Maven & Android: complete pom.xml files contents

The complete pom.xml file I use for Android projects is as follows.

1. Main Android application’s pom.xml

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
	<groupId>pl.looksok</groupId>
	<artifactId>ColCalc</artifactId>
	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
	<packaging>apk</packaging>

	<build>
		<sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src</sourceDirectory>
		<plugins>
			<plugin>
				<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
				<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
				<version>3.3.2</version>
				<configuration>
					<androidManifestFile>${project.basedir}/AndroidManifest.xml</androidManifestFile>
					<assetsDirectory>${project.basedir}/assets</assetsDirectory>
					<resourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/res</resourceDirectory>
					<genDirectory>${project.basedir}/gen</genDirectory>
					<deleteConflictingFiles>true</deleteConflictingFiles>
					<undeployBeforeDeploy>true</undeployBeforeDeploy>
					<sdk>
						<platform>7</platform>
					</sdk>
				</configuration>
				<extensions>true</extensions>
			</plugin>
			<plugin>
				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
				<version>2.5.1</version>
				<configuration>
					<source>1.6</source>
					<target>1.6</target>
				</configuration>
			</plugin>
		</plugins>
	</build>
	<dependencies>
		<!-- java project dependency -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>pl.looksok.logic</groupId>
			<artifactId>ColCalcLogic</artifactId>
			<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
		</dependency>

		<!-- android apklib project dependency -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>pl.looksok.currencyedittext</groupId>
			<artifactId>CurrencyEditText</artifactId>
			<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
			<type>apklib</type>
		</dependency>
	</dependencies>
</project>

Please remember to set target Android SDK and java version in file above. In my case Java version is 1.6, and SDK is 7. Keep the same config in AndroidManifest.xml.

2. apklib – Android library project pom.xml file

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>pl.looksok.currencyedittext</groupId>
  <artifactId>CurrencyEditText</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <!-- set up packaging -->
  <packaging>apklib</packaging>
  <build>
    <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src</sourceDirectory>
            <plugins>
                <plugin>
			<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
			<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
			<version>3.1.1</version>
			<configuration>
				<androidManifestFile>${project.basedir}/AndroidManifest.xml</androidManifestFile>
				<assetsDirectory>${project.basedir}/assets</assetsDirectory>
				<resourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/res</resourceDirectory>
				<genDirectory>${project.basedir}/gen</genDirectory>
				<deleteConflictingFiles>true</deleteConflictingFiles>
				<undeployBeforeDeploy>true</undeployBeforeDeploy>
				<sdk>
					<platform>7</platform>
				</sdk>
			</configuration>
			<extensions>true</extensions>
		</plugin>
		<plugin>
			<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
			<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
			<version>2.5.1</version>
			<configuration>
				<source>1.6</source>
				<target>1.6</target>
			</configuration>
		</plugin>

        </plugins>

        <pluginManagement>
		<plugins>
		<!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself.-->
		<plugin>
			<groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
			<artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
			<version>1.0.0</version>
			<configuration>
				<lifecycleMappingMetadata>
				<pluginExecutions>
				<pluginExecution>
				<pluginExecutionFilter>
					<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
		  			<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
		  			<versionRange>[3.3.0,)</versionRange>
		  			<goals>
		  				<goal>proguard</goal>
		  			</goals>
		  		</pluginExecutionFilter>
		  		</pluginExecution>
		  		</pluginExecutions>
		  		</lifecycleMappingMetadata>
		  	</configuration>
		  </plugin>
		</plugins>
	</pluginManagement>
  </build>
</project>

The most important change to notice is the packaging tag at the beginning – set it to apklib.

Note that eclipse does not read maven apklib dependencies from pom.xml automatically. If you want your android project to use apklib project in eclipse, you have to manually add library in your main project’s settings:

Please note also, that your apklib project has to be marked as Android Library in its properties (check it in the same project properties window as shown above). Maven plugin however should automatically mark this project as library, based on its pom.xml file.

3. jar – standard java library’s pom.xml

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>pl.looksok.logic</groupId>
  <artifactId>ColCalcLogic</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <build>
    <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.3.2</version>
        <configuration>
          <source>1.6</source>
          <target>1.6</target>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
</project>

Just as a remainder – this is standard pom.xml for jar library

Summary

These files are operational, after performing all maven, m2eclipse and maven for android plugin configurations

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