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Using Custom Styles in RAD Studio 10.3

It’s very easy to customize your user interface using FireMonkey styles in RAD Studio 10.3. We’ve added all of the premium styles to GetIt (Tools > GetIt Package Manager > Styles) in 10.3. This includes both VCL Windows and FMX multi-device themes. Ready to…
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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)…
C++

Touch-Friendly Navigation for Mobile Apps

Over 20% of users abandon an application after using it the first time (per Localytics). How can you design your mobile app to avoid being one of these casualties? Start out by designing your application with mobile in mind. You can’t just replicate your desktop application and expect it to make sense on a smaller form factor. Each platform already has existing patterns your users are used to…
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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…
C++

Prototyping: from Vision to UX Design

You have a great idea for an app, but how do you successfully get from idea to a well designed, functional app your users love? It starts with design wireframing and prototyping, a faster iterative process that requires less coding effort up front so you know what works and…
Delphi

Offline Capable Cross Platform Delphi 10.2 FireMonkey Client Code For Android, iOS, macOS, And Windows

The RAD Server Field Service Template provides an end to end field service application template for routing appointments, managing parts, and user administration. It is made up of a REST server module, a desktop client, and a cross platform mobile client. The template can give you a head start in building your own field service solutions. This blog post is about the offline capable mobile client…
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C++

Secrets of FireDAC: Pagination With Grids And LiveBindings

If you want to display only a range of results from a recordset you can using paging (otherwise known as pagination) to do so. It is a common pattern when doing web development to give the user 20 results for example and then the ability to move to the next page. If you are…
News

Introducing FireMonkey Stencils

Last week, we released the FMX Stencils pack. The FireMonkey Stencils pack was designed to enhance communication between designers and developers who are building multi-device applications using the FireMonkey framework in Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio. One of the challenges for designers in an application development cycle is understanding the breadth of UI components and styles…
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