Revision control
++ Qt 5.6 introduces many new features and improvements as well as bugfixes
++ over the 5.5.x series. For more details, refer to the online documentation
++ included in this distribution. The documentation is also available online:
++
++
++ The Qt version 5.6 series is binary compatible with the 5.5.x series.
++ Applications compiled for 5.5 will continue to run with 5.6.
++
++ Some of the changes listed in this file include issue tracking numbers
++ corresponding to tasks in the Qt Bug Tracker:
++
++
++ Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more
++ information about a particular change.
++
++ ****************************************************************************
++ * Library *
++ ****************************************************************************
++
++ QtPositioning
++ -------------
++
++ - Removed Blackberry 10 support.
++ - [QTBUG-40702] Removed dependency towards libgeoclue. The plugin uses the
++ GeoClue DBus interface.
++ - Enabled Position plugin for OS X. Previously only the plugin was only working
++ for iOS.
++ - [QTBUG-48082] Added QtSerialPort based NMEA position plugin for Windows.
++ - Improved and fixed the WinRT position backend. Various changes on the WinRT
++ platform caused the necessity for such and update.
++ - Fixed endless requests towards Android's LocationManager when stopUpdates() was not
++ called in pair with startUpdates().
++
++ QtLocation
++ ----------
++
++ - First stable release of the Qt Location API. The QML API changed significantly
++ compared to the Qt 5.5 release. The changes are documented in the official
++ module documentation under "API changes".
++ - Improved the Flick and Pinch implementation for QML Map.
++ - [QTBUG-44809] Fixed tile version handling
++ - Fixed crash during Map.setVisibleRegion while no plugin has been set.
++ - Improved error reporting in map, geocoding and routing model APIs.
++ - QTBUG[36919] Added means to prevent stealing of mouse/touch grabs on map.
++ - Improved coordinate related animation handling. Previously an animation along
++ the longitude always used a shortest path direction. Now it is possible to set
++ the direction for the animation.
++ - [QTBUG-46147] Fixed crash in QML Map element.
++ - [QTBUG-44311] Fixed bouncing Map flick on zoom level 2.
++ - [QTBUG-47020] & [QTBUG-47019] Improved Mouse and keyboard integration of QML Map
++ - [QTBUG-46388] Fixed Pinch when no MouseArea overlaps QML Map element.
++ - Fixed various unit test.
++ - Fixed a variety of minor documentation issues.
++ - Fixed dysfunctional tile cache for OSM plugin due to the server delivering JPEG
++ file when PNG files were expected.
++ - [QTBUG-41187] Unified the default tile cache location on disk.
++ - Fixed crash in gesture area while receiving wheel events.
++ - Fixed route requests with excluded areas for HERE plugin.
++ - Added support for custom map background color.
++ - Improved Map rendering performance throughout the QML API.
++ - [QTBUG-49772] Fixed weatherinfo example due to missing appid handling for
++ openweatermap.org.
++ - [QTBUG-47292] Added ability to clear the map cache.
++ - [QTBUG-50060] Improved performance of QML MapPolyline.
++ - [QTBUG-50240] Fixed OSM routing to handle changed server status code for a
++ successful route retrieval.
++ - [QTBUG-50519] Fixed map in mapviewer example when displaying the minimap.