Introduction

The FireMonkey FMX framework is the app development and runtime platform behind Delphi, C++Builder, and Appmethod. FireMonkey is the first native GPU-powered application platform. The IT world is becoming more multiplatform with each passing year. FireMonkey is a key technology for Embarcadero because it is designed to build multidevice, true native apps for Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS.

This chapter explains some of the great features of FireMonkey. What is exposed in these recipes will be useful on every platform supported by the framework. Some of the OS-related features may not be available everywhere, but the great part of the concepts are usable on MS Windows, Mac OS X, Android, and iOS. There are ready-to-use recipes that will be useful every day.