Now that the static library for Fragments support down to Android 1.6 is available as part of the SDK download, I have updated the Maven Android SDK Deployer to push the jar into your Maven repository so you can use it as part of your Android project built with the great Maven Android Plugin.
Check out the details on the documentation for the deployer and hopefully see you at AnDevCon next week.
I have updated the Maven Android SDK Deployer with support for the full release of the 3.0 platform of the Android SDK so that all Maven users can build their tablet apps before the open source built jars get into Maven central. Get it while its hot 😉
PS: I have since updated to fix a tiny glitch as well as added the missing maps jar..
With the new release of Android API level 10 also know as platform 2.3.3 Near Field Communication NFC has come even more to the center stage than previously. It seems like a surge of NFC devices and usages is about to get into the smartphone world. And since users of the Maven Android Plugin should not be left behind I have updated the Maven Android SDK Deployer to support the new release. In parallel building of the artifacts heading for Maven central is also on the horizon. Grab the new release, run it and lets get coding.
Joining the fray of news and stuff to play with I have updated the Maven Android SDK Deployer to support the prerelease of Android Honeycomb. With it users of the Maven Android Plugin can start creating Android tablet applications and exploring the new features from day one of the public release. (more…)
After presenting about Apache Maven usage for Android development at the Vancouver Android Developer group and the Barcelona GTUG as well as the first Canadian Android Developer conference AndroidTO, I am taking another step forward. Coming March 2011 I will be presenting about using the Maven Android Plugin and associated tools from setup to publishing your application on the market as well as running continuous integration servers and working with instrumentation tests and related toolkits probably showcasing Robotium as well as RoboElectric.
It would be great if you could join me there as well as let me know if there is any specific topics in this context that you would like to see discussed.
I am also contemplating organizing some sort of Maven Android Plugin or even a more generic build tool related BOF or so. Would you be interested in something like that? If so let me know here or on the Maven Android Developers mailing list.
I look forward to meet you in San Francisco.
Manfred
With the release of the latest and greatest Android platform nicknamed Gingerbread with the more official version number 2.3 or the even geekier API number 9 an updated was due. The latest version of the Maven Android SDK Deployer now supports the new release on the day of the release of the update and allows users of the Maven Android Plugin to get hacking on their 2.3 based projects and prototype.s
Enjoy
Manfred
After doing successful presentations about using Apache Maven for building and managing your Android applications and related dependencies in Vancouver and Barcelona, I am have been invited to do a workshop at the Android developer event AndroidTO at the end of October in Toronto. More and more good patches and features are making into the Maven Android Plugin and there story for users just keeps getting better and better. I look forward to see all the other presentations, meet with other developers and share my stories.
Update: The presentation in front of close to 200 people went well and there was a lot of interest into continuous integration builds, using libraries and testing. For your please you can get the presentation file with the links to code samples and so on. Enjoy!