The FireMonkey framework is the app development and runtime platform behind Delphi and C++Builder. FireMonkey was introduced in these products with version XE2 (September 2011) and 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, truly native apps for Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS.
This chapter explains some of the great features of FireMonkey. These recipes are applicable to the latest RAD Studio versions. FireMonkey is relatively young compared to VCL, so if you have an older version of RAD Studio, some things may not work as expected but the fundamental things are still valid. What is exposed in these recipes will be useful on every platform that's supported by the framework. Some OS-related...
