If you are attending the EKON 15 conference and want to prepare your laptops for some hands on experience, please follow the guidelines below.
I’m looking forward meeting a lot of interesting people, and having a great conference!
And if you are not attending, the below guidelines will help you get started doing cross platform FireMonkey development in Delphi
Installation instructions
Installation instructions on the Windows PC
- Install RAD Studio XE2 and the on-line help (use the default settings in all steps)
- Install InterBase XE Developer edition
Installation instructions on the Mac
For FireMonkey Mac OS X development
- Copy the file setup_paserver.zipto your Mac. Usually you can find it in here (X: is your Windows drive):64-bits system: X:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\RAD Studio\9.0\PAServer32-bits system: X:\Program Files\Embarcadero\RAD Studio\9.0\PAServer
- Unpack the file setup_paserver.zip on your Mac (you will get the file setup_paserver)
- Run the setup_paserver on the Mac.
- InterBase Developer edition:follow the general Installation instructions on the Embarcadero site,followed by the speficif Mac OS X instructies on the Embarcadero site.
For Apple iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod touch) development
- Download and Install Xcode 4 from the Apple site (you need to register for an account first) http://developer.apple.com/xcode/
- Copy the file FireMonkey-iOS.dmgto your Mac; Usually you can find it in here (X: is your Windows drive):64-bits system: X:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\RAD Studio\9.0\FireMonkey-iOS32-bits system: X:\Program Files\Embarcadero\RAD Studio\9.0\FireMonkey-iOS
- The file FireMonkey-iOS.dmgis a Mac disk image.Mount the DMG image on your Mac. It will be openend in /Volumes/FireMonkey-iOS/ and you will see 2 installers.
- Install both in this order:a. fpc-2.4.4.intel-macosx.pkg (it tells you that it will take 2 minutes, usually it will take less time)b. FireMonkey-iOS-XE2.pkg (it tells you it installs in “less than a minute”, usually it takes much longer, and can take more than 15 minutes)
- In the Mac Finder, Eject the mounted DMG
See also these two online instructions:
- http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/en/Installing_and_Running_the_Platform_Assistant_on_the_Target_Platform
- http://www.itwriting.com/blog/4841-hands-on-with-delphi-xe2-for-apple-ios.html
–jeroen










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