C++

Mobile Capabilities in Professional Edition in Delphi & C++Builder 10.3

Since the 10.2.3 release, we have been including mobilecapabilities in Delphi and C++Builder Professional Edition for new purchases and customers on Update Subscription. If you are a customer on Update Subscription for Delphi & C++Builder Professional and recently installed 10.3 and are not seeing iOS or Android available as part of your installation, you will need to update your license…
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Android Z-Order, Native Controls, and 10.3 Rio

Before 10.3 Rio, you couldn’t put other controls on top of a platform-native control like TWebBrowser or TMediaPlayer, The stacking of controls is referred to as Z-Order. This was especially annoying when used with the TMultiView (one of my favorite controls)…
Delphi

Get the Competitive Edge with FireUI

The Market Today To stay relevant, be successful and reach users, mobile app developers need to develop multi-device apps. Looking at the latest mobile OS market share stats, iOS and Android is split down the middle in the US, with iOS being prevalent in Japan and Android in…
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Opening a PDF on Android with Delphi

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…
C++

Building Stunning UIs with C++ and FireMonkey

With many companies taking the “mobile first” approach, building applications that work on multiple platforms is a requirement for success. Developers who know how to build for more than one platform are in demand, while application users have become accustomed to…