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Fearless Cross-Platform Development with Delphi

By : David Cornelius
Book Image

Fearless Cross-Platform Development with Delphi

By: David Cornelius

Overview of this book

Delphi is a strongly typed, event-driven programming language with a rich ecosystem of frameworks and support tools. It comes with an extensive set of web and database libraries for rapid application development on desktop, mobile, and internet-enabled devices. This book will help you keep up with the latest IDE features and provide a sound foundation of project management and recent language enhancements to take your productivity to the next level. You’ll discover how simple it is to support popular mobile device features such as sensors, cameras, and GPS. The book will help you feel comfortable working with FireMonkey and styles and incorporating 3D user interfaces in new ways. As you advance, you’ll be able to build cross-platform solutions that not only look native but also take advantage of a wide array of device capabilities. You’ll also learn how to use embedded databases, such as SQLite and InterBase ToGo, synchronizing them with your own custom backend servers or modules using the powerful RAD Server engine. The book concludes by sharing tips for testing and deploying your end-to-end application suite for a smooth user experience. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to deliver modern enterprise applications using Delphi confidently.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Section 1: Programming Power
5
Section 2: Cross-Platform Power
11
Section 3: Mobile Power
15
Section 4: Server Power

Chapter 7: FireMonkey Styles

Styles are fundamental building blocks of FireMonkey controls. All FireMonkey controls can be colored, bordered, and animated, and most can glow when focused. There are default styles for each platform to provide a native look and feel for various devices, but you can customize them to suit your needs or add a creative flair to set your application apart. You can share styles, package them with your applications, and install them in the Delphi IDE. You can also build cross-platform applications without editing a single FireMonkey style – but where's the fun in that?

This chapter will discuss the role FireMonkey styles play in your applications, how to control and use them, how to modify them, and ways to share them. Due to this, we will cover the following topics:

  • Understanding and using FireMonkey styles
  • Customizing FireMonkey styles with the Style Designer
  • Styling your applications with ease

After reading this chapter...