Important note: As of Delphi 10.4, it's near impossible to make an app work with the older iOS simulators. 10.4 users will need to wait until an update that supports the newer simulators. If you're starting with a newer version of Xcode on the Mac, you will find that the iOS simulators supplied will [...]
The recent release of RAD Studio 10.3.2 includes being able to compile your apps for macOS 64-bit, and allows you to notarize your apps right from the IDE. In this article, I cover the notarization process from end to end. What is Notarization? Notarization is the process of "signing" your macOS application so that [...]
The latest version of Delphi Rio, 10.3.2 has been released! To coincide with the release, Delphi Worlds introduces: Mosco Mosco (an acronym for MacOS Companion) Mosco is a combination of a macOS 64-bit application and an expert (of the same name) for Delphi. Mosco has functionality that has yet to be seen: An much [...]
Yesterday, I uploaded a new version of Codex to the Github repository that has the installers. Main new changes in this version: Editor Tabs Position There's now an option (in Tools->Codex->Options) to have the editor tabs (e.g. Code | Design | History) appear on the left, just like they used to! If you also have [...]
A recent report on Embarcadero's Quality Portal caught my attention today, where an app would crash if it used a TMapView on an Android 9 device. Fortunately, I had just recently updated my Nexus 5X to Android 9 (thanks to Brian Long's help), so I could investigate the problem. First thing to do was to [...]
On February 14th, 1995, Delphi was brought into the world, and it changed the software development landscape. Now 24 years later, Delphi is still going strong, with the ability to target multiple platforms from single source. This milestone is being celebrated with the release of the first update to Delphi 10.3 Rio, which contains a [...]
It's time to become excited, because Delphi 10.3 Rio has been released! Rather than go over all the new features here, please refer to the Embarcadero website, and the docwiki for a full list. Of special interest to me are: The out-of-the-box support for Android API 26+, so if you're using Rio, there's no longer [...]
This article describes a Delphi add-in that I've been working on, of which the first version (1.0.0) has been released today In the beginning.. Some time ago I started working on an add-in for Delphi to add some functionality that I wanted in the IDE, one of them being that I'd like it to [...]
I started this blog back in September of 2013. With the 5th Anniversary this month, I figured it is time to tell some of the story.. First languages My first programming language was APL, which I partly learned in high school as a small part of Mathematics classes. This lead to me becoming part of [...]
A little over a year ago, I posted a two part article about integrating Firebase Cloud Messaging in your Delphi mobile apps. This time, it's a single part article because much of the work is done for you, or is simplified. The code in this article was built and tested using an install of [...]
