Delphi XE5 adds App Development for Android

Embarcadero® Delphi® is a multi-device, easy-to-learn, app development solution for creating high performance, truly native apps for PCs, tablets and smartphones (Android, iOS, Windows and OS X). Manage one codebase, one team, one schedule, and develop apps that give you more control, tighter security and a better user experience.

The following editions are available:

• Delphi Starter
• Delphi Professional
• Delphi Enterprise
• Delphi Ultimate
• Delphi Architect

Updates in XE5

• Delphi Android ARM compiler for device and emulator.
• FM platform for creating native Android applications for Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean.
• iOS 7 SDK support and styles.
• Time Picker control for Android, iOS, Windows and OS X.
• Notification Center component for Android and iOS.
• Built-in search filtering for TListView on Android, iOS, Windows and OS X.
• Swipe to delete on Android and iOS.
• Share sheet support on Android and iOS.
• FM (Fire Monkey) Platform performance optimizations.
• Delphi RTL for Android.
• Deployment Manager for Android.
• Deploy apps to the emulator for Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean.
• Deploy apps to Android devices (Debug / App Store).
• Remote debugging for Android.
• Expanded FireDAC support for local databases, including Microsoft Access, SQLite, InterBase, MySQL, Advantage Database and Firebird.
• IBLite embeddable database for Android and iOS with free unlimited deployment license.
• REST Client Library for simplified invocation of REST services.
• Authorization support including Basic Authentication, Plan Authentication, OAuth1 and OAuth2.
• TRestClient, TRestRequest and TRestResponse components.
• REST Debugger tool for testing REST calls and their parameters.
• IDE Insight now available as a search box in the upper right corner of the IDE.
• Device Manager to manage and select the default device in the FM Mobile Form designer.

About Embarcadero

Embarcadero is committed to providing the industry’s broadest and deepest set of software tools for developers, DBAs, and architects. Widely recognized for its award-winning products, Embarcadero enables customers to work more efficiently with the industry’s major database platforms, operating systems, frameworks, and programming languages. Embarcadero’s heterogeneous tools enable customers to design, build, and run their databases and applications in the environments they choose, free from the constraints, costs, and learning curves associated with multiple platform-specific tools.