{"id":2104,"date":"2013-11-07T11:07:43","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T23:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltics.co.nz\/blog\/?p=2104"},"modified":"2013-11-07T11:09:49","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T23:09:49","slug":"delphi-for-android-supports-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltics.co.nz\/blog\/posts\/2104\/","title":{"rendered":"Delphi for Android Supports Android!"},"content":{"rendered":"[Estimated Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes]<\/span><\/span>

Jim McKeeth is getting all excited about being able to develop for Google Glass<\/strong> using Delphi XE5<\/strong><\/a>. I’m pleased for him, I really am. It must be a huge relief that Delphi for Android<\/strong> can actually target this Android<\/strong> device.<\/p>\n

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Of course, the very fact that there was any doubt and the fact that the doubts proving unfounded is cause for such celebration should itself be a cause for concern for anyone contemplating FireMonkey<\/strong> as a platform for Android<\/strong> development in the future.<\/p>\n

But I am sure any concerns and doubts about supporting particular Android<\/strong> devices are misplaced.<\/p>\n

After all, the real point of FireMonkey<\/strong> is that you can write your application once and then run it on any<\/strong> of the supported platforms. *1 *2 *3 *4 *5 *6<\/sup><\/p>\n

But Delphi with Mobile Add-On<\/strong><\/strong>*7<\/sup> developers must be super<\/strong> excited to know that they can also run their FireMonkey code on the Apple i…<\/strong>.. oh. Oh well, there’s always the Microsoft Win…<\/strong>… um.<\/p>\n

Ok, so wearable technology is an Android<\/strong> specific technology. For now at least.<\/p>\n

A lucky thing then that it is not one of those platform specific technologies that FireMonkey<\/strong> cannot reach, which might perhaps explain the excitement I suppose.<\/p>\n

At least Apple<\/strong> have committed to creating any wearable technology they may have in mind in a manner that FireMonkey<\/strong> can be supported on. Um… haven’t they ? Well, it’s not as if Apple<\/strong> are known for taking a proprietary approach and even if they do I’m sure if Embarcadero<\/strong> ask them nicely…<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Embarcadero<\/strong> are utterly failing to let people know that Delphi<\/strong> is the best Win32\/Win64<\/strong> tool bar none although with the recent neglect the Windows 8<\/strong> support is at risk of falling dangerously behind and conceding even that advantage to others.<\/p>\n

Sure Windows 8<\/strong> may not be important right now. For a while Vista<\/strong> support wasn’t important either. Then along came Windows 7<\/strong> and a lot of what was previously “Vista<\/strong> support<\/em>” suddenly became “Windows 7<\/strong> support<\/em>” and was very important indeed.<\/p>\n

But instead of keeping Delphi<\/strong> relevant in this area where it has always held it’s head high, Embarcadero<\/strong> have all but excised any mention<\/em> of Windows<\/strong> from their marketing of Delphi<\/a> *8<\/sup> and are simply passively betting Delphi<\/strong>‘s future on Windows<\/strong> becoming less relevant. Whether that will prove a smart decision only time will tell, but I do still question whether it is wise in the meantime to draw attention to Delphi<\/strong>‘s shortcomings in the area where they have<\/strong> chosen to position it by expressing delight and surprise when their product simply does what they advertise and have been selling it as doing.<\/p>\n

Delphi for Android<\/strong> creating an app to run on Android<\/em> really shouldn’t be worth talking about in such terms, let alone cause for excitement. I don’t think any other tools vendors – for Android<\/strong> or otherwise – would be so surprised or pleased that their product simply does what it is supposed to do<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Footnotes<\/h3>\n

*1<\/sup> – minimum hardware requirements apply<\/em><\/p>\n

*2<\/sup> – minimum FireMonkey<\/strong> runtime requirements apply<\/em><\/p>\n

*3<\/sup> – may require visual themes not available for your version of FireMonkey<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

*4<\/sup> – may require upgrade to current version of Delphi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

*5<\/sup> – may require “add-on<\/strong>” pack(s) which may or may not yet have been announced<\/em><\/p>\n

*6<\/sup> – may require upgrade to current version of any add-on<\/strong> pack(s)<\/em><\/p>\n

*7<\/sup> – does not include all<\/strong> mobile platforms<\/em><\/p>\n

*8<\/sup> – how about a game of “Where’s Wally” ? Try to find the mentions of “Windows” on that page<\/a>. There are only two<\/strong>, not including the page title, which I’ll give you for free just in case your particular browser shows the page title in a tab caption in which case you may never see it without resorting to view the page source. And no cheating by using “Find on page” either. \ud83d\ude09<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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