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What's New In This Release

The Qt for Android Automotive 6.5 release is significant in a number of ways.

Features that are a technical preview

The following parts of the API are at the technical preview stage. These are subject to change and there are no maintenance, source, or binary compatibility guarantees. These may not be fully released in the future.

AndroidBroadcastReceiver	Allows receiving broadcasts and filtering them with custom Intent Filters. (Technical Preview)
AndroidBroadcastTransmitter	Used for sending intents. (Technical Preview)
AndroidIntentFilter	Used for filtering intents in combination with AndroidBroadcastReceiver. (Technical Preview)
AndroidMatchPattern	Provides types related to QAndroidMatchPattern. (Technical Preview)
AndroidUserDetails	Allows access to current user's information. (Technical Preview)
AndroidUserProfiles	Enables access to basic user related views. (Technical Preview)
MediaSessionController	Controls the current media being played on a device. (Technical Preview)
MediaSessionManager	List of media controllers currently active on the device. (Technical Preview)
QAndroidAuthorityEntry	Used to represent an Intent's data authority. (Technical Preview)
QAndroidBroadcastReceiver	Allows receiving broadcasts with custom Intent Filters. (Technical Preview)
QAndroidBroadcastTransmitter	Utility class for sending broadcasts. (Technical Preview)
QAndroidIntentFilter	Used for filtering intents in combination with QAndroidBroadcastReceiver. (Technical Preview)
QAndroidIntentInfo	Utility class to hold information about intents. (Technical Preview)
QAndroidMatchPattern	Used to store a path and pattern matcher for use in QAndroidIntentFilter. (Technical Preview)
QAndroidUserDetails	Class containing information about the user. (Technical Preview)
QAndroidUserProfiles	Enables access to basic user related views. (Technical Preview)
QMediaSessionController	Controls the current media being played on a device. (Technical Preview)
QMediaSessionManager	List of media controllers currently active on the device. (Technical Preview)
androidIntentInfo	The QML representation of QAndroidIntentInfo. (Technical Preview)
authorityEntry	The QML representation of QAndroidAuthorityEntry. (Technical Preview)
matchPattern	The QML representation of QAndroidMatchPattern. (Technical Preview)

Architecture change

Normally Qt products do not have binary or source breaks between minor releases. However, given that Qt for Android Automotive is a young product we took the opportunity to improve the encapsulation, ease of use, and deployment of the APIs. This was done by reorganizing existing classes and types into logically grouped modules. This structure also will reduce the development effort required for future additions to the APIs.

New features

For a good overview of the features introduced in this release see the Qt for Android Automotive 6.5 is released blog post.

Porting from 6.4 to 6.5

There are source and binary compatibility breaks between Qt for Android Automotive versions 6.4 and 6.5. All classes and types should be considered deprecated with the following exceptions:

The Qt Android Activity View Module remains unchanged. No changes are required.
The method for using the Qt IF Android Vehicle Properties has not changed. No changes are required.

Practically, the deprecated classes and types have only been moved so the only two things required to port your application to Qt for Android Automotive 6.5.

Update the import or include statements in your code.
Update the library linking statements in your project's CMakeList.txt file.

For details see the statements at the top of all namespace, class, and QML type documentation pages.

New Classes

A: QAndroidAuthorityEntry; QAndroidBroadcastReceiver; QAndroidBroadcastTransmitter; QAndroidIntentFilter; QAndroidIntentInfo; QAndroidMatchPattern; QAndroidUserDetails; QAndroidUserProfiles

D: QDynamicAudioRouting

M: QMediaSessionController; QMediaSessionManager

New Member Functions

Class QAndroidAppsUtils:

`(since QtAndroidAutomotive 6.5)` int	appUid(const QString &packageName)
`(since QtAndroidAutomotive 6.5)` bool	startAppOnScreen(const QString &packageName, const QScreen *screen)
`(since QtAndroidAutomotive 6.5)` bool	startAppOnScreen(const QString &packageName, int displayId)

Class QAppItem:

(since QtAndroidAutomotive 6.5) int uid() const

New QML Types

A: AndroidBroadcastReceiver; AndroidBroadcastTransmitter; AndroidIntentFilter; AndroidUserDetails

D: DynamicAudioRouting

M: MediaSessionController; MediaSessionManager

New QML Properties

QML Type AndroidUserProfiles:

(since QtAndroidAutomotive 6.5) currentUser : AndroidUserDetails

New QML Methods

QML Type AndroidAppsUtils:

`(since QtAndroidAutomotive 6.5)` int	appUid(string packageName)
`(since QtAndroidAutomotive 6.5)` bool	startAppOnScreen(string packageName, const QQuickScreenInfo *screenInfo)
`(since QtAndroidAutomotive 6.5)` bool	startAppOnScreenById(string packageName, int displayId)

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