maven support for android projects?

Question

I want to start a project for Android but i really like to build it using Maven. Does Google provide support for Maven or plan to support it? It would be great if anybody kn

Answer 1

as @Riduidel said before, you can use com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2 plugin.
Note, that you don't need download any plugins, you need to have just the maven for using this plugin.
How I did it:

1. manually add pom.xml to your android project (to the root of project).

2. download apache-maven-3.1.1 and add your bin folder ( ex D:\java\apache-maven-3.1.1\bin;) to path in Environment Variables.

3. configure settings.xml in [Your_maven_path]\conf with next:

     
   
        com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2
   
    
   

4. Add content to pom.xml. My example:

       
       
           4.0.0
           com.example.ENumbers
           ENumbers
           1.0
           apk
           MainApp
   
           
               2.2.1
           
   
           
               
                   com.google.android
                   android
                   ${platform.version}
                   provided
               
               
                   org.simpleframework
                   simple-xml
                   2.7.1
                   provided
               
                   
                       xpp3
                       xpp3
                   
                   
                       stax-api
                       stax
                   
                   
                       stax
                       stax
                   
                   
                       spring-web
                       org.springframework
                   
                   
                       commons-logging
                       commons-logging
                   
                  
               
           
   
           
               src
               
                   
                       com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2
                       android-maven-plugin
                       3.8.1
                       
                           ${project.basedir}/AndroidManifest.xml
                           ${project.basedir}/assets
                           ${project.basedir}/res
                           ${project.basedir}/src/main/native
                           
                               
                                   D:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk
                               
                               22
                           
                           true
                       
                       true
                   
   
                   
                       maven-compiler-plugin
                       2.3.2
                       
                           1.6
                           1.6
                       
                   
               
           
       
   

Look at important , nodes, it's content and com.google.android dependency.

5. Now you can open Maven window in your IDE. For Intellij Idea I do it next:
   Edit->Tool Windows->Maven and add your pom.xml for initializing maven directory.
6. That's all.