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For Delphi VCL there is TWebBrowser and some 3rd party components like TEmbeddedWebBrowser available for browsing a web.

Is there a similar web browser component but for Firemonkey framework in Delphi XE2 (ideally with Windows and Mac support) ?

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    Hi Dennies, have you tried to use the ChromiumEmbedded on Mac ? Have you resolved this somehow ? Any feedback will be appreciated. Thanks! – TLama Sep 01 '12 at 10:08
  • any possibility to just write a native app? By the time you figure out how to make Delphi/FireMonkey work, you will be well along with getting your native app written... Just a thought. :-| Plus, I don't think I've ever seen a cross-platform app that delivered an acceptable user experience. – nielsbot Mar 20 '13 at 21:30

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You can use the ChromiumEmbedded package for Delphi. There's a TChromiumFMX component which is suited for FireMonkey applications. I've tested the demo project from the repository and it works fine for 32-bit Windows.

However I can't tell you if nor how to build and use it in Mac OS. The only thing I can tell you is that the ChromiumEmbedded for Delphi is distributed only with Windows binaries, the binaries for Mac OS you can download from here.

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  • I downloaded CEF3, but `TChromiumFMX` wasn't included with the package it seems. Any ideas? – ple103 Mar 21 '13 at 03:09
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    @petersmileyface, it seems that [`there won't be any`](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/delphichromiumembedded/I39FHay1npY/ozDpF5OAtz0J) as Jørgen Opsand [`cited here`](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9327111/is-there-a-web-browser-component-for-use-in-firemonkey-application/9327827?noredirect=1#comment18702418_13624746) from the linked thread. – TLama Mar 21 '13 at 03:17
  • I have tried but doesn't work on Win7/DXE2. I get run-time error – FLICKER Sep 25 '13 at 23:37
  • @Mohammad, make sure you [`have core libraries visible to your executable`](http://stackoverflow.com/a/9587241/960757). That's the most common mistake. But that's all I can tell you, because I don't know what error you got, when, nor which version of DCEF you used. – TLama Sep 26 '13 at 07:37
  • Thank you @TLama. I had the core library but seems I was using an old version. however it supped to work on XE2. Anyway, I got a newer version from https://code.google.com/p/dcef3/ and worked perfectly :) – FLICKER Sep 27 '13 at 17:00
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As far as I know (!), the situation is as follows:

  • CromiumEmbedded supports OSX (& Windows of course)
  • There is a Delphi ChromiumEmbedded
  • Delphi supports OSX through the FireMonkey framework
  • There is even a FireMonkey version of the Delphi ChromiumEmbedded
  • The Delphi/FireMonkey ChromiumEmbedded does not support OSX

If somebody knows better, that would be fantastic.

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  • Don't forget on new [`Chromium CEF3`](http://code.google.com/p/dcef3/) wrapper for Delphi. – TLama Nov 29 '12 at 11:48
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    Henri Gourvest, has stated on the delphichromiumembedded forum that "Current version of CEF3 do not have offscreen rendering, so I can't create Firemonkey compatible Component". CEF1 has the FireMonkey Component, but not (yet?) OSX support. – Jørgen Opsand Nov 29 '12 at 20:52