Intents on Android using API 26 to open PDF documents.
The Google Play store recently updated its requirements, so new apps were submitted with an API level of 26 as the target. While this was relatively simple to accomplish by updating the AndroidManifest.Template, the transition to the newer API altered the behavior of my application.
I used to download a file to the CachePath and then share it…
Miniatur Wonderland Hamburg is the world’s largest model train set as officially certified by the Guinness World Book of Records. Apparently the whole system is powered by software built in Delphi on the back end (including the control room). Embarcadero’s Jim…
[Update: With the 10.3 Carnival Beta, you’re now able to target the Google Play Store to meet the new API level requirement. If you’re a customer active on Update Subscription, contact your sales representative if you haven’t received an invite to join the…
Last week’s webinar on RAD Server was well attended, which is great because we see increased interest in the RAD Server technology. We have great plans for it for the coming release!
Watch the Webinar Replay
The video of the webinar is on YouTube athttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NculJwVfKKA
Get the Demo Source Code
Source code for the demos I showed during the sessions are on…
Start building visually stunning multi-device applications right away with these great tools accessible from the IDE’s Welcome Page.
TIP: If you accidentally close the Welcome Page, you can reopen it by going to View > Welcome Page.
This article covers the…
Learn to program C++ with C++Builder Community Edition: #5 Operators, and final application!
July 24, 2018
Welcome to the fifth and final episode of Learning C++ with C++Builder Starter.Last time, we had a calculator and numerical input, demonstrating using boost::optional, smart pointers, and more. This post is shorter: it will finish the calculator with operators…
Welcome!Last timewe looked at the architecture of a simple calculator app, showing how to design an application well by separating the UI and logic, abstracting through interfaces, and ensuring each class had a single responsibility. That’s important stuff, stuff that many developers skip, and is really important. Now we’ve done that, though, we can dig into the…
Learn to program C++ with C++Builder Community Edition: #3, Design, Architecture, and UIs
July 24, 2018
Welcome! Last timewe looked at the IDE, projects, a simple first application, and basic use of the debugger. Today we’re actually going to write code!
Weare going to write a scientific calculator. It’s a useful, real-world app. You might put…
Welcome to the second blog post in the ‘Learning to program with C++Builder’ series – a set of five articles taking you from knowing nothing about C++ to writing a real-world, useful application. The first entry covered installing C++Builder Community. Now it’s…
Over the last few months and the 10.2.x updates, RAD Server has been extended with several new features. But the technology also has several other advanced features we rarely discuss, because the typical one hour webinars we doare often only enough to cover the basic introduction. In this webinar, I’m going to skip the intro, rapidly walk you over a first demo, and move from it to more…
