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: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.3 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. Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker: http://bugreports.qt-project.org/ Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more information about a particular change. **************************************************************************** * General * **************************************************************************** General Improvements -------------------- - 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 **************************************************************************** * Library * **************************************************************************** QtPositioning ------------- - Position (QML): * Added direction and vertical speed properties. - QGeoPositionInfoSource: * iOS position backend added. * [QTBUG-34102] Android backend added. Android devices can retrieve their current position. Network- and Satellite-based providers are supported. - QGeoSatelliteInfoSource: * [QTBUG-34102] Android backend added. Android devices can retrieve information about the currently accessible GPS and GLONASS satellites. - QGeoRectangle: * Added QGeoRectangle(QList) constructor added. * Improved class documentation. - QGeoShape: * Added extendShape(QGeoCoordinate) function. - QNmeaPositionInfoSource: * Added support for reporting position accuracy. **************************************************************************** * Plugin Specific Changes * **************************************************************************** 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.