Getting Started Getting Started
Get Set Up

In order to build, test and deploy Android apps, you need to install and configure the Android SDK/NDK.

Setting Up Your PC

Setting up your environment

This short video walks you through the steps to configure your XE5 IDE so that you can run, deploy and debug your apps using your PC, Android Simulator and Android Device.

Build More Cool Stuff

Designed for Emulator/Device

Your First App - "Hello World"

It's time to see how easy it is to create an app.

Location

This code snippet shows you how to use the TLocationSensor component in order to read the GPS location of the device and display it realtime on the form. The snippet also shows you how to display Google Maps in a web browser in order to accurately pinpoint the location of the device on a real map.

Web Browser

This code snippet shows you how to use a TWebBrowser component on an Android device. The application consists of an edit box, a button and the web browser component. Type an address in the edit box and press the "GO" button in order to redirect the browser to your address.

DatePicker

This code snippet shows you how to use the TCalendarEdit component in order to pick dates from it and process them to use in your own applications.

IBLite

This code snippet shows you how to populate a listview from an IBLite database using LiveBindings.

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Designed for Device Only

Share Sheet

This snippet shows you how to use standard actions to open the Camera Application on your Android device to take a photo and display it on your FireMonkey form. Then, with another standard action, you will open the Share Sheet to share your image via email, post to Facebook and Twitter, print and more.

AudioRecPlay

This code snippet shows you how to record some sound via the microphone and then playback using the device speakers or headphones.

Interactive Gestures - Image Rotation

This code snippet shows you how to rotate an image on an Android device.

Interactive Gestures - Image Zoom

This code snippet shows you how to pinch and zoom an image on an Android device.

Interactive Gestures - Tap and Hold

This code snippet shows you how to use tap and hold to display a message.

SendCancelNotifications

This code snippet shows you how to use the Notification API in order to send a notification immediately or with a 10 second delay and how to cancel a scheduled notification or all notifications.