The recent Delphi 10.2.2 Tokyo release has resulted in a flurry of reports for apps on Android that "hang" when using tab transitions, or when using "wait" animations. This article offers an explanation for the issue, as well as a potential workaround. Update: As per E. Spelt's suggestion on the report, I've modified the [...]
iPhone X has recently been released, and Delphi developers are a little in the dark about how their apps can support the new devices. This article goes some way to make a start in the right direction. Update 2: Delphi Tokyo 10.2.2 now supports the new layout on iPhone X, including launch images, so [...]
This is one CodeRage you won't want to miss. Specifically, because there are some very interesting speakers this year, including Uncle Bob Martin (author of The Clean Coder, and many others) and Steve McConnell (author of Code Complete and Software Project Survival Guide), and some sessions will be live only (i.e. without replay). CodeRage XII [...]
"Slack" is an internet collaboration tool that seems to be gaining popularity pretty quickly. I've been using it for over a year now, and have set up a team for Delphi Worlds.I have channels dedicated to discussing the Kastri Free library, as well as other channels, and just discussing Delphi in general.If you'd like to [...]
Developing software with Delphi is easy regardless of "cross-platformness", relatively speaking, in comparison to other tools I've used, however this article shows how insanely easy it can be to put together an application that runs on iOS, Android, Windows and MacOS. UPDATE: Developer Jerry Dodge has alerted me to this project of his, called [...]
This is Part 2 of a 2-part article on incorporating support for FCM in your Delphi apps for Android and iOS, and this part covers implementation on iOS. Issues with later versions of the Firebase SDK: For those who are having compile issues with later versions of the SDK, I'm working on resolving the [...]
NOTE: This article has been revisited, here. Please read that article as the code has now been updated to use that method. Firebase Services from Google are becoming very popular, and Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) is just one part of it. In this article I show how you can incorporate support for FCM in your [...]
Discover how to handle push notifications sent from Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) for Android and iOS UPDATE: For anyone who has downloaded the demo prior to May 17th, 2017, there have been 2 changes: A UseSandbox property has been added to TPushClient, that determines whether the registration is for test apps, and activation of [...]
Fast cross-platform development has become even more awesome with the release of Delphi 10.2 Tokyo, which includes server side support for Linux, FMX, RTL and IDE improvements, and more! I'm especially interested in the multi-threading changes to TBitmap, TCanvas and TContext3D on mobile, as well as the threading changes on Android, and database support enhancements, and am looking forward [...]
This technique can be used for any Android development (or just for Android in general), however I figured Delphi developers might find this useful anyway. While working on some changes for a client's application, they asked for some screenshots from the device to send to the end users for their approval. My first thought [...]
