So you got your Android application building with Maven and the instrumentation tests running on the continuous integration server give you an all green. Features are good on your application and you think it is time to get it on to the Android market and among users to get some feedback. What now? I will show you how you can get your Android package ready for upload…
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Solidifying my Maven foundation
After attending Maven 201 recently and really enjoying it, I am attending Maven 101 from Sonatype today. Lets see if all my base r belong to me 😉
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Multi Module Android project in Eclipse
Recently there has been some discussion on the Maven Android Developer list about getting multi module projects working in Eclipse and IntelliJIDEA. I use IntelliJ IDEA every day and it works very well for me even though there are some improvements needed. Eclipse on the other hand is something I know my way around well enough, but just never warmed up to it. But I knew that I had the Maven Android Plugin Samples multi module project MorseFlash working at some stage. And it seemed like I am the only one. So I promised to document how I have it set up….
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Sonatype Maven Training – MVN 201 continued
Continuing with my list of impressions and ideas from yesterday follows the next list:
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Impressions from the first day of MVN 201
I am attending the advanced Maven training course offered by Sonatype today and tomorrow and thought I would just jot down my impressions while they are fresh. Last week I already got the training material and links to some awesome resources provided by Matthew McCullough.
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Maven Android Plugin with zipalign and improved verification
With the latest release of the Maven Android Plugin a bunch of changes I did went out to the rest of the users of the plugin. As of version 2.5.0 the plugin has improved verification of the sdk platform and api level, a new zipalign goal and maybe the emulator start works on windows too. And the samples have been expanded and changed to use the Android jar artifacts from Maven central. But lets look at the changes of the plugin in detail today and maybe the samples another day…
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Android Artifacts hit Maven Central
It all started now quite a while ago when I got involved with the Maven Android Plugin and found that having to run a bunch of mvn install file commands sucked. I launched a ticket in the Android issue tracker that got rejected by Google even though there was clearly a community demand for the Android jar artifact to hit Maven central. As a next best step I created the Maven Android SDK Deployer and things cruised along okay for a bit. And then out of the blue Robert Manning, from the awesome SQuirrel SQL Client project, contacted me about the status and issues with getting the jars into Maven central if they are built from the open source code drop. And with Robert things really moved.
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