Delphi

Example of using JavaScript for Google maps in the Delphi XE6

Author: Nikolay M4446 One of the innovations in XE6, it’s a method EvaluateJavaScript in the component TWebBrowser. This method allowing execute JavaScript on the loaded page and add interactivity to our applications. On the site developers.google.com contains many examples of embedding maps on the page. I chose the example for paving the route from point A to point B. And as an example of…
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C++

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…
Delphi

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…
Delphi

Creating an Overflow Menu on Android

During my CodeRage 8 session I talked about creating an Action Bar with an Overflow menu, so I wanted to provide some step-by-step instructions. On Android, an Action Bar is atop(or top and bottomaligned) toolbar that is segmented into 4keyfunctional areas. One of those functional areas is an Overflow menu. The ‘Overflow’ popup menu is commonly used for additional…
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