Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio include various VCL styles out of the box. These can be used for your Windows applications and customized via the included Bitmap Style Designer (Tools->Bitmap Style Designer). You can also create a new style from scratch. The easiest way to get started with a brand new style is to use the VCL style template in the Bitmap Style Designer as a guide. Below is a…
Author: Janez Atmapuri M6099
Žarko Gajić shows you how to add QR Code generation to your Delphi VCL and FireMonkey applications. His article uses a Delphi wrapper for the ZXing open source barcode image processing library…
Delphi XE5 - deploying and accessing local files on iOS and Android
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…
Using the new REST Client library components to connect to Web & Cloud services (Part 2)
November 9, 2013
Author: Al M1426
This REST BaaS (Backend as a Service) client tutorial shows how to use the Embarcadero REST Library for accessing REST-based web services (REST stands for Representational State Transfer). The library is available for all platforms that are supported by Delphi. The REST Library framework focuses on JSON as the representation format. XML is not explicitly supported.
In Part 1, we…
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…
Author: Pawe Gowacki
The lifecycle of a mobile app is more complex and different from a desktop app. On a mobile device an application runs either in the foreground or in the background. When a phone calls arrive or when user opens another app, our app is going to…
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…
Simple Database and Data access in Delphi XE5 for iOS and Android
September 18, 2013
Author: Blaise Þ
With the release of Delphi XE5 for iOS and Android developers now have several options for connecting to databases and data both on the devices themselves as well as via our DataSnap multi-tier technology; REST application services, REST, SOAP, and XML…
I’ve been using the windows API call ShellExec for years to pass in the file name of a file I want to launch programatically with the default application on Windows; but I am now creating an application for use on Windows and Mac with FireMonkey for the upcoming season…
For those of you who need to learn more about Delphi programming, Alister Christie (http://learndelphi.tv/)who is one of our Embarcadero MVPs, has 74 free Delphi tutorial videos and a long form training videos “Building Applications in Delphi Using the Visual Component Library Part 1 and 2” (12 hours of training) available for sale…
