Digia Announces Release Of Qt 5.1

4th July 2013

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Qt has been updated to version 5.1 by Digia with the new update including Qt Quick, the Qt-specific declarative UI language. The inclusion of Qt Quick enables designers to develop graphically-rich UIs quickly and efficiently, which brings in new APIs and improves performance and stability with the implementation of over 3000 enhancements.

##IMAGE_1_R##Preliminary support for Android and iOS is also introduced in Qt 5.1, solidifying Qt as a true cross-platform framework for native development across the most popular operating systems and targets.

Development is made easier with Qt 5.1 which enables applications to be produced faster with intuitive user interfaces for multiple targets in the desktop, embedded and mobile space. Qt 5.1 is fully integrated with the Qt Creator 2.7 IDE, and makes it easier to address the paradigm shifts that touchscreen devices require.

Reducing the amount of code developers have to write, the new Qt Quick Controls are a ‘toolbox’ of reusable UI controls based on Qt Quick 2, Qt Quick Layouts, and more additions. This enables developers to quickly develop cross-platform applications, a particularly valuable capability in industries where rapid prototyping is necessary, and that require modern looking UIs with animations.

Enabling development for the two most popular mobile operating systems, the Technology Previews for Qt on Android and iOS provide an easy way to port applications from other platforms by reusing the same code base. Most of the Qt functionality and tool integration is already in place to start developing mobile applications. Complete ports to iOS and Android will come with Qt 5.2 later this year.

OpenGL ES (the graphics application programming interface designed for embedded systems and mobile devices) enhances Qt’s ability to deliver impressive graphics. This enables rich graphics with velvet-like animations and transitions and smoothly-rendered 2D and 3D animations to be developed on high-end architectures and devices with limited performance (low-cost development platforms, phones and tablets).

All major desktop operating systems, embedded operating systems, the most widely deployed real-time operating systems for embedded devices, and popular mobile OSes including Android, iOS, BlackBerry, and SailFish are supported by Qt 5.1.