Year In Review: Top 10 Most Popular Delphi Firemonkey Posts For 2014

FMXExpress.com served over 144,000 unique developers looking for Delphi and Appmethod Firemonkey information in 2014. Over 475 posts with all kinds of tips and tricks, tutorials, demos, links, and code snippets for Delphi XE5, Delphi XE6, Delphi XE7, and Appmethod were posted. The top 10 most popular posts for 2014 on FMXExpress.com were as follows:

#1 Ten Tips For Creating Professional Android Apps With Delphi XE5 Firemonkey
Ten different tips and tricks for building the best apps with Delphi XE5. There is an updated version of this post for XE7.

#2 Add A Splash Screen With The Android Manifest For Delphi XE5 Firemonkey Apps
If you needed to add a splash screen to your Delphi XE5 app on Android this explains ways to do that. In Delphi XE7 this functionality is built in.

#3 Flappy Bird Clone Source Code For Delphi XE5 Firemonkey On Android And IOS
Flappy Bird is a hugely popular game in 2014 and this post outlines two different versions built in Object Pascal for you to download and modify for yourself.

#4 QR Code Scanner Source Code For Delphi XE5 Firemonkey On Android And IOS
Method in Delphi XE5 for adding QR code scanner functionality to your XE5 apps.

#5 Keep Controls Visible When Virtual Keyboard Pops Up In Firemonkey On Android And IOS
When you use an edit control in Firemonkey the virtual keyboard can scroll up and over the edit control. This info helps you craft a solution so the edit control stays visible.

#6 Build A Messenger Layout Like Whatsapp Using Delphi XE5 Firemonkey On Android And IOS
Full source code is provided in Object Pascal for you to build your own messenger app using the XMPP protocol.

#7 Easily Use Threads In Delphi XE5 Firemonkey On Android And IOS
Keep your apps responsive with this guide for Delphi XE5 which shows how to use threads easily.

#8 Connect To A Remote MySQL Database With Delphi XE5 On IOS And Android
If you need to be able to connect to a MySQL database from XE5 this post helps you implement a solution.

#9 Web Browser Component For Delphi XE5 Firemonkey On Windows
The default TWebBrowser control only supports Android and IOS. This web browser control works in Firemonkey on Windows.

#10 Box2d Physics Engine For Delphi XE6 Firemonkey On Android, IOS, Windows, And OSX
Full source code is provided to an Object Pascal version of the popular Box2d Physics engine for all four platforms that Firemonkey supports.

Happy New Year!