Working with inherited views

When we design a form, it is the same for all platforms, form factors, and orientations. While you can use layouts, alignments, and anchors to make the form flexible, the differences in screen resolution and layout between different devices are generally very significant and had to accommodate.

By changing the platforms of a FireMonkey form, we can preview what the form is going to look like on different platforms, but the design remains the same. To address this problem, the FireMonkey Form Designer allows us to define inherited views that are specific to a given platform and the form factor. Next to the Style combo box at the top of the Form Designer, there is another combo box called View. Using it, we can add additional form files to our form that are specific to a given platform or a specific form factor.

Every form always has a built-in Master view. From the list, we can add additional views, as you can see in Figure 7.18.

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