Add changelog for QtBluetooth/QtNfc 5.6.0 release

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Reviewed-by: Christian Kandeler <christian.kandeler@theqtcompany.com>

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+Qt 5.6 introduces 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:
+
+  http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/index.html
+
+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:
+
+  https://bugreports.qt.io/
+
+Each of these identifiers can be entered in the bug tracker to obtain more
+information about a particular change.
+
+****************************************************************************
+*                           Library                                        *
+****************************************************************************
+
+QtBluetooth
+-----------
+
+ - [QTBUG-46377] Added QBluetoothSocket::(set)preferredSecurityFlag().
+ - Q_DECLARE_METATYPE declarations added for various Q_ENUMS
+ - Fixed crash in btscanner example
+ - Added several documentation fixes
+ - Fixed wrong emission of CharacteristicWriteError where CharacteristicReadError
+   should have been emitted
+ - Fixed wrong emission of DescriptorWriteError where DescriptorReadError
+   should have been emitted
+ - Fixed wrong endianness handling in heartlistener example
+
+QtNfc
+-----
+
+ - API has been ported to Android
+ - Significantly improved implementation and documentation of QML NdefFilter
+   API
+ - Added general documentation improvements
+ - Fixed memory leak due to missing QQmlNdefRecord destructor
+
+****************************************************************************
+*                      Platform Specific Changes                           *
+****************************************************************************
+
+Android
+-------
+
+ - Increased robustness of Bluetooth Low Energy Service detail discovery
+ - [QTBUG-49367] Fixed missing jar file creation due to wrong build dependencies
+ - [QTBUG-50125] Fixed missing invalidation of QLowEnergyService details on
+    disconnect from device
+ - [QTBUG-50345] Fixed QBluetoothSocket::bytesAvailable()
+
+Linux/Bluez
+-----------
+
+ - [MER#1231] Enforce proper checking of error codes during device discovery
+   when using Bluez 4.x
+ - [MER#1225] Adjusted QBluetoothSocket::peerName() to comply with Jolla security
+   restrictions
+ - [MER1230] Enforced pairing of StartDiscovery() and StopDiscovery() during device
+   discovery on Bluez 4
+ - Fixed memory leak in Bluez 4 code path of QBluetoothServiceDiscoveryAgent
+ - [QTBUG-48481] Fixed crash during device discovery due to null pointer access on
+   Bluez 5
+ - [QTBUG-49650] Forcing usage of unbuffered L2CAP sockets for GATT protocol
+ - [QTBUG-49402] Sanitized handling of app names when registering internal agents
+   The app name is used to name the dbus path and not every permissible app name
+   character is a permissible dbus path character
+ - Removed assert in QLowEnergyController which could be caused by malicious device
+
+QNX/BlackBerry
+--------------
+
+ - Removed support for this platform from QtNfc
+ - Removed support for this platform from QtBluetooth
+
+iOS
+---
+
+ - [QTBUG-48518] Fixed compile and crash bugs when using iOS 9.x
+ - [QTBUG-48713] Enabled support for Bluetooth system alert dialog
+ - Fixed threading related timer issues
+ - [QTBUG-49476] Moved Low Energy code base to non-main dispatch queue
+ - [QTBUG-50125] Fixed missing invalidation of QLowEnergyService details on
+   disconnect from device