Writing iPhone Software – iGroupMail

Many Years Delphi,

Many Years Pascal,

Many Years SQL,

Many Years CodeGeare Stuff,

no question i don’t leave the big Delphi Ship!!!
But looking also around what’s happen on other SDK’s i start to develope a Application for the iPhone. Writing with Delphi WebAppications for the iPhone is no Problem (i will blog about this later) but first of all i tried to write a native application for the iPhone.

Let me bring the hurdles in some lines (i will prepare a article with more details later). First of all is to understand the XCODE development system. Understand the diffrence between business logic (coding) and Presentation Layer with Interface Builder. These are TWO different Tools. So you must understand how to bring the Tools togehter (IBOutlet and IBActions).

Second Hurdle is the COCOA Language Objective-C Language .. You have here a complete different typing like in Delphi:

Example:

Button1.Color:=MyColor;  —> [Button1 SetColor:MyColor];

and also for

Button1.Color:=MyColor;
Button1.Align:=MyColor;

—> [Button1 SetColor:MyColor SetAlign:MyAlign];

But the biggest Hurdle is like changing to .net learning where are the classes. What is the name of the class to Include (uses). So i need about 2 weeks to understand how it works.

After all sending the App to Apple, Apple is realy testing the stuff and find some bugs for example the GUI Guidlines must be correct. No chance in my first relase and sending back to fix the bug. But after all i got it.

I decided to write a application you can create indenpend Email Groups with email adresses from the adressbook or manual added. With this group you can crete a email to Normal, CC, BCC.

You can find it here iGroupMail:

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Now after my first online application i will prepare a more detail article like Diffrence between Delphi and XCODE Development System. And i also work on a example Delphi Webservice to iPhone, and much more…

regards daniel