using mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeArtifactId=android-release -DarchetypeGroupId=de.akquinet.android.archetypes -DarchetypeVersion=1.0.9 -DgroupId=... -DartifactId=... -Dpackage=....android
and building with mvn clean install
#Android App project with Maven
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changed the platform to 35 instead of the 16 it was in the generated pom, because that's what I have installed. changed the android plugin's version from 3.5.x to 3.8.0 because that's the latest without rc or snapshot.
I have done the installations with sdkmanager, and have $ANDROID_HOME pointed to the directory where that stuff is located in. it gives me Error reading /home/fabricio/installed/android-tools/tools/source.properties
if I point the env var to the platform-tools/android-35 inside of that directory, I get ```
Execution default-generate-sources of goal com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2:android-maven-plugin:3.8.0:generate-sources failed: Invalid SDK: Platform/API level 35 not available. This command should give you all you need:
[ERROR] /home/fabricio/installed/android-tools/platform-tools/android-35/tools/android update sdk --no-ui --obsolete --force
cc @west juniper
there is no directory named tools btw
west juniper
changed the platform to 35 instead of the 16 it was in the generated pom, becaus...
$ANDROID_HOME should point to the root of your Android SDK directory
And here's how an SDK directory structure should look like
slim lance
total 158M
drwxrwxr-x 2 fabricio fabricio 4.0K Apr 27 16:42 add-ons
drwxrwxr-x 5 fabricio fabricio 4.0K Jul 1 2025 build-tools
drwxrwxr-x 5 fabricio fabricio 4.0K Jun 27 2025 cmdline-tools
-rw-rw-r-- 1 fabricio fabricio 158M Mar 13 2025 commandlinetools-linux-13114758_latest.zip
drwxrwxr-x 8 fabricio fabricio 4.0K Jun 27 2025 emulator
drwxrwxr-x 2 fabricio fabricio 4.0K Jul 1 2025 licenses
drwxrwxr-x 3 fabricio fabricio 4.0K Jul 1 2025 ndk
drwxrwxr-x 3 fabricio fabricio 4.0K Jul 1 2025 platforms
drwxrwxr-x 3 fabricio fabricio 4.0K Jul 1 2025 platform-tools
drwxrwxr-x 3 fabricio fabricio 4.0K Apr 27 17:15 sources
drwxrwxr-x 3 fabricio fabricio 4.0K Jul 1 2025 system-images
I have no tools dir there for some reason?
west juniper
How did you install the SDK?
slim lance
west juniper
Okay lemme check something
If I recall correctly, the directory where sdkmanager resides should be the tools directory
slim lance
mine is called cmdline-tools
west juniper
is there source.properties in there?
slim lance
yes
there's also a latest directory inside of it which has the bin/ with the latest sdkmanager executable
I renamed the dir to tools/ and then moved latest/ outside and renamed that one to tools/, both cases give Execution default-generate-sources of goal com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2:android-maven-plugin:3.8.0:generate-sources failed: Cannot invoke "com.android.sdklib.BuildToolInfo.getPath(com.android.sdklib.BuildToolInfo$PathId)" because the return value of "com.android.sdklib.IAndroidTarget.getBuildToolInfo()" is null
west juniper
I renamed the dir to `tools/` and then moved `latest/` outside and renamed that ...
how does the tools directory structure look like now?
Also, can you show your pom.xml and what maven command you are using?
slim lance
Also, can you show your `pom.xml` and what maven command you are using?
I'm using mvn clean install to build, as stated at the top
slim lance
how does the `tools` directory structure look like now?
tools/
├── bin
│ ├── apkanalyzer
│ ├── avdmanager
│ ├── d8
│ ├── lint
│ ├── profgen
│ ├── r8
│ ├── resourceshrinker
│ ├── retrace
│ ├── screenshot2
│ └── sdkmanager
├── lib
│ ├── analytics-library
│ ├── annotations
│ ├── apkanalyzer-classpath.jar
│ ├── apkparser
│ ├── avdmanager-classpath.jar
│ ├── build-system
│ ├── common
│ ├── d8-classpath.jar
│ ├── ddmlib
│ ├── device_validator
│ ├── external
│ ├── layoutlib-api
│ ├── lint
│ ├── lint-classpath.jar
│ ├── misc
│ ├── profgen
│ ├── profgen-classpath.jar
│ ├── r8-classpath.jar
│ ├── r8.jar
│ ├── README
│ ├── repository
│ ├── resourceshrinker-classpath.jar
│ ├── retrace-classpath.jar
│ ├── screenshot2-classpath.jar
│ ├── sdk-common
│ ├── sdklib
│ ├── sdkmanager-classpath.jar
│ └── zipflinger
├── NOTICE.txt
├── package.xml
└── source.properties
18 directories, 25 files
Have you tried adding <path> in <sdk> to point to your SDK location?
slim lance
hm, do I have to do that? thought that's what the $ANDROID_HOME was needed for
can I read $ANDROID_HOME from within the pom? hardcoding it feels icky
ah, found it
${env.ANDROID_HOME}, still the same error
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slim lance
@west juniper hello?
west juniper
Ah sorry, I didn't respond because I had no idea what else you could try at this point :/