Working with built-in styles

The look and feel of every FireMonkey control depends on the style. There is only one code base of your app, but when you compile it for a given platform, there is a different style used to render any control. In this way, magic is possible. The same app running on iOS will look like a regular iOS app, and when compiled for Android, it will look like an Android app. You can also compile the project for desktop targets and then an appropriate Windows or Mac style will be used.

Delphi comes with built-in styles. When you create a new multi-device application, during the design time, you can preview how a given form will look with a different style applied.

Let’s give it a try. Create a new multi-device blank application. Save the main form unit as uFormStylesTest and the whole project as StylesTest. Above the form designer area, there is a Style combo box where you can change the style that is used to preview the form you are working with, as...