Views background not showing in Rajawali - android

I've been trying Rajawali to develop some apps, but, while it seems pretty good, I've ran into some trouble.
The main issue is that when i call a RajawaliActivity, and in every other activity called after it, the background of normal Android Views do not show, including the background of the layout being used.
As normal, I am using a RajawaliRenderer to show the 3d models, setting the surfaceView of the mRenderer, as shown in the sample apps and the tutorials.
Has anyone encountered the same problem or knows how to fix it?

In the manifest file set
android:hardwareAccelerated="false"
for each non 3D activity.
that solved the problem for me.
courtesy https://github.com/jwoolston

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