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February 2012
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Visualizing physics using FireMonkey - Game of Billiards!
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– My article "Visualizing physics using FireMonkey" on EDN. Enjoy! Share This | Email this page to a friend
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Teaser…
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January 2012
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Visualizing wave interference with FireMonkey
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– My article "Visualizing wave interference using FireMonkey" on EDN. Share This | Email this page to a friend
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Visualizing 3D mathematical functions using FireMonkey
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– My article "Visualizing mathematical functions by generating custom meshes using FireMonkey" on EDN. Enjoy! Share This | Email this page to a friend
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iOS Address Book fun
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– Getting data out of the iOS address book is a lot harder than I thought… Must make component… Here’s a Q&D routine I managed to eek out today. It simply prints all contacts and all their numbers to the log console. Enjoy! uses iPhoneAll, AddressBook, CFArray, CFBase; ...
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Handling Swipe Gestures in FireMonkey for iOS
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– I’ve added a component to handle left, right, up and down swipe gestures to my set of iOS components. Here’s the full set! NOTE: This component requires that you edit the FMX_Platform_iOS.pas file on the Xcode side to surface mainWindow and a few other things. Once installed, this ...
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Job Opening at Embarcadero! Come join me!
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– We’re looking for an Architect to join the RAD Studio Team. Embarcadero Technologies is seeking an Architect to join the leadership staff of FireMonkey, Embarcadero’s next generation business application platform. The FireMonkey platform helps you build spectacular applications that are ...
November 2011
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9 iOS components and 8 demos for Thanksgiving!
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– Happy Thanksgiving! Share This | Email this page to a friend
October 2011
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An accelerating magnetic clock?
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– Sometimes you do stuff just because you can… I spiffed up my Accelerometer component a little bit. I also wrapped up my Location based stuff into a Location component that handles both GPS coordinates, altitude and heading (true and magnetic). What better way to test both of these components ...
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Writing a component for iOS
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– I just published an article that discusses my implementation of the accelerometer - Writing a component for iOS using Delphi XE2 and FireMonkey. Enjoy! Share This | Email this page to a friend
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My first iOS FireMonkey app in the AppStore
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– Submitted Saturday. Accepted and available tonight! Anders’ Analog Clock I’ll make a video of how it’s made, and also publish the source code. Soon. Enjoy! First update may very well change the name to "Analog Clock for FireMonkey" just so you can find something in the appstore ...
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All my iOS CodeRage demos posted
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– A Baker’s Dozen in total, in no particular order: FishFacts iOS Opening a URL in iOS Toggling the Status Bar in iOS Using SQLite in iOS Getting a Map in iOS Local File I/O in iOS Sending Email in iOS Getting Directions in iOS Dialing Phone Numbers in iOS Using Icon Badge Numbers in iOS Using ...
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Accelerometer demo source posted - iOS FireMonkey
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– Demo project posted here. Enjoy! Share This | Email this page to a friend
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Fix to my CC download for iOS DataSnap
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– Apparently the .a files I had on my machine are necessary… If you downloaded the source code from CodeCentral, head on over and download it again for a submission that includes the .a files. Share This | Email this page to a friend
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Fix: Now() returns incorrect time on iOS device
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– var TZOffsetFromGMT : Integer; procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject); begin TZOffsetFromGMT := NSTimeZone.localTimeZone.secondsFromGMT; end; use it later as follows: var Hour, Min, Sec, MSec : Word; CurrTime : TDateTime; begin CurrTime := Now+TZOffsetFromGMT/3600.0/24.0; ...
