Error in maven pom xml file: Building Android project [duplicate]

Question

I am getting the error in plugin tag in pom xml file. The error is on plugin tag, before groupId.

Error:-

Plugin execution not covered by lifecycle configuration:com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2:android-maven-plugin:3.8.2:consume-aar (execution: default-consume-aar, phase: compile)

Any one knows how to resolve this problem. Below mentioned is the pom.xml file contents

pom.xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <groupId>com.simpligility.android</groupId>
  <artifactId>helloflashlight</artifactId>
  <version>1.0.0</version>
  <packaging>apk</packaging>

  <name>HelloFlashlight</name>

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
      <artifactId>android</artifactId>
      <version>4.1.1.4</version>
      <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>

  <build>
    <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
    <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
    <pluginManagement>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
          <artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>3.8.2</version>
          <extensions>true</extensions>
        </plugin>
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
        <artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <sdk>
                        <!-- platform as api level (api level 16 = platform 4.1)-->
            <platform>16</platform>
          </sdk>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>

</project>

Answer 1

To silence the error in pom.xml the following could be added in there:

    <pluginManagement>
     <plugins>
      <plugin>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
        <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
         <version>1.0.0</version>
       <configuration>
        <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
          <pluginExecutions>
           <pluginExecution>
            <pluginExecutionFilter>
              <groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
             <artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             <versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
              <goals>
               <goal>consume-aar</goal>
              </goals>
             </pluginExecutionFilter>
            <action>
             <ignore />
            </pluginExecution>
           </action>
           </pluginExecutions>
          </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       . . . 

Answer 2

That is because of new m2eclipse plugin, a feature of it newly introduced.

For all the build executions that are specified in your pom.xml if there are respective config information in lifecycle-mapping-metadata.xml file of m2eclipse plugin, It shows that error.

You can get more info here

You can ignore that error, that doesn't effect your project execution.