Signing APK with the Maven-Jar-Signer Plugin

There is a nice Maven plugin helping you signing your Android app – the Maven Jar Signer Plugin. If you want to learn more about Maven integration in an android project take a look at this article. Maven Profile Setup Add the following code to your pom.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <profiles> <profile> <id>sign</id> <build> <plugins> <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/> <includes> <include>target/*.apk</include> </includes> <keystore>path/to/keystore</keystore> <storepass>storepasword</storepass> <keypass>keypassword</keypass> <alias>key-alias</alias> </configuration> </execution> </executions> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId> <artifactId>maven-android-plugin</artifactId> <inherited>true</inherited> <configuration> <sign> <debug>false</debug> </sign> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </profile> </profiles> ...

April 17, 2010 · 1 min · 155 words · Micha Kops