

There are many reasons for this, sometimes the Google servers are down or there is a conflict with an existing Android SDK. So if you start an Android project and then hit compile you will get a question from the Delphi IDE “Would you like to update the platforms SDK now?” Just click yes and it will then download the Android SDK for you and you can just continue.īut occasionally the install process of Delphi fails to download some of the required Android SDK files from Google. If you forgot that, no worries, the Delphi IDE has an automatic feature to detect missing Android SDK files.

If you do that, then you should also check the Eclipse Temurin OpenJDK 11 (Hotspot) JVM, for the Java bits the Android SDK needs. Now if you did not select it in the install, you can add it later using the Tools – Manage Platforms menu in the Delphi IDE. If you like this post, please +1 vote here to get it listed on Delphi Feeds and also here on BeginEnd.The Android SDK is an optional feature in the Delphi installation. Chill out until then More Informationĭownload FireMonkey demo project +1 this post If you are in a hurry, email me and Ill provide you with a pre-release version Oh ohhhh !ĭont panic – I have a workaround for that that will publish a solution on here soon including full source code. Now for the bad news – Gradient colors are not available for TPanel, TFrame, TGroupBox and various other container because they do not have a Fill property.

Gradient aren’t available for TPanel, TFrame and other components … dont panic

Change gradient properties at runtime using simple code.You can make one color more prominent than the other Change the angle to vertical, horizontal or anything in between such as 38 degrees.This can be applied any component that has a Fill property such as Shapes (TRectangle, TElipse) and event the background of a TForm. This video covers the basics of color gradients in Delphi FireMonkey Introduction to color gradients in Delphi FireMonkey.
