| Qt 5.9 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes |
| over the 5.8.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://doc.qt.io/qt-5/index.html |
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| The Qt version 5.9 series is binary compatible with the 5.8.x series. |
| Applications compiled for 5.8 will continue to run with 5.9. |
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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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| https://bugreports.qt.io/ |
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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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| Third-Party Code |
| ---------------- |
| |
| - Added Mapbox GL Native as a third-party component to |
| src/3rdparty/mapbox-gl-native. |
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| **************************************************************************** |
| * Library * |
| **************************************************************************** |
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| QtLocation |
| ----------- |
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| - Added boundingGeoRectangle to QGeoShape to return a geographical bounding |
| box in form of a QGeoRectangle. |
| - Added QGeoPath as a new geo shape. |
| - Added a new QML type, MapParameter, to control plugin-specific map features |
| at runtime. |
| - Deprecated QGeoShape::extendShape. |
| - Renamed the QGeoProjection class into QWebMercator. |
| - Added new private API, QGeoProjection, for the coordinate <-> screen projection |
| conversion, removing it from QGeoTiledMapScene. |
| - Moved CacheAreas enum from QGeoFileTileCache into QAbstractGeoTileCache. |
| - Map.zoomLevel now always refers to a normalized tile size of 256x256 pixels. |
| Conversions to/from different tile sizes are performed internally by QGeoMap. |
| - Added clipping support to Clip2Tri 3rd party library through clipper, to protect Qt from |
| clipper invocations that throw. |
| - Updated clipper lib to version 6.4. |
| - QGeoProjectionWebMercator now uses a projection matrix to project to item position. |
| - [QTBUG-58124] Fixed a bug on destruction of the OSM plugin causing segfault. |
| - Added rotation, tilt and field of view properties to QDeclarativeGeoMap. |
| - Changed map items to be always positioned/wrapped based on their geo left bound. |
| - Changed the Map items opacity ramp values from 2.0 -> 3.0 to 1.5 -> 2.5. |
| - QDeclarativeGeoMap::setVisibleRegion now handles QGeoPath as well. |
| - Map Items geo data is now managed by a contained QGeoShape, which also handles geographical |
| transformations such as translations. |
| - Moved the declarative implementation from imports/ into location/declarativemaps and |
| location/declarativeplaces, privately exporting the classes. |
| - QQuickGeoMapGestureArea now correctly works with tilted/rotated maps. |
| - Added two new gestures to QQuickGeoMapGestureArea, two fingers rotation and two fingers tilting. |
| - Added the infrastructure to allow a QGeoMap to be responsible for drawing map items. |
| - Added a new QML type, MapCopyrightNotice, backed by the now exposed QDeclarativeGeoMapCopyrightNotice. |
| - MapCopyrightNotice can now be styled using CSS. |
| - Added a new plugin, MapboxGL, based on the mapbox-gl-native 3rd party library. |
| - The MapboxGL plugin now ships with a built-in development token. |
| - Added a new QML type, MapItemGroup, to group multiple map items in a new meta map item. |
| - Added the new mapItemOpacity method to QGeoMapItemBase, to account for the opacity of a MapItemGroup too. |
| - Added the new fitViewportToVisibleMapItems method to QDeclarativeGeoMap. |
| - Adapted mapviewer example to enable changing tilting/rotation/FoV. |
| - QGeoTiledMap now uses anisotropic filtering when available. |
| - Unblacklisted some previously blacklisted autotests now fixed in qtdeclarative. |
| - Blacklisted flick autotests on windows due to platform-induced flakiness. |
| - Added support to the MapboxGL plugin to natively renders map polylines, polygons and rectangles. |
| - Added support to the MapboxGL plugin to render both via FBO and via QSGRenderNode. |
| - QGeoCameraCapabilities are now specific to a QGeoMapType, and not any longer fixed to a plugin. |
| - DevicePixelRatio is now considered before enabling mipmapping so that mipmapping remains off if |
| tiles do not need to be minificated. |
| - Changed QGeoTiledMap default FoV from 90 to 45 degrees. |
| - [QTBUG-59417] Fixed QGeoTiledMapScene viewing frustum calculation. |
| - Added a new mapReady signal to QDeclarativeGeoMap to notify when the map becomes ready. |
| - Added ICU support to MapboxGL plugin, depending on its availability. |
| - [QTBUG-58821] Removed dependency on QtWidgets. |
| - Added a new plugin, itemsoverlay, to provide a transparent canvas to add only map items. |
| - MapQuickItem now correctly tilts and rotates when the zoomLevel property is set. |
| - [QTBUG-59259] Increased QGeoCoordinate debug operator precision. |
| - Improved the mapviewer example, also using QtQuick.Controls2 sliders. |
| - QtPositioning now also compiler-optimized when building in release. |
| - [QTBUG-59503] Flick autotests skipped on windows. |
| - [QTBUG-59479] Mercator-projected qgeocoordinates in map items are now cached. |
| - Removed pathPropertyChanged() from Polyline,Polygon. |
| - [QTBUG-23659] Enabled overzooming tiles in qgeotiledmapscene. |
| - [QTBUG-59416] keepTouchGrab now considered when handing mouse events in QDeclarativeGeoMap. |
| - Tile formats now proactively converted to ARGB32_Premultiplied. |
| - Added possibility to disable prefetching. |
| - Added parameter to control prefetching in tile-based geoservice plugins. |
| - Disabled warnings in third-party code. |
| - Improved flicking behavior of QQuickGeoMapGestureArea. |
| - [QTBUG-60021] Map update now triggered after initialization. |
| - QGeoMap pointers now protected with QPointer. |
| - QtLocation now marked as warning-free. |
| - [QTBUG-58801] Fixed copyright notice not showing before map type is changed. |
| - Added overzoomEnabled to QGeoCameraCapabilities. |
| - Various fixes for building with various QtLite configurations. |
| - QGeoTileFetcher::handleReply now virtual. |
| - [QTBUG-60266] declarative_ui autotests disabled for boot2qt. |
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| **************************************************************************** |
| * Platform Specific Changes * |
| **************************************************************************** |
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| iOS |
| --- |
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| - [QTBUG-52014][QTBUG-59275] Allow background updates if such capability |
| is present in infoDict. |
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| WinRT |
| ----- |
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| - [QTBUG-57288] Remove support for WinRT 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1. |
| - [QTBUG-60299] Added error handling for GeoPositionInfoSource creation. |
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| Android |
| ------- |
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| - [QTBUG-59010] Added guard against unprotected javaVM pointer usage. |
| - [QTBUG-59158] UTC flag for Android position timestamps now set. |