Category Archives: webinar

Skill Sprint: Android Voice – Speech Recognition and TTS

Posted on 11-Jul-2014 by Jim McKeeth

For my Developer Skill Sprint I was originally scheduled to show how to do a Google Glass Voice Trigger. That is pretty cool because it allows you to launch a Google Glass app with your voice, but I decided to … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, Mobile, Source Code, Tools, webinar | 13 Comments

Android JNI Bridge and Custom Classes.dex

Posted on 8-Jul-2014 by Jim McKeeth

By creating a custom Classes.dex you can get access to 3rd party Java JAR APIs from your application. For my Integrate More Android with a JNI Call to your Android App Developer Skill Sprint I created a demo app that demonstrates creating … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, Mobile, MVP, News, Source Code, Tools, webinar | 22 Comments

Integrate Cloud Services with the REST/JSON Client

Posted on 1-Jul-2014 by Jim McKeeth

As part of the free Developer Skill Sprint on REST & JSON here are my slides and sample source code. Appmethod, RAD Studio, Delphi & C++Builder XE6 ship with the Desktop sample RESTDemos sample which includes examples for: Twitter Facebook Google … Continue reading →

Posted in REST, webinar | 11 Comments

Delphi Unit Testing Tools

Posted on 9-Feb-2014 by Jim McKeeth

Recently I was discussing with some friends if everyone should learn to code and one friend said “I think everyone should learn to write unit tests.” I was reading Nick Hodges’ Coding In Delphi book (available free when you buy XE5) … Continue reading →

Posted in webinar | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Revisiting Google Glass

Posted on 8-Feb-2014 by Jim McKeeth

Few weeks ago I posted about how to launch a Google Glass app with a voice command. The app I built used buffered sensor data from the accelerometer and smooth animation to show a level. The video below is from our Making the … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, iOS, webinar | 2 Comments

Oh Yeah, the Ouya!

Posted on 4-Feb-2014 by Jim McKeeth

The Ouya is an Android powered game console / set-top box that you can pick up for $99. Not only is it a cheap game console, but it is also an affordable Android platform designed to drive big screen TVs. … Continue reading →

Posted in webinar | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Connecting Delphi to my Brain with the Emotiv EPOC

Posted on 2-Feb-2014 by Jim McKeeth

The Emotiv EPOC might seem more Sci-Fi than practical technology. It is designed to pick up on brain waves through its 14 brain wave sensors (plus 2 reference receivers) and convert them into a usable signal for your computer. For … Continue reading →

Posted in Brain Computer Interface, devices, gadgets, webinar | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

Buffering Sensor Data

Posted on 16-Jan-2014 by Jim McKeeth

Working with sensors on devices can often lead to large amounts of data coming to you really fast. For example the TMotionSensor’s OnDataChange event fires 100 times a second on my Nexus 5. When I was building my level app … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, iOS, Mobile, webinar | 3 Comments

FireDAC is the Recommended Database Access Library

Posted on 31-Dec-2013 by Jim McKeeth

I got a great call the other morning. A Delphi developer from a few versions back was considering upgrading to XE5, but he wanted to know if FireDAC was recommended for database access, or if he would need a 3rd … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, iOS, Mobile, News, webinar | 8 Comments

Delphi XE5 Mobile App Development Workshop

Posted on 23-Dec-2013 by Jim McKeeth

Glenn Stephens with Orchard eBusiness has a Delphi XE5 Mobile App Development Workshop coming up next month. It is divided up into 4 different 4 hour workshops, each on a different day. This gives you a chance to work on what you learned … Continue reading →

Posted in MVP, webinar | 1 Comment