| Qt 5.6 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes |
| over the 5.5.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-5.6 |
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| The Qt version 5.6 series is binary compatible with the 5.5.x series. |
| Applications compiled for 5.5 will continue to run with 5.6. |
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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.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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| * Important Behavior Changes * |
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| - [OS X] QtWebEngine is now the default backend on OS X. |
| - Calling QtWebView::initialize() is now required to make sure the WebView |
| functions correctly on all platforms. |
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| **************************************************************************** |
| * Platform-specific Changes * |
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| WinRT |
| ---- |
| - Added support for Windows Runtime. |
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| Android |
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| - [QTBUG-49664] JavaScript evaluation will now be stopped before the |
| WebView is released. |
| - [QTBUG-49566] Accessing geolocation is now allowed when the application |
| has the permission for ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION. |