1Qt 5.3 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes 2over the 5.2.x series. For more details, refer to the online documentation 3included in this distribution. The documentation is also available online: 4 5 http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.3 6 7The Qt version 5.3 series is binary compatible with the 5.2.x series. 8Applications compiled for 5.2 will continue to run with 5.3. 9 10Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers 11corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker: 12 13 http://bugreports.qt-project.org/ 14 15Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more 16information about a particular change. 17 18**************************************************************************** 19* General * 20**************************************************************************** 21 22General Improvements 23-------------------- 24 25 - New SatelliteInfo example added. The example displays the signal 26 strength of surrounding satellites. The example employs a demo mode on 27 those platforms which don't provide satellite information 28 29 30**************************************************************************** 31* Library * 32**************************************************************************** 33 34QtPositioning 35------------- 36 37 - Position (QML): 38 * Added direction and vertical speed properties. 39 40 - QGeoPositionInfoSource: 41 * iOS position backend added. 42 * [QTBUG-34102] Android backend added. Android devices can retrieve 43 their current position. Network- and Satellite-based providers are 44 supported. 45 46 - QGeoSatelliteInfoSource: 47 * [QTBUG-34102] Android backend added. Android devices can retrieve 48 information about the currently accessible GPS and GLONASS satellites. 49 50 - QGeoRectangle: 51 * Added QGeoRectangle(QList<QGeoCoordinate>) constructor added. 52 * Improved class documentation. 53 54 - QGeoShape: 55 * Added extendShape(QGeoCoordinate) function. 56 57 - QNmeaPositionInfoSource: 58 * Added support for reporting position accuracy. 59 60 61**************************************************************************** 62* Plugin Specific Changes * 63**************************************************************************** 64 65GeoClue 66------- 67 - [QTBUG-36298] Reports direction of travel and 68 vertical speed attributes, if supported by the active Geoclue 69 provider. 70 - Fixed the emission of the updateTimeout() signal when 71 position updates do not arrive in a timely manner. 72 - Position info source provider no longer internally filters 73 position updates to the requested update interval. 74 75