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== New Features ==
== New Features ==


* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtcore-index.html Qt Core]
* [http://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.4/qtcore-index.html Qt Core]
** Added class QCommandLineParser for command-line arguments parsing
** 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 overload to QObject::connect() to add a context object when connecting to a lambda  
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** Added iteration capability to containers in QVariant
** Added iteration capability to containers in QVariant
** Added dereferencing to QObject for smart pointers in QVariant
** Added dereferencing to QObject for smart pointers in QVariant
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtgui-index.html Qt GUI]
* [http://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.4/qtgui-index.html Qt GUI]
** Added applicationState() function and applicationStateChanged() signal to QGuiApplication.
** Added applicationState() function and applicationStateChanged() signal to QGuiApplication.
** Added QOpenGLTexture class.
** Added QOpenGLTexture class.
** Added endian-neutral RGBA8888 formats to QImage.
** Added endian-neutral RGBA8888 formats to QImage.
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtwidgets-index.html Qt Widgets]
* [http://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.4/qtwidgets-index.html Qt Widgets]
** Added support for embedded clear button commonly used for item view filtering and side actions to QLineEdit
** 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 methods based on QUrl to QFileDialog
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** Added retainSizeWhenHidden to QSizePolicy
** Added retainSizeWhenHidden to QSizePolicy
** Added resizeContentsPrecision to QHeaderView
** Added resizeContentsPrecision to QHeaderView
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtprintsupport-index.html Qt Print Support]
* [http://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.4/qtprintsupport-index.html Qt Print Support]
** 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.
** 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.
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtqml-index.html Qt QML]
* [http://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.4/qtqml-index.html Qt QML]
** New property on Qt.application: state.
** New property on Qt.application: state.
** Can now define QML singletons with QML Files
** Can now define QML singletons with QML Files
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** qml binary runtime provides a supported method for launching QML-only applications
** qml binary runtime provides a supported method for launching QML-only applications
** New V4 JS engine
** New V4 JS engine
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtquick-index.html Qt Quick]
* [http://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.4/qtquick-index.html Qt Quick]
** New Scenegraph Renderer, for improved performance
** New Scenegraph Renderer, for improved performance
** Texture atlas support in SceneGraph
** Texture atlas support in SceneGraph
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** Support for external Drag and Drop
** Support for external Drag and Drop
** Threaded render loop now uses one non-sharing OpenGL per window.
** Threaded render loop now uses one non-sharing OpenGL per window.
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtquickcontrols-index.html Qt Quick Controls]
* [http://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.4/qtquickcontrols-index.html Qt Quick Controls]
** Added support for editable combo box
** Added support for editable combo box
** Added support for multi selection in TableView
** Added support for multi selection in TableView
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** Added BusyIndicator type
** Added BusyIndicator type
** Simplified deployment  
** Simplified deployment  
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtquickdialogs-index.html Qt Quick Dialogs]
* [http://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.4/qtquickdialogs-index.html Qt Quick Dialogs]
** New FontDialog
** New FontDialog
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtquicklayouts-index.html Qt Quick Layouts]
* [http://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.4/qtquicklayouts-index.html Qt Quick Layouts]
** Added baseline support to layout
** Added baseline support to layout
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtnetwork-index.html Qt Network]
* [http://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.4/qtnetwork-index.html Qt Network]
** QNetworkAccessManager: add public methods to pre-TCP/pre-SSL-connect
** QNetworkAccessManager: add public methods to pre-TCP/pre-SSL-connect
** QSslConfiguration: add API to persist and resume SSL sessions
** QSslConfiguration: add API to persist and resume SSL sessions
** SSL code: allow for debugging SSL traffic with Wireshark / tcpdump
** SSL code: allow for debugging SSL traffic with Wireshark / tcpdump
** QNetworkConfiguration: add public member bearerTypeFamily()
** QNetworkConfiguration: add public member bearerTypeFamily()
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/moc.html moc]
* [http://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.4/moc.html moc]
** added -M argument to add plugin metadata from the command line
** added -M argument to add plugin metadata from the command line
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/accessible.html Accessibility]
* [http://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.4/accessible.html Accessibility]
** Enabled accessibility on Mac
** Enabled accessibility on Mac
** Made the APIs public so that it is possible to implement accessibility for custom widgets
** Made the APIs public so that it is possible to implement accessibility for custom widgets
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== New Modules ==
== New Modules ==


* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtbluetooth-index.html Qt Bluetooth]
* [http://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.4/qtbluetooth-index.html Qt Bluetooth]
** Supported platforms: Linux/Bluez 4.x, BlackBerry
** Supported platforms: Linux/Bluez 4.x, BlackBerry
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtnfc-index.html Qt NFC]
* [http://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.4/qtnfc-index.html Qt NFC]
** Supported platforms: BlackBerry
** Supported platforms: BlackBerry
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtpositioning-index.html Qt Positioning]
* [http://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.4/qtpositioning-index.html Qt Positioning]
** Supported platforms: All platform/NMEA, Linux/GeoClue
** Supported platforms: All platform/NMEA, Linux/GeoClue
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtwinextras-index.html Qt Windows Extras]
* [http://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.4/qtwinextras-index.html Qt Windows Extras]
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtmacextras-index.html Qt Mac Extras]
* [http://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.4/qtmacextras-index.html Qt Mac Extras]
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/qtandroidextras-index.html Qt Android Extras]
* [http://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.4/qtandroidextras-index.html Qt Android Extras]


== Support for New Platforms ==
== Support for New Platforms ==


* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/android-support.html Android]
* [http://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.4/android-support.html Android]
** Full support for camera and recording
** Full support for camera and recording
** Low-latency audio (QAudioInput, QAudioOutput, QSoundEffect)
** Low-latency audio (QAudioInput, QAudioOutput, QSoundEffect)
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** JNI convenience API
** JNI convenience API
** OpenSSL support
** OpenSSL support
* [http://doc-snapshot.qt.io/qt5-stable/ios-support.html iOS]
* [http://doc-snapshots.qt.io/qt5-5.4/ios-support.html iOS]
** Media player support
** Media player support
** Basic camera support (only viewfinder and image capture)
** Basic camera support (only viewfinder and image capture)

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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:

New Features

  • Qt Core
    • 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
    • Added applicationState() function and applicationStateChanged() signal to QGuiApplication.
    • Added QOpenGLTexture class.
    • Added endian-neutral RGBA8888 formats to QImage.
  • Qt Widgets
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • New FontDialog
  • Qt Quick Layouts
    • Added baseline support to layout
  • Qt Network
    • 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
    • added -M argument to add plugin metadata from the command line
  • Accessibility
    • 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
    • Full support for camera and recording
    • Low-latency audio (QAudioInput, QAudioOutput, QSoundEffect)
    • Command-line deployment tool
    • JNI convenience API
    • OpenSSL support
  • iOS
    • 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