It's been a while since I've posted anything, so I thought I'd write an article about some highlights of what's been happening lately. Kastri Kastri is a popular library for Delphi that's mostly for cross-platform work, although there's actually a couple of VCL oriented units in there! It is constantly receiving updates for bug fixes, [...]
With the next release of Delphi (11.3) looming, I thought I'd "get in first" with new releases of Codex and Mosco. This article discusses some of the new features. Mosco v1.4.0 There's a couple of new visible features to Mosco 1.4.0, notably: PAServer menu item now creates submenu items for much quicker launching of PAServer [...]
It's been a while since my last post.. I've been real busy working on new versions of a couple of things, including Device Lens. This article announces the release of version 2.0.0 What's new? In this release: The UI has had a substantial revamp - the filters, connected devices and process list now all appear [...]
Corresponding with the release of Delphi 11 Alexandria, today also marks the release of Codex 1.5 and Mosco 1.2 Codex 1.5 Codex has been revamped a little in version 1.5, and introduces some new functionality: Mosco Expert functions The functionality that was present in the now discontinued Mosco Expert has now been merged into Codex [...]
Delphi 11 Alexandria has landed! In this article, I'll highlight a couple of the new features, introduce some changes related to the Kastri library, and make a pre-announcement about Codex. Introduction As per the headline, I'll be examining a couple of the new features of Delphi 11. For more complete information, please visit the Embarcadero [...]
Every now and then there's a post (on Stack Overflow, Delphi Praxis, Facebook etc) asking about developing cross-platform (usually specifically mobile) apps with Delphi, for example the "current state" of the product and whether there's anything they should be aware of. This article details some of the things to be aware of when choosing Delphi. [...]
It's been a while between posts.. let's restart with a new version of Codex! Codex 1.4 (Embarcadero Delphi IDE add-in) This release has a couple of fairly substantial changes, namely: Source Patch - Create and apply patch files for Delphi source, with just a couple of clicks IDE Path Sets - allows quick changes to [...]
If, for whatever reason, you want to set up the Android SDK/NDK (perhaps there was a failure during your Delphi install), the manual process can be a little involved. This article lays out the steps which includes using an AndroidSDKInstaller app that makes life a little easier. In Case You Missed It RAD Studio 10.4.1 [...]
When a new version of Xcode comes out, invariably there is only one SDK for iOS and macOS included. As is Apple's way, sometimes they change something in the new SDK that breaks the SDK import in Delphi. This article describes a couple of solutions for it. The problem The typical scenario is: you start [...]
An enquiry I had from a Hans Jakobsen of EarMaster (brilliant music teaching software for PC, Mac, iPad and iPhone) recently was regarding an apparent "lag" for the OnMouseDown event for controls near the edge of the screen on devices with later versions of iOS. This article poses a workaround for the problem. A [...]
