QML Animations are less smooth with 5.3.0-beta than with 5.2.1 (on low-spec Android devices)

tl;dr: Qt 5.3.0-beta on Android uses non-threaded rendering loop, which can result in un-smooth animations. The fix for that has been commited for 5.3.0. In order to get the threaded rendering loop with Qt 5.3.0-beta, write qputenv("QML_FORCE_THREADED_RENDERER", "1"); in the beginning of your main() function.

QML Animations are less smooth with 5.3.0-beta than with 5.2.1 (on low-spec Android devices). They visibly stutter.

This is just my first observation, I know that it is not that helpful. I will try to narrow this down.

Anyway, in order to reproduce this, check out https://github.com/aportale/qtouchandlearn and run it on a low-spec Android device (press a few correct answers in the game). Qt 5.2.1 creates more fluid animations than 5.3.0.

The device I tested this with is a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S , which so far was a good target for Qt apps.