Generate APKLIB of compatibility-v7-appcompat

Question

I want to start using the new ActionBar of the appcompat-v7 support library, and I'm using maven. I tried to create an apklib. These are the steps I followed:

1. Create a ZIP file of the project android-sdks/extras/android/support/v7/appcompat
2. Rename the ZIP file with an APKLIB extension.
3. Install the APKLIB file into my local repository:

C:....m2\repository\android\support\compatibility-v7-appcompat\18>mvn install:install-file -Dfile=appcombat.apklib -DgroupId=android.support -DartifactId=appcompat -Dversion=18 -Dpackaging=apklib

Start using the library from my android project adding this dependency in the pom:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>android.support</groupId>
        <artifactId>appcompat</artifactId>
        <version>18</version>
        <type>apklib</type>
    </dependency>

But it's not working. I'm getting an error of missing artifact.
Any help would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

The is a way to install appcompat into your local repository without relying on Maven SDK deployer...

From the Android SDK Manager, install the 'Android Support Repository' option. go into your SDK folder, then into ./extras/m2Repository/com/android/support/appcompat-v7/18.0.0

open the appcompat-v7-18.0.0.aar file and copy the classes.jar out to a file named appcompat-v7-18.0.0.jar

at the command line go into the same m2Repository folder and run the following commands:

mvn install:install-file -Dfile="./com/android/support/appcompat-v7/18.0.0/appcompat-v7-18.0.0.jar"/ -DpomFile="./com/android/support/appcompat-v7/18.0.0/appcompat-v7-18.0.0.pom"/ -Dpackaging="jar"
mvn install:install-file -Dfile="./com/android/support/appcompat-v7/18.0.0/appcompat-v7-18.0.0.aar"/ -DpomFile="./com/android/support/appcompat-v7/18.0.0/appcompat-v7-18.0.0.pom"/ -Dpackaging="apklib"

Then add the following two dependencies in your project's POM

    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.android.support</groupId>
        <artifactId>appcompat-v7</artifactId>
        <version>18.0.0</version>
        <type>apklib</type>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.android.support</groupId>
        <artifactId>appcompat-v7</artifactId>
        <version>18.0.0</version>
        <type>jar</type>
    </dependency>

Answer 2

The apklib generated with maven-android-sdk-deployer works fine for me.

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