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5 Unique Delphi Features For Windows 10

In my previous post I focused on InterBase 2020 and outlined five good reasons why InterBase should be your next database engine. In this post I want to look at five awesome additions to Delphi that help you write lean, modern and fully compliant Windows 10 applications. To the average non-technical computer user, Windows 10 might seem as just another Windows version. I still hear both…
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RAD Studio 10.3.3 Android Services Patch

An issue where an Android service would not run has been fixed. We’ve just released a patch for RAD Studio 10.3.3 which resolves the following issue: An issue that prevented an Android service from running because it could not load its native library. This only…
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Delphi RTL: Generic vs. Traditional Collections

Since Delphi got generic types, in the 2009 version, its runtime library (RTL) has a generic collections unit. The RTL however, still has the classic collections. Recently I got some requests about which is recommended to use, and while the discussion can go a bit deeper, I…
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Delphi Android 64-bit In-App-Purchase Fix

We have found a severe issue with the TInAppPurchase component on Android 64-bit and here is a workaround you can apply directly to your code. After our release of RAD Studio 10.3.3, which includes for the first time Delphi Android 64-bit support, a few customers have reported issues when recompiling applications that use the TInAppPurchase component. When these applications are compiled for…
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Delphi 10.3.3 Android Debugging Patch

Issues debugging Delphi Android 64-bit applications have been resolved We’ve just released a patch for Delphi 10.3.3, addressing the following issues when debugging Android 64-bit applications on Android devices: RSP-26704 Debugging 64 bit Android application hangs…
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Voice Recorder - Cool Apps Selection

Today’s Cool Apps selection is Voice Recorder from Norman Apps. As the name suggests, this is a high-quality voice recorder for Android devices that was developed in Delphi with FireMonkey and has a lot of fantastic features. Olivier Hubart, the lead developer, has…
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Getting Started with Delphi and Linux Docker Support

Over the last few years, it has become more and more common to deploy server-side solutions (and in fact any type of application) to lightweight containers rather than physical machines or virtual machines, as this allows more flexibility (also in terms of testing), a better way to rebuild the same execution environment, and more scalability. Along with the 10.3.3 release, Embarcadero has started…
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RAD Studio, Delphi and C++Builder 10.3.2: List of Patches

We’ve released five patches (also known as hotfixes) for RAD Studio 10.3.2. To ensure you know about all of them, and can install correctly, here is a list and some overview information. If we release any others, we’ll update this blog post with details. When we release a patch, we have a download containing the files and a readme with installation instructions. To ensure you know…
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