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 [...]
Over the past few years, I have been helping others with writing their mobile apps, or some parts of their apps where they have called on my expertise to do the implementation. I am happy to announce that I have published a mobile app that I can truly call my own: Memorizor. A showcase of [...]
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 [...]
If you follow the Codex repo, you would have noticed that version 1.3 was actually uploaded a couple of days ago. This article describes a what's new and changed in Codex, and things I'm working on for Kastri. Codex Editor Tabs On Left With the release of Delphi 10.4 Sydney came some changes to the [...]
Coinciding with the release of Delphi 10.4 Sydney, commercialization of Kastri has morphed into using Github Sponsors to help fund its development. This article details whats changed, whats new, and the future of Kastri. Kastri Free Be assured the Kastri Free repo will remain, however all new development will continue in the new Kastri repo. [...]
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 [...]
If you haven't done so already, I suggest you download and install Update 2 for Delphi XE5. If you apply Update 2 and you're already using any of my patches, make sure you don't include them when you rebuild your project, as they may conflict with the changes in Update 2, some of which I [...]
You might remember this post: http://delphi.radsoft.com.au/2013/09/moving-ahead-with-style/ about the release of the iOS7 style for Delphi XE5. Now, there are additional styles available, here: http://blogs.embarcadero.com/sarinadupont/2013/09/25/firemonkey-xe5-premium-style-pack-is-now-available/ I've updated my iNews app so that styles can be changed at run time, in the settings. The first pic is of the Settings page with the Diamond style selected, the [...]
With the release of iOS7 recently, Embarcadero have released a hotfix for XE5, which includes styling for iOS7 for Firemonkey UI controls, and support to be able to change the styling in the IDE. I was quick to grab the hotfix, and give it a whirl on iNews. On the down side, it appears that [...]
