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How to use profiles with Maven and Android properly?

My target is to use two different profiles for different deployment phases (development, release), since release has for example debug flag to false while development has debug flag to true. When I build without profiles, it works without problems. But when I put the build section into a profile, Eclipse complains with the following message: "Project build error: Unknown packaging: apk", although the build itself works.
My questions are:
How can I get rid of the error message when using profiles (there are
also solutions at SO which work, but not when using profiles).
Is it possible to configure a common configuration build base for two profiles while "overriding" some configs in the profile itself? For example profile one has <debug>true</debug> and profile two has <debug>false</debug> or do I have to write the whole build section in both profiles?
Here is my pom.xml
<?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.mydomain</groupId>
<artifactId>myartifact</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>apk</packaging>
<name>My App</name>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<platform.version>4.4.2</platform.version>
<android.version>19</android.version>
<android.plugin.version>3.8.2</android.plugin.version>
<java.version>1.6</java.version>
<android.sdk.path>/opt/android-sdk-linux</android.sdk.path>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<junit.version>4.8.2</junit.version>
<mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
<jackson.version>1.9.13</jackson.version>
<hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
<annotations.version>4.1.1.4</annotations.version>
<supportv4.version>r13</supportv4.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android</artifactId>
<version>${platform.version}</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>support-v4</artifactId>
<version>${supportv4.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.nineoldandroids</groupId>
<artifactId>library</artifactId>
<version>2.4.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- LInt Annotations -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
<version>${annotations.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
<version>${jackson.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Non Android Tests --><!-- hamcrest must be before JUnit due to build errors -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
<artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
<version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>${junit.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
<artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
<version>${mockito.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
<artifactId>powermock-api-mockito</artifactId>
<version>1.5.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
<artifactId>powermock-module-junit4</artifactId>
<version>1.5.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>devel</id>
<build>
<finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>${java.version}</source>
<target>${java.version}</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-jarsigner-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
<configuration>
<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${android.plugin.version}</version>
<extensions>true</extensions>
<configuration>
<androidManifestFile>${project.basedir}/AndroidManifest.xml</androidManifestFile>
<assetsDirectory>${project.basedir}/assets</assetsDirectory>
<resourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/res</resourceDirectory>
<nativeLibrariesDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/native</nativeLibrariesDirectory>
<sdk>
<platform>${android.version}</platform>
<path>${android.sdk.path}</path>
</sdk>
<undeployBeforeDeploy>false</undeployBeforeDeploy>
<sign>
<debug>true</debug>
</sign>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
</profiles>
</project>

I think this is what you are looking for:
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>development</id>
<properties>
<debug>true</debug>
</properties>
</profile>
<profile>
<id>release</id>
<properties>
<debug>false</debug>
</properties>
</profile>
</profiles>
<build>
<finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>${java.version}</source>
<target>${java.version}</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-jarsigner-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
<configuration>
<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${android.plugin.version}</version>
<extensions>true</extensions>
<configuration>
<androidManifestFile>${project.basedir}/AndroidManifest.xml</androidManifestFile>
<assetsDirectory>${project.basedir}/assets</assetsDirectory>
<resourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/res</resourceDirectory>
<nativeLibrariesDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/native</nativeLibrariesDirectory>
<sdk>
<platform>${android.version}</platform>
<path>${android.sdk.path}</path>
</sdk>
<undeployBeforeDeploy>false</undeployBeforeDeploy>
<sign>
<debug>${debug}</debug>
</sign>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
This way you have one common build tag and two profiles, each profile specified whether to debug or not via the properties tag. Then when building you specify your profile like this: -Pdevelopment or -Prelease. Hope it helps.

maven android plugin with error ( dependency=[android.support:compatibility-v7:apklib:19:compile] not found )

I am using maven 3.1.1. with Eclipse Kepler installed with Android-Configurator-for-M2E.
My POM.XML looks like:
<?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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.company.sample</groupId>
<artifactId>SampleApplication</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>apk</packaging>
<name>SampleApplication</name>
<description>A sample application to demo clean android code.</description>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<platform.version>2.3.1</platform.version>
<android.plugin.version>3.6.0</android.plugin.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<!-- android SDK -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android</artifactId>
<version>2.3.1</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- support-v4 -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.android.support</groupId>
<artifactId>support-v4</artifactId>
<version>19.0.0</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>support-v4</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<!-- v7-extra -->
<dependency>
<groupId>android.support</groupId>
<artifactId>compatibility-v7</artifactId>
<version>19</version>
<type>apklib</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>android.support</groupId>
<artifactId>compatibility-v7</artifactId>
<version>19</version>
<type>jar</type>
</dependency>
<!-- v7-appcompat -->
<dependency>
<groupId>android.support</groupId>
<artifactId>compatibility-v7-appcompat</artifactId>
<version>19</version>
<type>apklib</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>android.support</groupId>
<artifactId>compatibility-v7-appcompat</artifactId>
<version>19</version>
<type>jar</type>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.6.0</version>
<extensions>true</extensions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<sdk>
<platform>18</platform>
</sdk>
<action>
<ignore></ignore>
</action>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<sdk>
<path>${env.ANDROID_HOME}</path>
<platform>18</platform>
</sdk>
<deleteConflictingFiles>true</deleteConflictingFiles>
</configuration>
<extensions>true</extensions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>allow-snapshots</id>
<activation>
<activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
</activation>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>snapshots-repo</id>
<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
<releases>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</releases>
<snapshots>
<enabled>true</enabled>
</snapshots>
</repository>
</repositories>
</profile>
</profiles>
</project>
The command: mvn clean install, builds successfully, but refreshing the project in eclipse gives this error:
dependency=[android.support:compatibility-v7:apklib:19:compile] not found in workspace pom.xml /SampleApplication line 1 me.gladwell.eclipse.m2e.android.markers.dependency.apklib

Fixed this problem by downloading a new copy of eclipse 4.3.1 and re-installed the following:
ADT pluugin
M2E
M2E-Android
Then imported the same project which built fine with: mvn clean install.
Then removed all the Libraries from the build path and did: Android-Tools>Fix Project Properties.

maven android pom.xml

I have set up my an in house nexus repository. Now i have changed my settings.xml file to point to my repository, but i also want to include the reference in my project pom.xml file. Now is this pom.xml file valid ? If i change the password of the repo, maven still downloads the file from the repo ? What am i doing wrong ? Is this configuration correct ?
<?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.mycomp</groupId>
<artifactId>TestAndroid</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>apk</packaging>
<name>Test Android Application</name>
<servers>
<server>
<id>com-repo</id>
<username>admin</username>
<password>admin</password>
</server>
</servers>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>com-repo</id>
<url>http://central</url>
<releases>
<enabled>true</enabled>
</releases>
<snapshots>
<enabled>true</enabled>
<updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
</snapshots>
</repository>
</repositories>
<pluginRepositories>
<pluginRepository>
<id>com-repo</id>
<name>com-repo</name>
<url>http://10.10.10.230:8081/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
<releases>
<enabled>true</enabled>
</releases>
<snapshots>
<enabled>true</enabled>
</snapshots>
</pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.android</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-android-rest-template</artifactId>
<version>1.0.1.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
<version>1.9.8</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
<version>20030203.000129</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.actionbarsherlock</groupId>
<artifactId>actionbarsherlock</artifactId>
<version>4.2.0</version>
<type>apklib</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.google</groupId>
<artifactId>admob</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mycpmp</groupId>
<artifactId>1234</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.test</groupId>
<artifactId>test</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.taptwo.android</groupId>
<artifactId>widget</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<type>apklib</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
<version>1.4.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android</artifactId>
<version>4.1.1.4</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- <dependency> -->
<!-- <groupId>com.google.api-ads</groupId> -->
<!-- <artifactId>dfp-lib</artifactId> -->
<!-- <version>0.4.0</version> -->
<!-- </dependency> -->
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
<sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.1</version>
<extensions>true</extensions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<attachSources>true</attachSources>
<sign>
<debug>false</debug>
</sign>
<sdk>
<platform>16</platform>
</sdk>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jarsigner-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>signing</id>
<goals>
<goal>sign</goal>
</goals>
<phase>package</phase>
<inherited>true</inherited>
<configuration>
<archiveDirectory></archiveDirectory>
<includes>
<include>target/*.apk</include>
</includes>
<keystore>avm.keystore</keystore>
<storepass>123</storepass>
<keypass>123</keypass>
<alias>asdfg</alias>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>

Your pom is not valid.
As stated in here, you should not put the username and password in the pom.xml.
The repositories for download and deployment are defined by the repositories and distributionManagement elements of the POM. However, certain settings such as username and password should not be distributed along with the pom.xml. This type of information should exist on the build server in the settings.xml.

The credentials are only for deploying to the repository. Repositories for deployment are defined in a distributionManagement element; it's distinct from the repositories element stuff. The repositories element defines repos where your dependencies are resolved from.
Moreover, the pom doesn't support putting the credentials in like this. Are you getting errors when you execute it? I would think so.

Android Tests Compiling using Maven

I have been bashing my head against this for days now so I thought its time to ask.
I have an android project and a android-test project. I can run my tests in eclipse and it all works great.
So now I am moving on to use these tests through maven so I can use them for CI.
Anyway long story short I can't get maven to compile/run them. I have looked at all the examples provided with the android-maven-plugin to no avail.
Main POM.
<groupId>com.xxx.x_android_finder</groupId>
<artifactId>x_Android_Finder</artifactId>
<version>1.0.2</version>
<packaging>apk</packaging>
<name>xxxx</name>
<dependencies>
<!-- <dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency> -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android</artifactId>
<version>4.0.1.2</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android.maps</groupId>
<artifactId>maps</artifactId>
<version>15_r2</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.actionbarsherlock</groupId>
<artifactId>library</artifactId>
<version>4.1.0</version>
<type>apklib</type>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>support-v4</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.actionbarsherlock</groupId>
<artifactId>plugin-maps</artifactId>
<version>4.1.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>net.hockeyapp.android</groupId>
<artifactId>HockeySDK</artifactId>
<version>2.0.2</version>
<type>apklib</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.codeslap</groupId>
<artifactId>android-facebook</artifactId>
<version>1.6</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.twitter4j</groupId>
<artifactId>twitter4j-core</artifactId>
<version>[3.0,)</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>jakewharton</id>
<url>http://r.jakewharton.com/maven/release/</url>
</repository>
<repository>
<id>codeslap</id>
<url>http://casidiablo.github.com/codeslap-maven/repository/</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2.0</version>
<extensions>true</extensions>
<configuration>
<!-- replace resources with target specific -->
<renameManifestPackage>${customerPackage}</renameManifestPackage>
<resourceOverlayDirectory>${customerResources}</resourceOverlayDirectory>
<sign>
<debug>false</debug>
</sign>
<manifest>
<versionCodeAutoIncrement>true</versionCodeAutoIncrement>
</manifest>
<zipalign>
<inputApk>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}.apk</inputApk>
<outputApk>${project.build.directory}/x_Android_Finder.apk</outputApk>
</zipalign>
<proguard>
<skip>true</skip>
</proguard>
<sdk>
<!-- platform or api level (api level 4 = platform 1.6)-->
<platform>17</platform>
</sdk>
<assetsDirectory>${project.basedir}/${customerAssets}</assetsDirectory>
<resourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/res</resourceDirectory>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>manifestUpdate</id>
<phase>process-resources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>manifest-update</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>alignApk</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>zipalign</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jarsigner-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>signing</id>
<goals>
<goal>sign</goal>
</goals>
<phase>package</phase>
<inherited>true</inherited>
<configuration>
<archiveDirectory></archiveDirectory>
<includes>
<include>target/*.apk</include>
</includes>
<keystore>../certificates/xxx.keystore</keystore>
<storepass>xxxx</storepass>
<keypass>xxxx</keypass>
<alias>csl</alias>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<!-- <plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<skip>true</skip>
</configuration>
</plugin> -->
</plugins>
</build>
Test pom
<artifactId>x_Android_Finder_Test</artifactId>
<packaging>apk</packaging>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<name>xxxxx</name>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android-test</artifactId>
<version>1.5_r3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android</artifactId>
<version>4.0.1.2</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android.maps</groupId>
<artifactId>maps</artifactId>
<version>15_r2</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.actionbarsherlock</groupId>
<artifactId>library</artifactId>
<version>4.1.0</version>
<type>apklib</type>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>support-v4</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.actionbarsherlock</groupId>
<artifactId>plugin-maps</artifactId>
<version>4.1.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.connectionservices.csl_android_finder</groupId>
<artifactId>Csl_Android_Finder</artifactId>
<type>apk</type>
<version>1.0.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.connectionservices.csl_android_finder</groupId>
<artifactId>Csl_Android_Finder</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
<type>jar</type>
<version>1.0.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>net.hockeyapp.android</groupId>
<artifactId>HockeySDK</artifactId>
<version>2.0.2</version>
<type>apklib</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.codeslap</groupId>
<artifactId>android-facebook</artifactId>
<version>1.6</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.twitter4j</groupId>
<artifactId>twitter4j-core</artifactId>
<version>[3.0,)</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.jayway.android.robotium</groupId>
<artifactId>robotium-solo</artifactId>
<version>3.6</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>oss.sonatype.org-jayway-with-staging</id>
<url>http://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/jayway-with-staging/</url>
</repository>
<repository>
<id>jakewharton</id>
<url>http://r.jakewharton.com/maven/release/</url>
</repository>
<repository>
<id>codeslap</id>
<url>http://casidiablo.github.com/codeslap-maven/repository/</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<build>
<finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<sdk>
<platform>15</platform>
</sdk>
<test>
<createReport>true</createReport>
</test>
</configuration>
<extensions>true</extensions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.13</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jarsigner-plugin</artifactId>
<!-- <version>1.2</version> -->
<executions>
<execution>
<id>signing</id>
<goals>
<goal>sign</goal>
</goals>
<phase>package</phase>
<inherited>true</inherited>
<configuration>
<removeExistingSignatures>true</removeExistingSignatures>
<archiveDirectory></archiveDirectory>
<includes>
<include>target/*.apk</include>
</includes>
<keystore>../certificates/xxxx.keystore</keystore>
<storepass>xxx</storepass>
<keypass>xxxx</keypass>
<alias>csl</alias>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
the test projects are held under main/java/... in the test project
When I compile i use mvn clean test
the errors its throwing up are
ERROR] /Users/aidenfry/AndroidHSF(trunknew)/x_Android_Finder_Parent/x_Android_Finder_Test/src/main/java/com/xxxxxxx/x_android_finder_test/FinderActivityTest.java:[27,7] cannot access junit.framework.TestCase
[ERROR] class file for junit.framework.TestCase not found
[ERROR] public class FinderActivityTest extends ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<FinderActivity> {
[ERROR] /Users/aidenfry/AndroidHSF(trunknew)/x_Android_Finder_Parent/x_Android_Finder_Test/src/main/java/com/xxxx/xx_android_finder_test/FinderActivityTest.java:[39,8] cannot find symbol
[ERROR] symbol : variable super
[ERROR] location: class
I can provide more but they are all similar to this, seems it cant find the Junit lib? But i already have that in the dependancioes.
If anyone can help/hints for me to sort out this mess It would be very much appreciated!

In case someone has the same issue, and wants to execute real Android Unit Tests instead of normal JUnit Tests:
You need to uncomment
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.8.1</version>
<!-- scope is compile, not test! -->
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
the junit dependency and use normal scope (compile), not test!
Hope that helps.

Ok, so here is how i did it.
I originally had my test cases in a seperate module / eclipse project. This seemed to be buggering up my stuff.
Moved the class into the main application project under src/main/test this now fixed all my issues thanks!

Unit testing Android with Maven

I have a question about a android project that is build with Maven,
We made it run our activity tests, but now we need it to run unit tests.
The unit test is in the same project as the activity tests, how do i set it up in our pom.xml files?
This is the Parent 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>andersen.project</groupId>
<artifactId>Hello-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<name>Hello - Parent</name>
<modules>
<module>HelloWorld</module>
<module>HelloWorldTest</module>
</modules>
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android</artifactId>
<version>2.2.1</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android-test</artifactId>
<version>2.2.1</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<build>
<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
<testSourceDirectory>test</testSourceDirectory>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-android-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8.3</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
</project>
this is the application pom.xml:
<?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>
<parent>
<groupId>andersen.project</groupId>
<artifactId>Hello-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
</parent>
<groupId>andersen.project</groupId>
<artifactId>helloworld</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<packaging>apk</packaging>
<name>HelloWorld - Application</name>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-android-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<androidManifestFile>${project.basedir}/AndroidManifest.xml</androidManifestFile>
<assetsDirectory>${project.basedir}/assets</assetsDirectory>
<resourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/res</resourceDirectory>
<nativeLibrariesDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/native</nativeLibrariesDirectory>
<sdk>
<platform>4</platform>
</sdk>
<deleteConflictingFiles>true</deleteConflictingFiles>
<undeployBeforeDeploy>true</undeployBeforeDeploy>
</configuration>
<extensions>true</extensions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.5</source>
<target>1.5</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
and this is the test 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>
<parent>
<groupId>andersen.project</groupId>
<artifactId>Hello-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
</parent>
<groupId>andersen.project</groupId>
<artifactId>helloworldtest</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<packaging>apk</packaging>
<name>HalloWorld - Integration tests</name>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android-test</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>andersen.project</groupId>
<artifactId>helloworld</artifactId>
<type>apk</type>
<version>1.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>andersen.project</groupId>
<artifactId>helloworld</artifactId>
<type>jar</type>
<version>1.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-android-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<androidManifestFile>${project.basedir}/AndroidManifest.xml</androidManifestFile>
<assetsDirectory>${project.basedir}/assets</assetsDirectory>
<resourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/res</resourceDirectory>
<nativeLibrariesDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/native</nativeLibrariesDirectory>
<sdk>
<platform>4</platform>
</sdk>
<deleteConflictingFiles>true</deleteConflictingFiles>
<undeployBeforeDeploy>true</undeployBeforeDeploy>
</configuration>
<extensions>true</extensions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.5</source>
<target>1.5</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
Should i add the following text in the parent pom.xml?:
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
And add it to other poms?
when i run maven the output is:
Junit.framework does not exist

I faced the same problem. It was caused by misconfiguration in the parent pom. You have to remove the scope tag in the dependencyManagement section.
Like this:
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android</artifactId>
<version>2.2.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android-test</artifactId>
<version>2.2.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

Add the Surefire plugin to the test pom.xml. Surefire runs the unit tests.