Delphi XE5 adds App Development for Android

Released: Sep 12, 2013

Updates in this release

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.