<s>
FireMonkey	B-Language
(	O
abbreviated	O
FMX	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
GUI	B-Application
framework	O
developed	O
by	O
Embarcadero	O
Technologies	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
Delphi	B-Language
or	O
C++Builder	B-Language
,	O
using	O
Object	B-Language
Pascal	I-Language
or	O
C++	B-Language
to	O
build	O
cross	B-Operating_System
platform	I-Operating_System
applications	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
3rd	O
party	O
library	O
,	O
,	O
enables	O
the	O
building	O
of	O
FireMonkey	B-Language
applications	O
on	O
Linux	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FireMonkey	B-Language
is	O
based	O
on	O
VGScene	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Eugene	O
Kryukov	O
of	O
KSDev	O
from	O
Ulan-Ude	O
,	O
Russia	O
as	O
a	O
next	O
generation	O
vector-based	O
GUI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kryukov	O
continued	O
to	O
be	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
FireMonkey	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
the	O
traditional	O
Windows	B-Application
only	O
Visual	B-Library
Component	I-Library
Library	I-Library
(	O
VCL	B-Library
)	O
,	O
the	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
FireMonkey	B-Language
framework	O
is	O
included	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Delphi	B-Language
,	O
C++Builder	B-Language
and	O
RAD	O
Studio	O
since	O
version	O
XE2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FireMonkey	B-Language
started	O
out	O
as	O
a	O
vector	O
based	O
UI	O
framework	O
,	O
but	O
evolved	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
bitmap	O
or	O
raster	O
based	O
UI	O
framework	O
to	O
give	O
greater	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
look	O
to	O
match	O
target	O
platform	O
appearances	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FireMonkey	B-Language
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
UI	O
framework	O
,	O
and	O
allows	O
developers	O
to	O
create	O
user	O
interfaces	O
that	O
run	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
GPU	O
where	O
possible	O
,	O
and	O
applications	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
acceleration	O
features	O
available	O
in	O
Direct2D	B-Library
on	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
,	O
OpenGL	B-Application
on	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
OpenGL	B-Application
ES	I-Application
on	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
platforms	O
where	O
Direct2D	B-Library
is	O
not	O
available	O
(	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
for	O
example	O
)	O
it	O
falls	O
back	O
to	O
GDI+	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applications	O
and	O
interfaces	O
developed	O
with	O
FireMonkey	B-Language
are	O
separated	O
into	O
two	O
categories	O
,	O
HD	O
and	O
3D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
HD	O
because	O
FireMonkey	B-Language
utilizes	O
multi-resolution	O
bitmaps	O
in	O
its	O
dynamic	O
style	O
system	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
high-DPI	O
displays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
framework	O
has	O
inbuilt	O
support	O
for	O
effects	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
blurs	O
and	O
glows	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
others	O
)	O
and	O
animation	O
,	O
allowing	O
modern	O
WPF-style	O
fluid	O
interfaces	O
to	O
be	O
easily	O
built	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
supports	O
native	O
themes	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
a	O
FireMonkey	B-Language
application	O
can	O
look	O
very	O
close	O
to	O
native	O
on	O
each	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Native	O
controls	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
through	O
both	O
third-party	O
libraries	O
and	O
the	O
ControlType	O
property	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FireMonkey	B-Language
is	O
not	O
only	O
a	O
visual	O
framework	O
but	O
a	O
full	O
software	O
development	O
framework	O
,	O
and	O
retains	O
many	O
features	O
available	O
with	O
VCL	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
framework	O
being	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
compatible	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
source	O
code	O
and	O
form	O
design	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
deploy	O
to	O
the	O
various	O
platforms	O
it	O
supports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
natively	O
supports	O
32-bit	O
and	O
64-bit	B-Device
executables	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
32-bit	O
executables	O
on	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
32-bit	O
and	O
64-bit	B-Device
executables	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
32-bit	O
and	O
64-bit	B-Device
executables	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FireMonkey	B-Language
includes	O
that	O
adapt	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
to	O
the	O
correct	O
behavior	O
and	O
appearance	O
on	O
each	O
target	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
development	O
is	O
integrated	O
tightly	O
into	O
the	O
IDE	O
,	O
requiring	O
a	O
Mac	O
only	O
for	O
deployment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FireMonkey	B-Language
uses	O
hardware	O
acceleration	O
when	O
available	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Direct2D	B-Library
or	O
OpenGL	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Windows	B-Application
platforms	O
where	O
Direct2D	B-Library
is	O
not	O
available	O
(	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
for	O
example	O
)	O
it	O
falls	O
back	O
to	O
GDI+	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenGL	B-Application
is	O
used	O
on	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenGL	B-Application
ES	I-Application
is	O
used	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
controls	O
in	O
FireMonkey	B-Language
are	O
styleable	O
via	O
the	O
styling	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
some	O
platforms	O
certain	O
controls	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
set	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
OS	O
provided	O
control	O
implementation	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
self	O
drawn	O
Firemonkey	B-Language
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
sometimes	O
adds	O
further	O
features	O
while	O
removing	O
some	O
features	O
provided	O
by	O
Firemonkey	B-Language
's	O
own	O
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
visual	O
components	O
,	O
FireMonkey	B-Language
provides	O
a	O
loosely	O
coupled	O
way	O
of	O
accessing	O
platform	O
specific	O
features	O
independent	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
the	O
TabPosition	O
of	O
the	O
TTabControl	O
has	O
a	O
property	O
value	O
of	O
PlatformDefault	O
that	O
moves	O
the	O
tabs	O
to	O
the	O
top	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
the	O
bottom	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
automatically	O
to	O
be	O
in	O
line	O
with	O
the	O
design	O
guidelines	O
for	O
those	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
