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Delphi (C++Builder) Android Mobile Client DataSnap Server

Author: Vsevolod L1433 Преамбула DataSnap – платформа создания многозвенных приложений. Её история достаточно продолжительна, начиная с совсем ранних версий Delphi. Роль и значимость этой технологии/платформы изменялась в течение…
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Detecting connected Bluetooth devices on Android

In Appmethod, we include many different components. This includes visual components for user interface elements and also non-visual components for database access, accessing device sensors/services, connecting to REST services etc. While Appmethod includes many pre-built…
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Altium Designer 15 000 000 codelines

Author: zhang Embarcadero likes mentioning Altimum Designer when asked about high-class large-scale successful commercial systems made with Delphi. The project has about 15000000 codelines. Altium Designer is a CAD system for electronic products, including 3D…
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Fun with FireMonkey Gradients

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 and gradients. There is a lot of interesting information about iOS user interface design best practices at “iOS 7 Design…
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Changing FireMonkey style at runtime

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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Mobile app lifecycle events handling in Delphi XE5

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 background. If you are a programmer, you might be interested in responding to changes in the application state, for example saving…
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Faking a placeholder Attribute for an Editable div, and Some CSS Tricks

Author: Craig Stuntz HTML input elements have a placeholder attribute which you can use to show a bit of text to prompt the end user. Although you can make an editable div by using the contenteditable attribute, it will not support the placeholder attribute. I needed to do both, so I ended up reinventing the placeholder attribute for editable divs. Here’s how I did it. I wanted the…
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