I’ve recently had an increase in the number of customers asking about getting started with Android programming with Delphi, so I thought it was a good time to refresh how to check your IDE is set up, how to enable developer mode on an Android phone, and how to quickly get Android applications running and debugged from RAD Studio. When you’ve mastered all of these steps, you’ll be…
Secrets to Quickly and Efficiently Handle Zip Files on Android with Delphi, C++ Builder, and FireMonkey
September 3, 2020
To easily handle zip files in your FireMonkey project, use the Zip4j library for zip files or streams in Delphi and C++ Builder. Zip encryption, support for the Zip64 format, support for streams, support for both AES and Zip-Standard encryption methods, and many other…
Set of utilities for Delphi and C++Builder to speed up your development process
September 2, 2020
Intro
When you start building any project, you might end up creating functions to use in several points of your application. Maybe you develop a set of code snippets. Utilities are an important point of connection between your software and the device it runs on, but what…
Take your Delphi & C++ Builder projects to the next level with Chakra JScript Engine!
August 31, 2020
Intro
Many Delphi developers adore the language integration options of the Embarcadero Delphi and C++ Builder. For instance, you can utilize Assembly language within the Delphi code by just opening asm scope. This is an inline assembly feature. Moreover, you can integrate other languages like Java & JavaScript.
With this option, you can create your application 5x faster or even 10x…
Efficiently Manage KeyguardManager API in your Delphi FireMonkey Android Projects
August 29, 2020
When you begin an enterprise-level project, you must integrate authentication options into your projects. At that point, you can use Android Built-in APIs, such as the KeyguardManager API, to lock and unlock the keyguard in your Delphi or C++ Builder FireMonkey Android…
Looking to upgrade the memory manager in Embarcadero Dev C++ I investigated a number of memory manages including FastMM4-AVX. The second memory manager I looked at is called BigBrain 2020 and it looks to have significant performance improvements in some areas. There is a…
Double Performance In Some Scenarios With Custom FastMM4-AVX Memory Manager
August 26, 2020
While looking into upgrading the FastMM4 version in Embarcadero Dev-C++ I ran across a fork of FastMM4 called FastMM4-AVX. It uses special instruction sets to achieve better results than the original FastMM4. Developer maximmasiutin has added a number of enhancements to the original FastMM4 specifically “AVX support and multi-threaded enhancements (faster locking)”. It claims…
The Nexus Quality Suite (NQS) is a set of tools that enables you to fine tune your applications to the highest possible performance and quality standards. The current collection of tools include Line, Method and Block level profilers; a memory and resources leek analysis…
There are a number of unofficial forums which are based around Embarcadero products such as Delphi, C++Builder, and InterBase. The unofficial forums can be a great way to interact with your peers, get help with issues, and promote your own projects. Here is a list of some of…
A popular syntax highlighting editor for Delphi is called TSynEdit. This post is mainly focused on the various forks of TSynEdit and which one you might want to use in your own projects. The Dev C++ project uses TSynEdit which needed to be upgraded when it was lifted from compiling in Delphi 6 to compiling in Delphi 10.4. The three options are:
TurboPack TSynEdit –…
