adds signing and upload information
Merge branch 'develop'
updates README
Fix occasional null pointer when accessing the context
adds gradle.properties.sample and info to README
correct maven dep exclusion groupId
Enable syntax highlighting for configuration snippets.
formatting
Fix broken link.
version bump to 1.8.4
Merge branch 'release/1.8.4'
Merge branch 'release/1.8.4' into develop
updates version code
Merge branch 'master' into develop
updates version code to 14