Dalija Prasnikar
As announced on previous roadmaps, the 10.4 release of Delphi is planned to have unified memory management. That means retiring the ARC compiler on mobile platforms, which will now operate under the same good old… … Read more
5 years ago in Beta, Delphi, memory management0
Dalija Prasnikar
Using reference counting classes always requires some caution. You have to pay attention to reference cycles, using interface reference for referencing such object instances, not calling FreeAndNil and more… it is quite a list…But every… … Read more
5 years ago in Delphi, memory management0
Dalija Prasnikar
RAD Studio 10.3.3 update is live.Just like previous 10.3.2 update got big feature in macOS 64bit platform, 10.3.3 brings long awaited Android 64bit platform support.Adding 64bit Android platform is pretty straightforward.You need to add 64bit… … Read more
5 years ago in Delphi, RAD Studio, Rio0
Dalija Prasnikar
Here are the slides for my CodeRage 2019 session: Optimizing Layout Hierarchies in FireMonkey CodeRage 2019 – Optimizing Layout Hierarchies in FireMonkey You can find out more about this and register for watching at CodeRage 2019 … Read more
5 years ago in coderage2019, Delphi, FireMonkey0
Dalija Prasnikar
If you have memory problems you should eat more… actually, I have no clue what you should do then. But if you have Delphi memory problems then Deleaker by Softanics can certainly be of assistance.Deleaker… … Read more
5 years ago in Leaks, memory management, Tools0
Dalija Prasnikar
As you all may already know, Embarcadero recently had some serious server issues. At the moment, most functionality has been restored, but not all of it.Specifically, a number of bugs is missing from the public… … Read more
5 years ago in Delphi, Quality Portal, RAD Studio0
Dalija Prasnikar
RAD Studio update 10.3.2 has just been released, packed with new features and improvements; some big, some small.Big featuresDelphi macOS 64-bitC++17 for Windows 64-bitC++ LSP Code Insight ImprovementsDelphi Linux Client Application Support (recently r… … Read more
5 years ago in Delphi, Rio, Roadmap0
Dalija Prasnikar
New Delphi roadmap is live:https://community.idera.com/developer-tools/b/blog/posts/rad-studio-roadmap-may-2019https://community.idera.com/developer-tools/b/blog/posts/may-2019-rad-studio-roadmap-commentary-from-product-managementImportant highlights10… … Read more
6 years ago in Delphi, Roadmap0
Dalija Prasnikar
If you are not big fan of new Delphi IDE (light or dark ones) themes you are out of luck. They are default look and old Windows styled IDE is no longer officially supported.In previous… … Read more
6 years ago in Delphi, IDE0
Dalija Prasnikar
There are two (OK, three) features I have been eagerly waiting for in Delphi.The ability to have multiple class helpers (aka extension methods) in scopeInline variables and (3.) type inferenceWhile I will have to wait… … Read more
6 years ago in Delphi, Inline variables, memory management, Type inference0
Dalija Prasnikar
Every once in a while, every developer encounters random bugs that happen only in production and cannot be reproduced at will. If you cannot reproduce it, you can hardly fix it. In such situations, recording… … Read more
6 years ago in Delphi, Exceptions, FireMonkey0
Dalija Prasnikar
Variations of the above question get asked on a daily basis and there is an increasing number of bug reports that state basically the same thing. Android applications compiled with older Delphi versions work, and… … Read more
6 years ago in android, Delphi, Rio0
Dalija Prasnikar
First, forgive me if some of my thoughts seem a bit contradictory or confusing. My brain is still steaming… and I am not sure what to think…Please, no…What took you so long…Nooooo….But before, I start… … Read more
6 years ago in ARC, Delphi, memory management0