Delphi-PRAXiS - First Steps with FMXLinux

RAD Studio Bundles FMX Linux

Yesterday Embarcadero announced with a blog post I published*at*

https://community.idera.com/develope...and-rad-studio*the immediate availability of FMX Linux for all Delphi Enterprise and Architect customers. In short, you can use this library for building Linux client applications with FireMonkey, with code fully compatible woth other platforms.

You can read the announcement above* and also check:

the DocWiki documentation: http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADSt...nkey_for_Linux
the FMX*Linux website: https://www.fmxlinux.com/
the press release:*https://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...ork-Create-GUI

FMX Linux Practical Introduction

So how does it work? First you need to use RAD Studio 10.3.1 and download the FMX Linux package from GetIt:

http://blog.marcocantu.com/images/fo...fmxlinux01.png

Second, open or create a FireMonkey multi-device application and use the special menu at the top of the Project Manager local menu (with the project selected) -- notice this is a temporary solution needed until we fully enable Linux FireMonkey support in the IDE:

http://blog.marcocantu.com/images/fo...fmxlinux02.png

At this point the Linux platform is available in the project target platforms:

http://blog.marcocantu.com/images/fo...fmxlinux03.png

Next create an application with a user interface:

http://blog.marcocantu.com/images/fo...fmxlinux04.png

Add some code to it:

http://blog.marcocantu.com/images/fo...fmxlinux05.png

Build it for Linux, open PASrver on your Linux machine and deploy it (you can also run/debug it if everything is configured properly). From the Linux box, you can use a file manager or a terminal windows to reach the scratch-dir with PAServer artifacts:

http://blog.marcocantu.com/images/fo...fmxlinux06.png

Now run the application, as with the command above and you get ti up and running on your Linux desktop:

http://blog.marcocantu.com/images/fo...fmxlinux07.png

That's all to get started. For more information and prerequisite on the target machine, read the docwiki information in the link above. In my case, I installed a complete gnome desktop, but that's not strictly required.

Enjoy this new great additional feature, which brings Linux on par with all other platforms Delphi supports!

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