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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.

Eclipse compilation error when depending on external apklib

I have a several android library projects that I'm trying to convert to Maven.
I encountered a problem where mvn clean install is successful but in Eclipse there are import issues as if the classes in the project2 apklib is not in the classpath of project1.
First project POM.xml
<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>
<artifactId>android-clientsdk</artifactId>
<packaging>apklib</packaging>
<parent>
<groupId>com.company.client</groupId>
<artifactId>company-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<build>
<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<attach>true</attach>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>jar</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<extensions>true</extensions>
<configuration>
<sdk>
<path>${android.sdk.path}</path>
<platform>${android.sdk.platform}</platform>
</sdk>
<!-- <deleteConflictingFiles>true</deleteConflictingFiles> -->
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings
only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself. -->
<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>[3.7.0,)</versionRange>
<goals>
<goal>generate-sources</goal>
<goal>consume-aar</goal>
<goal>proguard</goal>
</goals>
</pluginExecutionFilter>
<action>
<ignore />
</action>
</pluginExecution>
<pluginExecution>
<pluginExecutionFilter>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<versionRange>[2.1,)</versionRange>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
</pluginExecutionFilter>
<action>
<ignore />
</action>
</pluginExecution>
</pluginExecutions>
</lifecycleMappingMetadata>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<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>
<artifactId>android-clientelement</artifactId>
<packaging>apklib</packaging>
<parent>
<groupId>com.company.client</groupId>
<artifactId>company-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<build>
<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<attach>true</attach>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>jar</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<extensions>true</extensions>
<configuration>
<sdk>
<path>${android.sdk.path}</path>
<platform>${android.sdk.platform}</platform>
</sdk>
<!-- <deleteConflictingFiles>true</deleteConflictingFiles> -->
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings
only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself. -->
<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>[3.7.0,)</versionRange>
<goals>
<goal>generate-sources</goal>
<goal>consume-aar</goal>
<goal>proguard</goal>
</goals>
</pluginExecutionFilter>
<action>
<ignore />
</action>
</pluginExecution>
<pluginExecution>
<pluginExecutionFilter>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<versionRange>[2.1,)</versionRange>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
</pluginExecutionFilter>
<action>
<ignore />
</action>
</pluginExecution>
</pluginExecutions>
</lifecycleMappingMetadata>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.company.client</groupId>
<artifactId>android-clientsdk</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<type>apklib</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
<version>2.0.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
<version>2.0.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
<version>2.0.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
Technical's:
I'm using Eclipse Kepler.
I'm using the latest Android Configurator for M2E (Taken from the eclipse marketplace)
My question:
When depending on apklib should we see any evidence for this dependencies in Eclipse (like .class that are compiled from this library)?
Why Eclipse can't find the import from the packages in the depended apklib?

You must import your APKlib in your Eclipse workspace and then link it to your main application project (Project properties > Android > Add library and choose your APKLib project)
Sometimes, if you perform a clean or an update of your maven project, Eclipse loses the link of your apklib and you must add it again..

Android Annotations and Cobertura: how to exclude the generated classes

We're using Android Annotations, Cobertura, and maven. Cobertura is pulling in the _ classes for unit test coverage. How can we exclude them?
I tried adding the following to my pom but it only worked halfway. The classes no longer show in the report but line and branch coverage for that package shows <5% when the coverage for the base classes in that package are at 100%.
<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.hps.prosper.android</groupId>
<artifactId>TabletCore</artifactId>
<version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>apk</packaging>
<name>Prosper-TabletCore</name>
<properties>
<stomp.version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</stomp.version>
<java.version>1.6</java.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-dep</artifactId>
<version>4.10</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
<artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.pivotallabs</groupId>
<artifactId>robolectric</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.googlecode.androidannotations</groupId>
<artifactId>androidannotations</artifactId>
<version>2.7.1</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.googlecode.androidannotations</groupId>
<artifactId>androidannotations-api</artifactId>
<version>2.7.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
<testSourceDirectory>test</testSourceDirectory>
<resources>
<!-- filter manifest and put filtered file in target/filtered-manifest/ -->
<resource>
<directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
<targetPath>${project.build.directory}</targetPath>
<includes>
<include>AndroidManifest.xml</include>
<include>res/**/*</include>
</includes>
</resource>
</resources>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.2</version>
<configuration>
<instrumentation>
<ignores>
<ignore>com.hps.prosper.android.tabletcore.library.entity.*</ignore>
<ignore>com.hps.prosper.android.tabletcore</ignore>
<ignore>com.hps.prosper.android.contexts.*</ignore> </ignores>
<excludes>
<exclude>com/hps/prosper/android/tabletcore/library/entity/**/*.class</exclude>
<ignore>com/hps/prosper/android/tabletcore/*.class</ignore>
</excludes>
</instrumentation>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>clean</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.5.0</version>
<extensions>true</extensions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<run>
<debug>true</debug>
</run>
<sdk>
<platform>12</platform>
</sdk>
<emulator>
<avd>16</avd>
</emulator>
<undeployBeforeDeploy>true</undeployBeforeDeploy>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
I'm generating coverage reports at the command line:
mvn clean test -Ucobertura:cobertura
We also use Jenkins, but I'm just interested in the local reports for now. Once those are working right I'll test it on our build server and enlist some local gurus if needed.
If it's not possible, how can I add the source folder for the _ classes so I can at least click through and see where the holes are?

How do I use android libraries (apklibs) with maven and eclipse?

I am using Eclipse 3.7.2 + Android + Maven + m2e and I have a problem with Android libraries included via Maven as apklibs. I built a test scenario with two projects, mvntest1 (the main project) and mvntest2 (my library project). The pom.xml's are included after this text.
So far so good. I can build mvntest2 via console $ mvn install without any errors. Thus, I have an apklib in my local maven repository (~/.m2/repository/mvntest2/mvntest2/0.0.1-SNAPSHOT/mvntest2-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.apklib).
But: The including does not work. Eclipse does not include the classes, etc. of mvntest2 in mvntest1. I have cleaned, updated the configuration and dependencies and nothing help.
What am I doing wrong? Please help.
If some informations are missing, just ask.
======= mvntest1/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>mvntest1</groupId>
<artifactId>mvntest1</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>apk</packaging>
<name>mvntest1</name>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android</artifactId>
<version>2.1.2</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mvntest2</groupId>
<artifactId>mvntest2</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<type>apklib</type>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
<configuration>
<androidManifestFile>${project.basedir}/AndroidManifest.xml</androidManifestFile>
<assetsDirectory>${project.basedir}/assets</assetsDirectory>
<resourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/res</resourceDirectory>
<nativeLibrariesDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/native</nativeLibrariesDirectory>
<sdk>
<platform>7</platform>
</sdk>
<deleteConflictingFiles>true</deleteConflictingFiles>
<undeployBeforeDeploy>true</undeployBeforeDeploy>
</configuration>
<extensions>true</extensions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
====== mvntest2/pom.xml =====
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>mvntest2</groupId>
<artifactId>mvntest2</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>apklib</packaging>
<name>mvntest2</name>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android</artifactId>
<version>2.1.2</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
<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>7</platform>
</sdk>
<deleteConflictingFiles>true</deleteConflictingFiles>
<undeployBeforeDeploy>true</undeployBeforeDeploy>
</configuration>
<extensions>true</extensions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>

Support for apklib dependencies in ADT Eclipse is part of ongoing work for the m2e-android project and is not yet complete. Please comment on this issue to stay updated:
https://github.com/rgladwell/m2e-android/issues/8
UPDATE 26th September 2013: Android Connector for Maven Eclipse (m2e-android) version 0.4.3 now has been released with full support for Android Libraries.

Error in pom file in Maven project after importing into Eclipse

I am actually new to the Maven framework. I already have a Maven project. I installed the Maven plugin etc into my EclipseIDE from http://m2eclipse.sonatype.org/sites/m2e. Then I imported my project and enabled dependencies, but the project is showing too many errors. The pom.xml itself is showing errors. The errors are
Project Build Error:unknown packaging:apk
Project Build Error:unresolvable build extension:plugin"
etc.
My error area is:
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.nbc.cnbc.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android.domain.tests</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<packaging>apk</packaging>
<parent>
<groupId>com.nbc.cnbc.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android.domain.parent</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<relativePath>../android.domain.parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
</parent>
<name>android.domain.tests</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
Could it be because the url specified in the last line could be different?
Any ideas why this could be happening?
Any reply is highly appreciated. Thanks a lot in advance!!

You have installed the "normal" Maven plugin that works for Java projects (and .jar files).
For Android you need the Maven Android Plugin
Personally, I think that Android Maven is too much of a hassle for the few dependencies that I use in my projects, but this is how I set it up when I tried it out:
Set the ANDROID_HOME variable to your SDK root location and add the SDK's tools and platform-tools folders to your path (more info see this link)
Start Eclipse and enable "Dependency management" on your Android project.
Make sure you include Maven Central to you repositories and add the following to your pom (more info see this link or this link).
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android</artifactId>
<version>2.3.3</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<build>
<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-android-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<sdk>
<path>${env.ANDROID_HOME}</path>
<platform>10</platform>
</sdk>
<deleteConflictingFiles>true</deleteConflictingFiles>
</configuration>
<extensions>true</extensions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
Off course you can adjust the android version to your liking.

Last update: it seems that the name of the artifact is android-maven-plugin now: http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2/android-maven-plugin/3.6.0
So it should be like this:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
<artifactId>android</artifactId>
<version>2.3.3</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<build>
<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<sdk>
<path>${env.ANDROID_HOME}</path>
<platform>10</platform>
</sdk>
<deleteConflictingFiles>true</deleteConflictingFiles>
</configuration>
<extensions>true</extensions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>