I would like to make sure I understand the powerful of Delphi correctly. it is possible to write code which will run on those three platforms: windows, MacOSx and IOS?!
How comes?
Is it possible to upload the delphi iOS app to Appstore?
Is it possible the program will run on linux as well?
Which Delphi version should I study ?
Q: Will a Delphi program run under Windows, MacOS and IOS?
A: Yes.
But Mac OSX support is only for newer versions of Delphi XE, and IOS support is for Delphi XE3 and is still in beta: http://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/ios-development.
Delphi use to support Linux under the (failed) Kylix brand.
The FreePascal and Lazarus projects are alive, well and fully open-source.
Free Pascal supports Linux ... Windows (Win32 and Win64; Win95, Win/XP, Win7, etc.), DOS, WinCE, OS/2, MorphOS, Nintendo GBA, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo Wii ... FreeBSD, Haiku, Mac OS X/iOS/Darwin. And even Raspberry Pi: http://wiki.freepascal.org/Lazarus_on_Raspberry_Pi
Additionally, Delphi XE on .Net should run on both Windows and Linux implementations (.Net and Mono, respectively).
'Hope that helps
There is the Delphi FireMonkey framework, developed to provide single-source cross-platform development. It was included with Delphi starting in XE2.
Delphi XE2 FireMonkey natively supports 32-bit and 64-bit Windows, and 32-bit Mac OS X and iOS.
Delphi XE3 dropped the iOS support.
In December 2012, the Embarcadero R&D team was reported to have been working on iOS and Android support, with Windows 8 ARM and Linux server also coming.
It is possible in XE3 to upload an OS X app to the App Store. Embarcadero created a video of how to do it. It is likely that support for the App Store will be included when iOS support is added back.
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I have developed windows application in Delphi XE 5, I need to know that whether the application works fine on Windows 10 operating system? If not then which version on Delphi I should use
Yes, you can install XE5 on Windows 10, and the executables that it produces are compatible with Windows 10.
Embarcadero have been producing a lot of marketing that implies that you need XE8 to do Windows 10 development. Truth be told, you can use any version of Delphi beyond Delphi 1. Of course the newer versions make life easier, and clearly you need XE2 or later to target 64 bit executables.
Anybody know if delphi xe7 compatible with windows 10?
Embarcadero says that XE8 is compatible. But tells nothing about XE7.
Yes, you can install XE7 on Windows 10, and the executables that it produces are compatible with Windows 10.
Embarcadero have been producing a lot of marketing recently that implies that you need XE8 to do Windows 10 development. Truth be told, you can use any version of Delphi beyond Delphi 1. Of course the newer versions make life easier, and clearly you need XE2 or later to target 64 bit executables.
So far as I can see, the only Windows 10 specific feature that is offered with XE8 is a Windows 10 style. That was what I took from a conversation with Marco Cantú on the subject. I guess that would be useful for FMX targets. If you are targeting classic VCL apps, and use the standard system theme, then this is of no interest. There's no point at all in faking the system style when you can let the system give you the true style. My old Delphi 6 applications, built with Mike Lischke's theme manager code, look and feel on Windows 10 identical to an application built with XE8.
Although Embarcadero says that XE8 is compatible with Windows 10, I'm unable to install or load our existing bpl projects using XE8 with Windows 10.
I moved to XE8 because our projects wouldn't build with Windows 10 using XE4.
You can install and run Delphi XE7 on a Windows 10 machine. And of course you can compile your projects on Windows 10.
But there were no enhancements made in the VCL or FireMonkey towards the new operating system. There is no official support for Windows 10. Your applications may not look and feel 100% like other applications do on Windows 10. But they can still be run as long as long as they don't use any old API that is no longer supported on Windows 10.
You can install and run Delphi XE7 on a Windows 10 machine.
I want to make a application for windows phone 8 OS in delphi 2010.
Delphi does not target Windows Phone. At the moment, as of XE5, Delphi targets:
Desktop Windows, x86 and x64 (not WinRT)
Mac OSX, x86
iOS
Android (ARM)
There is no support for Windows Phone and to the best of my knowledge, none is in the offing. The Delphi cross-platform strategy is based on FireMonkey and that's not easy to take to Windows Phone.
As for Delphi 2010, that supports but a single platform: desktop Windows x86.
If you want to use Pascal to make Windows Phone apps then Oxygene from RemObjects is what you need. If that's not attractive to you then the MS tooling based on C# is the most obvious option that remains.
Simply you can't. You need to use the Windows Phone SDK which only works with Visual Studio.
If you install the SDK, you get a free Visual Studio Express for Windows Phone, who you can use to develop any type of app (free or not)
Is it possible to develop apps for Windows 8 tablets and phones using Delphi XE2 or XE3? I think XE3 ust supports UI. I am not sure if we can create apps for Win8 tablets using Delphi. I have read somewhere we need to use Prism XE3 with Visual Studio. I don't want to purchase / upgrade to XE3 just because of this. I believe we can develop even using XE2 but not sure.
Also, does anyone know if Microsoft accepts apps to appstore which are written in Delphi?
Thanks.
-K
The Delphi XE2 and XE3 fact sheets, available at Embarcadero, clearly mention which operating systems and CPUs the IDEs support, and WinRT and ARM are not among the ones listed. So the answer would be "No".
For Delphi VCL there is TWebBrowser and some 3rd party components like TEmbeddedWebBrowser available for browsing a web.
Is there a similar web browser component but for Firemonkey framework in Delphi XE2 (ideally with Windows and Mac support) ?
You can use the ChromiumEmbedded package for Delphi. There's a TChromiumFMX component which is suited for FireMonkey applications. I've tested the demo project from the repository and it works fine for 32-bit Windows.
However I can't tell you if nor how to build and use it in Mac OS. The only thing I can tell you is that the ChromiumEmbedded for Delphi is distributed only with Windows binaries, the binaries for Mac OS you can download from here.
As far as I know (!), the situation is as follows:
CromiumEmbedded supports OSX (& Windows of course)
There is a Delphi ChromiumEmbedded
Delphi supports OSX through the FireMonkey framework
There is even a FireMonkey version of the Delphi ChromiumEmbedded
The Delphi/FireMonkey ChromiumEmbedded does not support OSX
If somebody knows better, that would be fantastic.