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Delphi Programming Projects

You're reading from   Delphi Programming Projects Build a range of exciting projects by exploring cross-platform development and microservices

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789130553
Length 248 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Building an Instagram Clone FREE CHAPTER 2. Building a Facebook REST API 3. Cross-Platform Services for Windows, iOS, and Android 4. Design Patterns to Build a Multi-Database System 5. Creating GUI Apps with FireMonkey 6. Implementing Tethering to Create a Remote Control 7. Building Microservices Using the RAD Server 8. Other Books You May Enjoy

Working with animations

Animations on FireMonkey are awesome. Since they are easy to implement, they are perfectly adaptable to the movement style of Material Design.

The following table provides some examples of animations in FireMonkey:

Type of property Animation Class
Any property that is an integer. TIntAnimation
Any property that is a real number. TFloatAnimation
Location of the component defined by a TBounds property. TRectAnimation
Any string or integer property that contains a color. TColorAnimation
A gradient (type TGradient). TGradientAnimation
A bitmap picture. TBitmapAnimation

An example of an animation of Material Design is the card. How about we include a card that expands and collapses when requested by the user? For this type of animation, we will work with layouts and rectangles, in addition to a very cool shadow effect.

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