| Qt 5.3 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes |
| over the 5.2.x series. For more details, refer to the online documentation |
| included in this distribution. The documentation is also available online: |
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| http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.3 |
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| The Qt version 5.3 series is binary compatible with the 5.2.x series. |
| Applications compiled for 5.2 will continue to run with 5.3. |
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| Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers |
| corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker: |
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| http://bugreports.qt-project.org/ |
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| Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more |
| information about a particular change. |
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| **************************************************************************** |
| * General * |
| **************************************************************************** |
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| General Improvements |
| -------------------- |
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| - New SatelliteInfo example added. The example displays the signal |
| strength of surrounding satellites. The example employs a demo mode on |
| those platforms which don't provide satellite information |
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| **************************************************************************** |
| * Library * |
| **************************************************************************** |
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| QtPositioning |
| ------------- |
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| - Position (QML): |
| * Added direction and vertical speed properties. |
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| - QGeoPositionInfoSource: |
| * iOS position backend added. |
| * [QTBUG-34102] Android backend added. Android devices can retrieve |
| their current position. Network- and Satellite-based providers are |
| supported. |
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| - QGeoSatelliteInfoSource: |
| * [QTBUG-34102] Android backend added. Android devices can retrieve |
| information about the currently accessible GPS and GLONASS satellites. |
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| - QGeoRectangle: |
| * Added QGeoRectangle(QList<QGeoCoordinate>) constructor added. |
| * Improved class documentation. |
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| - QGeoShape: |
| * Added extendShape(QGeoCoordinate) function. |
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| - QNmeaPositionInfoSource: |
| * Added support for reporting position accuracy. |
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| **************************************************************************** |
| * Plugin Specific Changes * |
| **************************************************************************** |
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| GeoClue |
| ------- |
| - [QTBUG-36298] Reports direction of travel and |
| vertical speed attributes, if supported by the active Geoclue |
| provider. |
| - Fixed the emission of the updateTimeout() signal when |
| position updates do not arrive in a timely manner. |
| - Position info source provider no longer internally filters |
| position updates to the requested update interval. |
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