The NativeControls sample shows the use of the Native Controls of FireMonkey. To this end it uses several components that are configured with its ControlType property set to Platform in order to have the native styling of that control.
Note: Only iOS and Windows support native controls. The following links provide a list of controls that support native presentation on iOS and Windows…
Blazing Fast Way To Create Professional Desktop And Mobile UIs With FirePower X
December 25, 2020
FirePower X brings a host of new capabilities to existing components, integration with new functionality in RAD Studio 10.4, and a new featured component in the TwwTreeView. This version also supports RAD Studio 10.3.
Use the flexible new TwwTreeView…
Introduction
Camera for iOS is a Firemonkey component that only works on the iOS platform. It makes use of the AVFoundation framework and offers a native video preview. It also recognizes native barcodes (EAN, QR Code, Data Matrix, Aztec, UPC-E, PDF417, ITF 14, and so on)…
Learn How To Use Delphi For Mobile And Database Development In This Bootcamp
December 25, 2020
In this webinar, you can learn about mobile and database development with Delphi. This webinar can be a quick start for new learners.
Overview
Introduction to mobile platformsPrototyping mobile apps on WindowsUsing platform servicesConditional defines & the mobile compilersUnderstanding ARC memory managementDeployment managerIntroduction to FireDACUsing embedded databasesUsing REST…
Cross-Platform Chess Openings Wizard Used By 60,000 Chess Players And Built In Delphi
December 24, 2020
Chess Openings Wizard is a tool for macOS, Windows, iPad, and Android that drastically reduces the time it takes to design and memorize an opening and it is built in Delphi. The cross-platform versions utilize FireMonkey to save development time. Grandmasters and novices can…
Discover The Popular Alcinoe Library Of Visual And Non-Visual Components For Delphi
December 24, 2020
The article on Github is really detailed. So don’t waste time to check all of the Alcinoe features!
According to Github, the library provides:
Full opengl video player for FireMonkey;WebRTC Delphi wrapper;Firemonkey native iOS/Android TEdit and…
Compile 1 Million Lines Of C++ In ~2 Minutes With A 16 Core Ryzen 9 5950x
December 22, 2020
The recently released AMD Ryzen 9 5950x offers 16 cores and 32 threads so let’s see what kind of performance we can get out of a parallel C++ compile with those 32 threads. At the time of this writing the AMD Ryzen 9 5950x has the highest single core CPU Benchmark score at around 3515. C++Builder is a rapid application development tool for building C++ Windows apps. It offers normal…
Easily Implement Robust Binary Large Object (BLOB) Streaming With FireDAC In Delphi
December 20, 2020
TheBlobssample shows you how to create a BLOB stream for reading and/or writing the value of a specificBLOB fieldon a specific record. To this end, the sample uses theCreateBlobStreammethod ofTFDQueryto create a read-only BLOB…
Real-time Volunteer Lifeboat Crews Availability App Is Built In Delphi
December 16, 2020
iCrew is an iOS and Android app that has been created to provide volunteer lifeboat crews availability info and it is built in Delphi. According to the description of the app “The app allows crew members to book themselves as unavailable, for example if they need to…
Packt is a publisher of programming books and video courses and there are quite a few Delphi books published through their platform. They are running a sale right now where you can get each e-book (and video course) for $5 each. There are at least 9 books (most of them pretty recent) related to Delphi for sale through their platform including just published books like “Delphi GUI Programming…
