Working with various screen sizes
The first thing you probably noticed when working with the ClientList
app we used in the previous section is that Delphi's design-time view shows a master list of people on the left and a Detail view of a single person on the right. This is the standard desktop interface and was how both the Windows and Mac desktop applications looked. However, when we deploy the app to a mobile device in portrait mode, the master list disappears and all you see is a button at the upper left of the screen that, when clicked, reveals the master list in a slide-out list over the detail, allowing you to scroll and select a different person, after which it hides again.
How does the app look and behave differently on a smaller screen?
Exploring target views
Before I answer that, look at the right side of the toolbar at top of the design view for the ClientList
project. There's a combo box labeled View, and if you drop down the list, you'll see the...