C++

What's In RAD Studio 10.3 Architect Edition?

Delphi, RAD Studio, and C++Builder are offered in different editions, to balance developers needs and costs. Over the past year, we’ve updated these editions to provide more value to developers at every level. 2018 Updates to Delphi, C++Builder, and RAD StudioEditions Community Edition was introduced earlier this year and is the freeedition for non-professional use (read…
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RAD Studio 10.3 Patches - December 2018

Today, we released two patches for Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio 10.3. They are available as registered user downloads. December 2018 IDE Patch for 10.3 This patch fixes a few issues related with the RAD Studio IDE in 10.3, including problems building an UWP app for the…
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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 customize your own UI? Below are the steps for adding a customtheme to your multi-device application with Delphi, C++Builder…
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Performance and Quality in the RAD Studio 10.3 IDE

RAD Studio 10.3 has a number of performance improvements, as well as some quality improvements we’d like to share. IDE Fix Pack Some time ago, we licensed Andreas Hausladen’s IDE Fix Pack. This is an unofficial IDE addon that changes the behaviour of several things in…
Delphi

Introducing Inline Variables in the Delphi Language

The coming 10.3 version of Delphi introduces a very handy feature to the language, local inline variables with local scope and type inference. The Delphi language in 10.3 has a fairly core change in the way it allows far more flexibility in the declaration of local variables, their scope and lifetime. This is a change that breaks a key tenet of the original Pascal…
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Delphi

Directions for ARC Memory Management in Delphi

With the coming 10.3 release, RAD Studio R&D and PM teams are making Delphi’s new directions in memory management official. A few years back, when Embarcadero started building new Delphi compilers for platforms other than Windows there was a lot of discussion…
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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)…
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 Germany (stats from statcounter.com). US: iOS ~53% Android ~47% Germany: iOS ~27% Android…
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