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=What is new in Qt 5.2=


Qt 5.2 was released on 12th of December.
The following pages has more information:
* [http://blog.qt.io/blog/2013/12/12/qt-5-2-released-the-best-qt-yet/ Qt 5.2 Release Announcement] ''[blog.qt.io]''
* [[qt5/qt52|Qt 5.2 Features]]
* [[doc|Qt 5.2 Documentation]]
==New Features==
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtcore-index.html Qt Core] ''[doc-snapshot.qt.io]''
** Added class QCommandLineParser for command-line arguments parsing
** Added new overload to QObject::connect() to add a context object when connecting to a lambda
** Added new QStringRef methods; left, right, mid
** Added QLoggingCategory/qCDebug, qCWarning, … macros to configure what gets logged at runtime
** Added class QTimeZone to support time zones using <span class="caps">IANA</span> (Olson) time zone IDs
** Added support to QDateTime for new Qt::TimeSpec of Qt::TimeZone and Qt::OffsetFromUTC
** Added new class QCollator to provide advanced platform-based collation.
** Added more I/O redirection possibilities to QProcess
** Added iteration capability to containers in QVariant
** Added dereferencing to QObject for smart pointers in QVariant
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtgui-index.html Qt <span class="caps">GUI</span>] ''[doc-snapshot.qt.io]''
** Added applicationState() function and applicationStateChanged() signal to QGuiApplication.
** Added QOpenGLTexture class.
** Added endian-neutral RGBA8888 formats to QImage.
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtwidgets-index.html Qt Widgets] ''[doc-snapshot.qt.io]''
** Added support for embedded clear button commonly used for item view filtering and side actions to QLineEdit
** Added methods based on QUrl to QFileDialog
** Added new QKeySequenceEdit class
** Restore session-management support from Qt4
** Restore basic startup-notification support on Unix
** Added placeholderText property to QTextEdit
** Added getMultiLineText static method to QInputDialog
** Added tabBarClicked and tabBarDoubleClicked signals to QTabBar
** Added replaceWidget in QLayout
** Added an option to have a checkbox in QMessageBox
** Added duration control on tooltips (e.g QWidget::setToolTipDuration)
** Added substring support to QCompleter
** Added buttonToggled signals to QButtonGroup
** Added retainSizeWhenHidden to QSizePolicy
** Added resizeContentsPrecision to QHeaderView
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtprintsupport-index.html Qt Print Support] ''[doc-snapshot.qt.io]''
** Added support to QPrintDialog for advanced <span class="caps">CUPS</span> features on Linux, including server-side page range selection, odd/even page selection, pages-per-sheet, job scheduling, and banner pages.
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtqml-index.html Qt <span class="caps">QML</span>] ''[doc-snapshot.qt.io]''
** New property on Qt.application: state.
** Can now define <span class="caps">QML</span> singletons with <span class="caps">QML</span> Files
** Can apply file selectors to support certain styles of cross-platform development
** qml binary runtime provides a supported method for launching <span class="caps">QML</span>-only applications
** New V4 JS engine
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtquick-index.html Qt Quick] ''[doc-snapshot.qt.io]''
** New Scenegraph Renderer, for improved performance
** Texture atlas support in SceneGraph
** SceneGraph now supports rendering to an OpenGL Core profile
** New animation types, called Animator, which can run animations on the the scene graph’s render thread.
** Support for external Drag and Drop
** Threaded render loop now uses one non-sharing OpenGL per window.
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtquickcontrols-index.html Qt Quick Controls] ''[doc-snapshot.qt.io]''
** Added support for editable combo box
** Added support for multi selection in TableView
** Added support for setting columns movable in TableView
** Added Switch type
** Added BusyIndicator type
** Simplified deployment
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtquickdialogs-index.html Qt Quick Dialogs] ''[doc-snapshot.qt.io]''
** New FontDialog
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtquicklayouts-index.html Qt Quick Layouts] ''[doc-snapshot.qt.io]''
** Added baseline support to layout
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtnetwork-index.html Qt Network] ''[doc-snapshot.qt.io]''
** QNetworkAccessManager: add public methods to pre-<span class="caps">TCP</span>/pre-<span class="caps">SSL</span>-connect
** QSslConfiguration: add <span class="caps">API</span> to persist and resume <span class="caps">SSL</span> sessions
** <span class="caps">SSL</span> code: allow for debugging <span class="caps">SSL</span> traffic with Wireshark / tcpdump
** QNetworkConfiguration: add public member bearerTypeFamily()
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/moc.html moc] ''[doc-snapshot.qt.io]''
** added -M argument to add plugin metadata from the command line
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/accessible.html Accessibility] ''[doc-snapshot.qt.io]''
** Enabled accessibility on Mac
** Made the <span class="caps">API</span>s public so that it is possible to implement accessibility for custom widgets
** Basic accessibility support for Android
* Qt WebKit
** <span class="caps">CSS</span> blending
** Context menus for HTML5 video
** Canvas Path object
** GeoLocation (with QtPositioning)
** Web Notifications
** Page Visibility <span class="caps">API</span>
** Threaded garbage collection
* Translations
** Translation to Italian now available
==New Modules==
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtbluetooth-index.html Qt Bluetooth] ''[doc-snapshot.qt.io]''
** Supported platforms: Linux/Bluez 4.x, BlackBerry
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtnfc-index.html Qt <span class="caps">NFC</span>] ''[doc-snapshot.qt.io]''
** Supported platforms: BlackBerry
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtpositioning-index.html Qt Positioning] ''[doc-snapshot.qt.io]''
** Supported platforms: All platform/NMEA, Linux/GeoClue
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtwinextras-index.html Qt Windows Extras] ''[doc-snapshot.qt.io]''
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtmacextras-index.html Qt Mac Extras] ''[doc-snapshot.qt.io]''
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtandroidextras-index.html Qt Android Extras] ''[doc-snapshot.qt.io]''
==Support for New Platforms==
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/android-support.html Android] ''[doc-snapshot.qt.io]''
** Full support for camera and recording
** Low-latency audio (QAudioInput, QAudioOutput, QSoundEffect)
** Command-line deployment tool
** <span class="caps">JNI</span> convenience <span class="caps">API</span>
** OpenSSL support
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/ios-support.html iOS] ''[doc-snapshot.qt.io]''
** Media player support
** Basic camera support (only viewfinder and image capture)
** Low-latency audio (QAudioInput, QAudioOutput, QSoundEffect)
==Qt Creator==
* Qt Creator 3.0
** Initial iOS support
** Multi-Screen extensions
** <span class="caps">API</span> Cleanup
** Enhanced Android support
** Initial debugging backend for lldb (Mac)
** Refactored and extended BlackBerry 10 support
==Installation==
* New reference installers
** Qt for Android (Mac)
** Qt for iOS (Mac)
* New target binaries
** Qt for Android arm5(Windows, linux, Mac)
==Deprecated==
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/4.8/qtquick.html Qt Quick 1] ''[doc-snapshot.qt.io]''
===Categories:===
* [[:Category:Developing with Qt|Developing_with_Qt]]
** [[:Category:Developing with Qt::Qt-5|Qt 5]]

Revision as of 16:11, 14 January 2015

What is new in Qt 5.2

Qt 5.2 was released on 12th of December.

The following pages has more information:

New Features

  • Qt Core [doc-snapshot.qt.io]
    • Added class QCommandLineParser for command-line arguments parsing
    • Added new overload to QObject::connect() to add a context object when connecting to a lambda
    • Added new QStringRef methods; left, right, mid
    • Added QLoggingCategory/qCDebug, qCWarning, … macros to configure what gets logged at runtime
    • Added class QTimeZone to support time zones using IANA (Olson) time zone IDs
    • Added support to QDateTime for new Qt::TimeSpec of Qt::TimeZone and Qt::OffsetFromUTC
    • Added new class QCollator to provide advanced platform-based collation.
    • Added more I/O redirection possibilities to QProcess
    • Added iteration capability to containers in QVariant
    • Added dereferencing to QObject for smart pointers in QVariant
  • Qt GUI [doc-snapshot.qt.io]
    • Added applicationState() function and applicationStateChanged() signal to QGuiApplication.
    • Added QOpenGLTexture class.
    • Added endian-neutral RGBA8888 formats to QImage.
  • Qt Widgets [doc-snapshot.qt.io]
    • Added support for embedded clear button commonly used for item view filtering and side actions to QLineEdit
    • Added methods based on QUrl to QFileDialog
    • Added new QKeySequenceEdit class
    • Restore session-management support from Qt4
    • Restore basic startup-notification support on Unix
    • Added placeholderText property to QTextEdit
    • Added getMultiLineText static method to QInputDialog
    • Added tabBarClicked and tabBarDoubleClicked signals to QTabBar
    • Added replaceWidget in QLayout
    • Added an option to have a checkbox in QMessageBox
    • Added duration control on tooltips (e.g QWidget::setToolTipDuration)
    • Added substring support to QCompleter
    • Added buttonToggled signals to QButtonGroup
    • Added retainSizeWhenHidden to QSizePolicy
    • Added resizeContentsPrecision to QHeaderView
  • Qt Print Support [doc-snapshot.qt.io]
    • Added support to QPrintDialog for advanced CUPS features on Linux, including server-side page range selection, odd/even page selection, pages-per-sheet, job scheduling, and banner pages.
  • Qt QML [doc-snapshot.qt.io]
    • New property on Qt.application: state.
    • Can now define QML singletons with QML Files
    • Can apply file selectors to support certain styles of cross-platform development
    • qml binary runtime provides a supported method for launching QML-only applications
    • New V4 JS engine
  • Qt Quick [doc-snapshot.qt.io]
    • New Scenegraph Renderer, for improved performance
    • Texture atlas support in SceneGraph
    • SceneGraph now supports rendering to an OpenGL Core profile
    • New animation types, called Animator, which can run animations on the the scene graph’s render thread.
    • Support for external Drag and Drop
    • Threaded render loop now uses one non-sharing OpenGL per window.
  • Qt Quick Controls [doc-snapshot.qt.io]
    • Added support for editable combo box
    • Added support for multi selection in TableView
    • Added support for setting columns movable in TableView
    • Added Switch type
    • Added BusyIndicator type
    • Simplified deployment
  • Qt Quick Dialogs [doc-snapshot.qt.io]
    • New FontDialog
  • Qt Quick Layouts [doc-snapshot.qt.io]
    • Added baseline support to layout
  • Qt Network [doc-snapshot.qt.io]
    • QNetworkAccessManager: add public methods to pre-TCP/pre-SSL-connect
    • QSslConfiguration: add API to persist and resume SSL sessions
    • SSL code: allow for debugging SSL traffic with Wireshark / tcpdump
    • QNetworkConfiguration: add public member bearerTypeFamily()
  • moc [doc-snapshot.qt.io]
    • added -M argument to add plugin metadata from the command line
  • Accessibility [doc-snapshot.qt.io]
    • Enabled accessibility on Mac
    • Made the APIs public so that it is possible to implement accessibility for custom widgets
    • Basic accessibility support for Android
  • Qt WebKit
    • CSS blending
    • Context menus for HTML5 video
    • Canvas Path object
    • GeoLocation (with QtPositioning)
    • Web Notifications
    • Page Visibility API
    • Threaded garbage collection
  • Translations
    • Translation to Italian now available

New Modules

Support for New Platforms

  • Android [doc-snapshot.qt.io]
    • Full support for camera and recording
    • Low-latency audio (QAudioInput, QAudioOutput, QSoundEffect)
    • Command-line deployment tool
    • JNI convenience API
    • OpenSSL support
  • iOS [doc-snapshot.qt.io]
    • Media player support
    • Basic camera support (only viewfinder and image capture)
    • Low-latency audio (QAudioInput, QAudioOutput, QSoundEffect)

Qt Creator

  • Qt Creator 3.0
    • Initial iOS support
    • Multi-Screen extensions
    • API Cleanup
    • Enhanced Android support
    • Initial debugging backend for lldb (Mac)
    • Refactored and extended BlackBerry 10 support

Installation

  • New reference installers
    • Qt for Android (Mac)
    • Qt for iOS (Mac)
  • New target binaries
    • Qt for Android arm5(Windows, linux, Mac)

Deprecated

Categories:

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