BaaS User Accounts and Password Management
Over the last couple of months, I have been covering various BaaS (Backend-as-a-Service) features introduced in RAD Studio XE6. Today, I thought I would expand on the User Account Creation and...
View ArticleAdding a new BaaS method for executing a password reset email notification...
A couple of days ago, I covered how to add password reset functionality to your application for resetting the password inside your app. A common question I got was how to leverage the cloud based...
View ArticleSend Password Reset Emails by adding a new BaaS method with Parse
Recently, I covered the steps necessary to add password reset email notification functionality to your BaaS enabled Delphi XE6 app using Kinvey. Today, I thought I would explain how to do this with...
View ArticleLooking to add BaaS support to your apps? We have tutorials to get you started
One of the great features in Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio XE6 that I have been covering over the last couple of months is our BaaS (Backend as a Service) integration. If you are just starting out...
View ArticleMy blog has moved to our new community site
Hi, This is my last blog post here on blogs.embarcadero.com. We have migrated all of our blog posts over to the new Community 3.0 site. You can access all of my previous posts as well as future blog...
View ArticleBluetooth LE support in RAD Studio XE7
RAD Studio XE7’s integrated wireless support (Bluetooth and Wifi) works with thousands of consumer and industry specific devices. RAD Studio’s approach makes it easy to integrate virtually any device...
View ArticleDesigning App Navigation with TMultiView in RAD Studio XE7
In RAD Studio XE7, we introduced a new smart menu component called TMultiView. With TMultiView, it is really easy to create app navigation that automatically adjusts itself depending on form factor,...
View ArticleBluetooth App Tethering with RAD Studio XE7
With RAD Studio XE7, you can easily extend your existing Windows VCL and FireMonkey apps to connected devices, sensors, data and services using Application Tethering. In XE7, we have added support for...
View ArticleXE7 Bonus Pack delivers new Premium FireMonkey Styles
Our current RAD offer (valid through September 30th, 2014) includes a new FireMonkey premium style pack. This pack includes the following 4 new multi-device styles for iOS, Android, Windows and Mac:...
View ArticleModernize your Windows Apps with Premium VCL Styles
Our current RAD offer (valid through September 30th, 2014) includes a new premium styles for VCL. Included in the pack are the following premium styles: Coral Emerald Diamond Jet Sterling To add the...
View ArticleFireUI Multi-Device Designer and working with Views
In RAD Studio XE7, we introduced the FireUI Multi-Device Designer. FireUI makes it easy to create user interfaces across multiple devices using a master form to share all user interface code, and then...
View ArticleWebinar Sneak Peak - Creating Highly Connected Apps with Bluetooth and Kinvey
Next week, I am going to be hosting a webinar with Kinvey. Embarcadero and Kinvey have partnered together to make building connected apps using Bluetooth and backend services even easier. Today, I...
View ArticleiOS 8 App Store Hotfix
Hi, A couple of days ago we released a hotfix for submitting iOS 8 applications to the Apple App Store. This RAD Studio hotfix enables deployment of Delphi and C++ iOS applications to the Apple App...
View ArticleMac OS X Yosemite Style Pack for RAD Studio XE7
Yesterday, Apple released Mac OS X Yosemite. We have a new Yosemite style pack available for RAD Studio XE7 users that includes both a blue and a dark style. The blue style is the default Yosemite...
View ArticleCreating a Bluetooth LE cloud enabled luggage scale application
Every time I travel somewhere, I am concerned that my luggage might exceed the weight limit. With RAD Studio XE7 and the Wahoo Bluetooth Scale, I built a luggage scale application that allows me to...
View ArticleDisplaying Cloud Based Data with A to Z ListView Headers
With TListView and LiveBindings, it is easy to display cloud based data in a sorted manner using listview headers. Working with sorted data If the data is already sorted, i.e. we have two columns, one...
View ArticleCustomizing VCL Styles with RAD Studio XE7
Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio include various VCL styles out of the box. These can be used for your Windows applications and customized via the included Bitmap Style Designer (Tools->Bitmap...
View ArticleVCL and FireMonkey UI Styling - Join me at CodeRage next week
I am doing 4 sessions next week at CodeRage 9. Two on Bluetooth and BaaS (Backend-as-a-Service) and two on multi-device development using FireUI and our new MultiView component. As part of my...
View ArticleUsing Pull To Refresh with TListview in RAD Studio XE7
In RAD Studio XE7, we added built-in support for pull to refresh for TListView. On iOS, this shows the spinning indicator as you are refreshing your list, and on Android, it shows the glow effect. I...
View ArticleFireMonkey Styles, Part 1: Customizing the Style Template
During my Multi-Device and FireUI CodeRage 9 session this week, I got several questions on how to create a custom FireMonkey style. I thought I would follow up with a blog series on this topic, the...
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