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Delphi XE5 - deploying and accessing local files on iOS and Android

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November 23, 2013
Larry in Canada recently sent me an email asking a Delphi XE5 mobile multi-device question: “How do you include files and/or folders containing files with a Delphi Android application APK file?” I told him I would create a simple example and explain how to deploy a file with your application and then access it from a Delphi app for iOS and Android. To accomplish this, you create a new…
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Changing FireMonkey style at runtime

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November 21, 2013
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…
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Creating an Overflow Menu on Android

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October 17, 2013
During my CodeRage 8 session I talked about creating an Action Bar with an Overflow menu, so I wanted to provide some step-by-step instructions. On Android, an Action Bar is atop(or top and bottomaligned) toolbar that is segmented into…
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My "Secure DataSnap Development" CodeRage 8 session

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October 16, 2013
Author: Pawe Gowacki During my CodeRage 8 “Secure DataSnap Development” session I’m demonstrating different levels of security in DataSnap architecture. Communication Protocol: DataSnap supports three different communication protocols: TCP/IP, HTTP, HTTPS. Choosing the HTTPS protocol that is implemented using SSL (“Secure Sockets Layer”) adds encryption to the communication…
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How to load custom styles at runtime

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October 16, 2013
During my session at CodeRage, I briefly talked about how to load custom styles at runtime. I wanted to elaborate on this topic and provide some detailed steps. In this example, we are creating a mobile app for iOS and Android that uses the ‘Jet’ Premium…
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Delphi XE5 Android Text to Speech example in CodeCentral

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September 28, 2013
Author: Joshua P7819 Jeff Overcash, TeamB member and the maintainer of the InterBase Express Components (IBX) for the past 13.5 years, has created a Delphi wrapper unit for Android text to speech functionality.  Jeff has also created a simple demo example that allows you to input some text into a TMemo and hear the text spoken on your Android device.  In a comment on the Delphi XE5 Android API…
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Printing from an Android device using FireMonkey

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August 16, 2013
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…
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Clone FireMonkey objects

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February 6, 2013
Author: Vsevolod L1433 I’ve got a task of cloning FireMonkey objects. Let it be “chess”. An object is created as an aggregate in design-time. Look at the picture in the Structure pane. I have made the composite pawn model and start thinking of make 15 more. If you’re thinking of a similar method, please, try Clone method. It will help you clone any FireMonkey object, not…
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