You're reading from Android Application Development with Maven Learn how to use and configure Maven to support all phases of the development of an Android application

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2015

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781783986101

Length 192 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

Maven

Concepts

Android Development

Table of Contents (9) Chapters

Preface

1. Beginning with the Basics FREE CHAPTER

2. Starting the Development Phase

3. Unit Testing

4. Integration Testing

5. Android Flavors

6. Release Life Cycle and Continuous Integration

7. Other Tools and Plugins

Index

Download and Install Apache Maven

Download Maven 3.2.1 or greater from the Apache Maven website: http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi. Install this by uncompressing it in a folder of your choice. Set the environment variable M2_HOME to the right location, such as /usr/lib/maven/ or C:\win32app\apache-maven-3.2.1 folder.

Then, add $M2_HOME/bin or %M2_HOME%\bin parameter to your PATH variable. Check mvn setup is executable by running the command mvn -version . Here is an example of the expected output:

C:\win32app\Console-2.00.b148>mvn -version
Apache Maven 3.2.1 (ea8b2b07643dbb1b84b6d16e1f08391b666bc1e9; 2014-02-14T18:37:52+01:00)
Maven home: C:\win32app\apache-maven-3.2.1
Java version: 1.7.0_45, vendor: Oracle CorporationJava home:
C:\win32app\jdk1.7.0_45\jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: Cp1252
OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "x86", family: "windows"