Chapter 3. Going Cross Platform with FireMonkey

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

  • Giving a new appearance to the standard FireMonkey controls using styles
  • Creating a styled TListBox
  • Impressing your clients with animations
  • Using master/details with LiveBindings
  • Showing complex vector shapes using paths
  • Using FireMonkey in a VCL application

Introduction

The FireMonkey FMX framework is the app development and runtime platform behind Delphi, C++Builder, and Appmethod. FireMonkey is the first native GPU-powered application platform. The IT world is becoming more multiplatform with each passing year. FireMonkey is a key technology for Embarcadero because it is designed to build multidevice, true native apps for Windows, Mac, Android, and ...

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