New Features in Qt 5.5
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What is new in Qt 5.5
Very incomplete. Do expect the list to usefull until just before release.
New Features
- Qt Bluetooth
- Bluetooth Low Energy API final release (5.4 was featuring tech preview).
- Bluetooth Low Energy Support for Android (requires Android v18+) added.
- Bluetooth Classic and Low Energy support for iOS and OS X.
- Qt GUI
- QImage: 8-bit Alphamap and grayscale formats.
- Qt Nfc
- Neard based backend for Linux added.
- Qt WebEngine
- WebEngineProfile for control of storage and cache paths and related policies.
- Qt QML
- It is now possible to conveniently expose custom C++ value types into the JavaScript environment of Qml and QJSEngine.
- QPA
- XCB plugin now uses the dbus based statusnotifier protocol for system tray and notifications.