS and Android applications) to the on-device photo library.
Today, I thought I would show you how to save photos taken…
Author: Pawe Gowacki
Everybody loves colours. Great apps should use colours in clever and original ways. I have been recently spending a lot of time using Delphi XE5 for designing screens for mobile apps and must admit that I really like the way how iOS 7 is using colours…
Author: Pawe Gowacki
Last month Sarina DuPont blogged about loading custom FireMonkey styles on a mobile device at runtime (“How to load custom styles at runtime“). That’s a very interesting approach to compile a custom style as a resource into the mobile…
Author: J T403
Printing from an Android device requires a little bit more setup than in iOS where you simply connect to an AirPrint capable printer (like my Epson XP-400). However, Android printing appears to work with any Wifi printer (or PC connected printer), so its more flexible. Basically, it consists of three steps.
First, download and install Google CloudPrint onto your device.
Second…
