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https://github.com/simpligility/maven-android-sdk-deployer

A tool to install components of the Android SDK into a Maven repository or repository manager to use with the Android Maven Plugin, Gradle and other tools.
https://github.com/simpligility/maven-android-sdk-deployer

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A tool to install components of the Android SDK into a Maven repository or repository manager to use with the Android Maven Plugin, Gradle and other tools.

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Maven Android SDK Deployer
--------------------------

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/simpligility/maven-android-sdk-deployer.png)](https://travis-ci.org/simpligility/maven-android-sdk-deployer.png)

Original author including numerous fixes and changes:

Manfred Moser [email protected] at [simpligility technologies inc](http://www.simpligility.com)

Project maintainers:

- Manfred Moser [email protected] at [simpligility technologies inc](http://www.simpligility.com)
- Benoit Billington https://github.com/Shusshu

Contributors (historical order..):

- Hugo Josefson - properties plugin usage
- Jake Wharton - 3.2, compatibility v13 and 4.0.3 support
- https://github.com/holdensmagicalunicorn - spelling fix
- Guto Maia - initial USB add on support
- Lorenzo Villani - initial 4.0 support
- Paul Merlin http://eskatos.github.com - Google Analytics extra
- Matteo Panella - Google AdMobs extra, support for 4.1
- Benoit Billington https://github.com/Shusshu Google Cloud Messaging Client and Server, annotations.jar, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, APK Expansion, Licensing, 4.4W, L, 5.0, MultiDex, MNC
- Michael Lake https://github.com/mlake support for Javadoc attachment for platforms
- Nic Strong http://www.codepoets.co.nz Google Play Services (gms)
- Matias Dumrauf http://github.com/mdumrauf - Compatibility v7 library support, Google Analytics support for V1 and V2
- https://github.com/skyisle minor documentation fix
- Viacheslav Rodionov https://github.com/bepcyc AdbMob update
- David Venable https://github.com/dlvenable admob update
- Jenny Loomis Williamson https://github.com/jloomis fix for deployment
- James Wald https://github.com/jameswald configured groupId and artifactId for support libraries
- Thomas Prochazka https://github.com/tprochazka javadoc attachment, fix for artifactIds
- Shairon Toledo http://www.hashcode.eti.br doc update
- Kohsuke Kawaguchi http://kohsuke.org/ webdav support for deployment
- Lars Hoss http://cv.woeye.net/ v7 appcompat library support
- Nemanja Nedic https://github.com/nemanjanedic appcompat javadoc fix
- Yuvi Panda https://github.com/yuvipanda appcompat fix
- Sebastian Roth https://github.com/ened added missing google-apis-18 add-on
- Andreas Gawelczyk https://github.com/andreas- - Compatibility v7 mediarouter
- Hoyt Summers Pittman https://github.com/secondsun - Google API 19, google play services to > Froyo, update android-maven-plugin
- Aaron Alaniz https://github.com/aaalaniz - Google Glass Development Kit
- Heath Borders https://github.com/hborders - documentation update
- Hoyt Summers Pittman https://github.com/secondsun - javadoc fix for Java 8 support
- Dieter Adriaenssens https://github.com/ruleant
- Quentin Rousseau https://github.com/kwent
- Mingfai Ma https://github.com/mingfai
- Raphael Ackermann https://github.com/rtack sdk 21 fix for apklibs
- Daniel Passos https://github.com/danielpassos - Google API 24
- Edda Björk Konráðsdóttir, Android 7.1 API 25
- Alexander Berezovsky https://github.com/alezandr - Android API 15 & 25 sources
- Alix Warnke, Android 8.0 API 26
- Zsolt Fatér, https://github.com/zsoltii - Android 8.1 API 27, Android 9.0 API 28, adding repositories/extras-m2repository, fixes for add-ons

The Maven Android SDK Deployer is a helper maven project that can be
used to install the libraries necessary to build Android applications
with Maven and the Android Maven Plugin directly from your local
Android SDK installation.

The dependencies can also be used from other build tools such as Gradle, Ant/Ivy or SBT.

ATTENTION! Currently some android.jar artifacts are available in
Maven central and unless you use maps or usb related dependencies,
android 3.0+, the compatibility library jar files or insist on using
the original jar files from the local SDK install, you might not need
this tool anymore.

You will however need this tool to access the latest Android 4.2
release or to work around bugs like missing JSON libraries in some
older artifacts deployed to Maven central. If you use this tool make
sure your dependencies are as documented here.

The android.jar artifacts in Maven central are available with the
groupId `com.google.android`, whereas this tool uses groupId `android` to
avoid overlap.

How to Use
----------

Download the latest Android SDK from
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html following the instructions
there.

Apache Maven 3.1.1 or higher is required!

- For the default usage of the deployer install **all platforms and
add-on apis**, ensure that all folder in the platforms folder have
names like android-3, android-4 and so on.

- If you find names using the platform version (e.g. 15) in the folder
name reinstall that platform from the android tool.

- In a similar manner the folder names in add-ons have to use the
pattern addon-google_apis-google-3 up to addon-google_apis-google-15.

- If the folder names are different reinstall the add-ons as well

Set up the environment variable ANDROID_HOME to contain the absolute
folder you just installed the SDK to (e.g. under bash: export
ANDROID_HOME=/opt/android_sdk_linux) and ensure that the folder for
ANDROID_HOME and all files within are readable by the current user

Run the command

mvn install

in the root folder of this project (same as README you are just
reading) to install all platforms and add-on apis

To install only a certain sdk level use

mvn install -P 2.1
mvn install -P 2.2
mvn install -P 2.3.3
mvn install -P 3.0
mvn install -P 3.1
mvn install -P 3.2
mvn install -P 4.0
mvn install -P 4.0.3
mvn install -P 4.1
mvn install -P 4.2
mvn install -P 4.3
mvn install -P 4.4
mvn install -P 4.4W
mvn install -P 5.0
mvn install -P 5.1
mvn install -P 6.0
mvn install -P 7.0
mvn install -P 7.1
mvn install -P 8.0
mvn install -P 8.1
mvn install -P 9.0
mvn install -P MNC

As a result you should find the android.jar and maps.jar and a number of other
libraries in your users local repository (~/.m2/repository/) and you can therefore
use the following dependencies in your project

For the core platforms providing the Android API use

```xml

android
android
x.y.z
provided

```
with versions of

```xml
2.1_r3
2.2_r3
2.3.3_r2
3.0_r2
3.1_r3
3.2_r1
4.0_r4
4.0.3_r5
4.1.2_r5
4.2.2_r3
4.3.1_r3
4.4.2_r4
4.4W.2_r2
5.0_r2
5.1_r1
6.0_r3
7.0_r2
7.1.1_r3
8.0.0_r2
8.1.0_r3
9_r6
```

For the maps add ons use a dependency

```xml

com.google.android.maps
maps
x.y.z
provided

```

with versions of 7_r1, 8_r2, 11_r1, 12_r1,
13_r1, 14_r2, 15_r2, 16_r3, 17_r3, 18_r3, 19_r10, 21_r1

For the usb add on

```xml

com.android.future
usb
x.y.z
provided

```

with versions of 10_r2, 12_r1, 13_r1, 14_r2, 15_r2, 16_r3, 17_r3,
18_r3, 19_r4, 21_r1

Android SDK Maven Repositories

The Maven repositories from the Android SDK for Google and Android are copied to the local repository or uploaded to
a remote repository manager just like they are in the SDK and contain all components from these repositories.
Currently they are in the package space com.android.support and com.google.android and present the preferred components
for usage. Specifically the various compatibility and support libraries as Android Archives:

```xml

com.android.support
appcompat-v7
x.y.z
aar

```

with versions 18.0.0, 19.0.0, 19.0.1, 19.1.0, 20.0.0, 21.0.0, 21.0.2, 21.0.3

```xml

com.android.support
cardview-v7
x.y.z
aar

```

with versions 21.0.0, 21.0.2, 21.0.3

```xml

com.android.support
gridlayout-v7
x.y.z
aar

```

with versions 13.0.0, 18.0.0, 19.0.0, 19.0.1, 19.1.0, 20.0.0, 21.0.0, 21.0.2, 21.0.3

```xml

com.android.support
leanback-v17
x.y.z
aar

```

with versions 21.0.0, 21.0.2, 21.0.3

```xml

com.android.support
mediarouter-v7
x.y.z
aar

```

with versions 18.0.0, 19.0.0, 19.0.1, 19.1.0, 20.0.0, 21.0.0, 21.0.2, 21.0.3

```xml

com.android.support
palette-v7
x.y.z
aar

```

with versions 21.0.0, 21.0.2, 21.0.3

```xml

com.android.support
recyclerview-v7
x.y.z
aar

```

with versions 21.0.0, 21.0.2, 21.0.3

```xml

com.android.support
support-v13
x.y.z
aar

```

with versions 13.0.0, 18.0.0, 19.0.0, 19.0.1, 19.1.0, 20.0.0, 21.0.0, 21.0.2, 21.0.3

```xml

com.android.support
support-v4
x.y.z
aar

```

with versions 13.0.0, 18.0.0, 19.0.0, 19.0.1, 19.1.0, 20.0.0, 21.0.0, 21.0.2, 21.0.3

Besides the artifacts provided for the compatibility libraries from the Android SDK Maven Repositories
the following are also provided.
For the compatibility extra (ATTENTION! Do NOT use provided scope!!)

```xml

android.support
compatibility-v4
21.0.3

android.support
compatibility-v13
21.0.3

```

If you find that the above `` fails due to conflicts, your project and it's dependencies may
both depend on the compatibility extra. The first option is to add an ``
clause to each dependency that uses the library,
as [described here](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/actionbarsherlock/2cLR48IArck/U8--60QxeTkJ). This works
with command line builds but it may not work with your IDE.

If you have problems with ``, another option is to override the ``, ``, and ``
properties used by the deployer to match Google's published library.

Then override `support-v4` or `support-v13` during installation:

mvn install -Dextras.compatibility.v4.groupid=com.google.android \
-Dextras.compatibility.v4.artifactid=support-v4 \
-Dextras.compatibility.v4.version.prefix=r

mvn install -Dextras.compatibility.v13.groupid=com.google.android \
-Dextras.compatibility.v13.artifactid=support-v13 \
-Dextras.compatibility.v13.version.prefix=r

In order to use v7 extra, both dependencies (apklib & jar) are needed

```xml

android.support
compatibility-v7
21.0.3
apklib

android.support
compatibility-v7
21.0.3
jar

```

For the v7 appcompat library additional dependencies (apklib & jar) are required (Deprecated)

```xml

android.support
compatibility-v7-appcompat
21.0.3
apklib

android.support
compatibility-v7-appcompat
21.0.3
jar

```

The v7 appcompat library an Android Archive dependency (aar) as provided by the Android SDK Google repository

```xml

com.android.support
appcompat-v7
21.0.3
aar

```
with versions 18.

For the v7 gridlayout library additional dependencies (apklib & jar) are required (Deprecated)

```xml

android.support
compatibility-v7-gridlayout
21.0.3/version>
apklib

android.support
compatibility-v7-gridlayout
20.0.0
jar

```

For the v7 gridlayout library an additional dependency (aar) is required

```xml

com.android.support
gridlayout-v7
21.0.0-rc1
aar

```

For the v7 mediarouter library additional dependencies (apklib & jar) are required (Deprecated)

```xml

android.support
compatibility-v7-mediarouter
20.0.0
apklib

android.support
compatibility-v7-mediarouter
20.0.0
jar

```

For the uiautomator jar

```xml

android.test.uiautomator
uiautomator
4.1.2_r4
provided

````

with versions 4.1.2_r4, 4.2.2_r2, 4.3_r2, 4.4.2_r3

For the Google Play Services extra (ATTENTION! Do NOT use provided scope!!) (Deprecated)

```xml

com.google.android.gms
google-play-services
16.0.0
apklib

com.google.android.gms
google-play-services
16.0.0
jar

```

For the Google Play Services extra (ATTENTION! Do NOT use provided scope!!)

```xml

com.google.android.gms
play-services
4.4.52
aar

```

For the Google Play APK Expansion extra (ATTENTION! Do NOT use provided scope!!)

```xml

com.google.android.apk.expansion
play-apk-expansion-downloader
3.0.0
apklib

com.google.android.apk.expansion
play-apk-expansion-zip
3.0.0
apklib

```

For the Google Play Licensing extra (ATTENTION! Do NOT use provided scope!!)

```xml

com.google.android.licensing
play-licensing
2.0.0
apklib

```

To install only a specific module use

mvn clean install -N

in any parent folder of the desired package and then the usual
1
mvn clean install

For example to install only the compatibility v4 extra you can do the
following

mvn clean install -N
cd extras
mvn clean install -N
cd compatibility-v4
mvn clean install

Similar for only API level 12 add on use

mvn clean install -N
cd add-ons
mvn clean install -N
cd google-apis-12
mvn clean install

The same could be done with deploy

How To Use for Deploying Onto Remote Server
-------------------------------------------

The above deployment works fine for one machine, but what if you need
to supply a whole team of developers and a cluster of build machines
with the artifacts? Then it is best to deploy to a repository manager
like Sonatype Nexus.

As a condition you need to have a repository server used by all
those machines and the following process will deploy to this server,
which will in turn provide the artifacts to all the machines.

Edit the repo.url property in the pom.xml to point to the repository you want to publish to. The recommended practice
is to have a separate repository for the Android components and expose it via a repository group. The repository needs
to be in Maven 2 format and use a release policy (not snapshots). For repeated runs of the deployer, you need to ensure
to allow redeployment into the specific repository. By default this is not the case for release repositories!

Then add a server with the credentials to your settings.xml.

```xml



android.repo
your username
your password

```

Run the command

mvn deploy

in the root folder of this project (same as README you are just
reading), you can also use the same profile options for the different
api level. As a result you should find the artifact in the repository
of your remote server

For more information about this stuff look at the documentation for
the maven-deploy-plugin.

Javadoc
-------

It is possible to create javadoc artifacts for the platforms
where available in the sdk. To call it use

mvn clean install -Pall,with-javadoc

and the respective javadoc jars will be created and also installed.
This also works for deployment to a repository server

mvn clean deploy -Pall,with-javadoc

Mailinglist - Questions
-----------------------

Please direct any questions to the community at the Maven Android
Developers mailing list at
http://groups.google.com/group/maven-android-developers

Known problems
-------------

- Platforms and Add on folder names changes in SDK

When updating an existing android sdk install the add-ons subfolder
can sometimes be reused and their contents be updates so you could end
up with e.g. the google maps-4r2 in a folder named
google_apis-4_r01. To work around this just uninstall the affected
add-on and reinstall it with the android sdk tool.

Similarly the platform specific folder used to be e.g. android-1.5 and
is now android-3 using the api level as the numeric identifier. If
your SDK install uses the old folder names for any platform simply
reinstall that platform with the android tool.

In a similar manner the folder for the support libraries in the the sdk
used to be compatibility and is now support

The Add ons used different folder names as well. The Maven Android SDK
Deployer' is adapted to the lastet naming
scheme. To do that yourself remove all "Google APIs by Google Inc" in
the android SDK manager and install them again.

Similar problem occurs with the extras version identifier. If the folders
naming is 100% allright and you receive the messages about not finding
some artifacts - remove extras and reinstall them back. That's because Google
changed the version identifier naming policy. For example for support extras
it was 19, now it's 19.0.1

Issues
------

If you find any problems or would like to suggest a feature, please
feel free to file an issue on github at
http://github.com/mosabua/maven-android-sdk-deployer/issues

Potential todo items
--------------------

- add custom pom files for install/deploy that eg. define dependency
from maps to android jar

- maybe some sort of reporting of errors, failures and success as well