Develop Windows 8 Apps with Delphi XE4

Give your apps Windows 8 style and functionality

With Metropolis UI in Delphi XE4, you can create Windows 8 apps that incorporate the latest Windows 8 styling and functionality in an easy and accessible way. Get a quick start building Windows 8 apps using Metropolis UI project templates and Live Tile integration.

Display data from your apps on the Windows 8 Start screen

Live Tile integration gives your apps running on Windows 8 Enterprise edition a presence in the Windows 8 Start Screen and even enables your applications to communicate with the tiles without having to use WinRT.

Easy path to Windows 8 for existing VCL and FireMonkey apps

Do you have existing VCL and FireMonkey apps that you want to get to Windows 8? RAD Studio XE4 makes it easy to update your apps with the latest Windows 8 UI styling and functionality. Open your existing application and convert your forms to the Windows 8 Metropolis UI style with the click of a button.

Create apps for Windows 8 Desktops and x64 tablets

Use Delphi XE4 to develop visually and click to compile high-performance 32-bit and 64-bit native Windows 8 apps. Your apps will run on Windows 8 desktops and x86 based tablets with Intel and Intel Atom hardware such as Microsoft Surface Professional, Slate tablets from HP, Asus and others, as well as AMD processor based tablets from Acer, Samsung and more.

The Windows 8 look – even for your Windows 7, Vista and XP apps!

Both the Delphi XE4 development environment and apps that you create with Delphi will immediately run great on Windows 8. Your apps will also run with the Windows 8 modern UI look on earlier versions of Windows, including Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP so you can support more users, more easily.