Deploying to mobile devices

Our DelphiHelloWorld project is now ready for deployment to mobile devices. We have already built and run it on Windows. Now, we are going to deploy it to an Android device, and then to iOS.

There is a one-time preparation phase for mobile development that you need to go through after Delphi is installed. We want to get to the point in which you can see your devices as targets inside the Project Manager area.

For Android, all the steps to configure your system to detect your device are described at https://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/en/Configuring_Your_System_to_Detect_Your_Android_Device.

Deploying to Android

Deploying apps from Delphi to Android devices is simpler than deploying to iOS. You only need to have an Android device and a USB cable to connect your device to a Windows machine where you have Delphi installed.

The first step is to enable USB debugging on the device. This option can be set in Developer options on your device...