Monthly Archives: August 2013

Serenity for Android 1.4.0

Posted on August 29, 2013 by kingargyle

Version 1.4.0-M3 is now available on the development site.   One of the features that is missing from the Plex Media Server and more importantly the various players is the ability to Queue up videos for playback and have them … Continue reading →

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Creating a Google TV Sliding Navigation Menu

Posted on August 25, 2013 by kingargyle

The standard design pattern for Google TV apps is generally to use the LeftNavBar library. Unfortunately there isn’t an apklib and it isn’t included as a google tv addon library, so one has to compile and work with the library … Continue reading →

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Code Coverage of Robolectric Tests using JaCoCo

Posted on August 18, 2013 by kingargyle

Those that have followed me over the years know that I’m big proponent of Unit Testing and Code Coverage. When I started working on Serenity for Android as a learning project for Android development, I missed not having that code … Continue reading →

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Android Refresh Activity

Posted on August 8, 2013 by kingargyle

I had an issue where I was having a problem getting an activity to refresh or recreate itself, when being called from a BroadcastReceiver.   The odd thing is that if I launched using Eclipse, it would work and refresh. … Continue reading →

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