The project cannot be built until the build path errors are resolved.

Question

While compiling an android project in eclipse 3.4.2, I am getting The project cannot be built until the build path errors are resolved.

I got a

Answer 1

If you think you've done everything correctly but Eclipse still complains about the jars, refresh the folder where the jars are and make sure eclipse knows they've been added to the project. Specifying the file path alone is (apparently) not enough

Answer 2

Added below to pom.xml file and it worked eventually: 

<dependency>
    <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
    <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
    <version>4.0.0</version>
    <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>