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[PAClient Error] Error: E2820 Could not find program... zipalign.exe

Author: David P This error message can occur when trying to deploy a mobile application to Android if you recently updated the Android SDK version that is being used by the IDE.   Google recently changed the package and location of zipalign in SDK Rev. 23 and the IDE is no longer able to find the file.  The full error message in RAD Studio is: [PAClient Error] Error: E2820 Could not find…
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Mobile User Interface Design: Navigation Drawer

Drawer menus are very popular since they allow you to take advantage of more screen real estate when building your app. The main application menu is hidden by default, and invoked by tapping on a menu item or swiping left/right. This type of UI can be seen in many…
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Adding user account creation to your BaaS enabled apps

In RAD Studio XE6, we introduced our BaaS (Backend as a Service) support. This includes components for both Kinvey and Parse. Part of our component pack is the TBackendUsers component which is designed to be hooked into either the ParseProvider or KinveyProvider…
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Remote push notifications on Android with RAD Studio XE6

In RAD Studio XE6, we introduced support for remote push notifications with our BaaS (Backend as a Service) integration. We include components for Kinvey and Parse, two popular BaaS providers, right out of the box. Our BAAS framework in RAD Studio XE6 is based on our REST…