Expert Delphi robust and fast cross-platform application development
Master Delphi, the most powerful Object Pascal IDE and versatile component library for cross-platform native app development, by harnessing its capabilities for building natively compiled, blazingly fast apps for all major platforms, including Android, iOS, Windows, Mac, and Linux. Expert Delphi beg...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Birmingham, UK
Packt Publishing Ltd.
2024
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| Edition: | Second edition |
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright and Credits
- Foreword
- Contributors
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part 1: Building Blocks
- Chapter1: Fasten Your Seat Belts
- Delphi installation
- Delphi versions
- Running the Delphi installer
- Installing custom components
- IDE options
- Riding the IDE
- Delphi compilers and toolchains
- The "Hello World" app
- Deploying to mobile devices
- Deploying to Android
- Deploying to iOS
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Mind Your Language
- Do you speak Object Pascal?
- Program structure
- Console application
- Building a forms application
- The Object Pascal language phrasebook
- Tokens
- Constants
- Types
- Inline variables declaration
- Sets and arrays
- Helpers
- Generics
- Anonymous code
- Operator overloading
- Runtime type information
- Custom attributes
- Summary
- Chapter 3: Packing Up Your Toolbox
- Technical requirements
- Working with files and streams
- Working with JSON
- Writing JSON
- Reading JSON
- Using the JSON wizard in Delphi 12
- Working with XML
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Using the Parallel Programming Library
- Technical requirements
- Using threads
- Access synchronization
- Calling Synchronize
- Atomic operations
- Using a critical section
- Using TMonitor
- Exploring the Parallel Programming Library
- Parallel loops
- Using tasks
- The beauty of futures
- Summary
- Part 2: Going Mobile
- Chapter 5: Playing with FireMonkey
- Technical requirements
- Drawing in code
- Get moving with timers
- Precise timing
- The power of parenting
- Shapes
- Animations
- Touching the screen
- Touch
- Gestures
- Multi-touch
- Game of Memory
- Designing the game
- Working with images
- Designing the user interface
- Aligning, anchoring, and margins
- Layouts
- Building the main form of the game
- Storing the game's configuration
- The game's settings form
- Summary
- Chapter 6: FireMonkey in 3D
- Technical requirements
- Cross-platform 3D rendering
- Direct use of Context3D
- Using a cube component
- A custom wireframe component
- Ready-to-use 3D objects
- The Moving Earth app
- Building an interactive 3D scene
- Using 3D models
- A starfield simulation
- Mixing 3D and 2D
- Summary
- Chapter 7: Building User Interfaces with Style
- Working with built-in styles
- Adding more controls
- Adding the dials
- Using custom styles
- Embedding styles as resources
- Customizing styles
- Using frames
- Working with inherited views
- Previewing forms on devices
- Summary
- Chapter 8: Working with Mobile Operating Systems
- James Bond's toy
- What am I running on?
- The life of an app
- Sensing the world
- Using the location
- Using the orientation and motion sensors
- Taking photos
- Using share sheets
- Camera, action!
- Notify me!
- Navigating the web
- Delphi language bridges
- Vibrating on Android
- Vibrations on iOS
- Summary
- Chapter 9: Desktop Apps and Mobile Bridges