Where do I place the pom.xml file?

Question

I have been going through this tutorial and got maven installed, created my environment variables, created a new android project but i do not know where to place the pom.xml file ?

also, how do I run my maven build so a new .apk file is created ?

Answer 1

This occurred due to change of a project name, and the old project name of a module keep showing in a bracket beside the new project name. if you want to remove the old name in the bracket[. . . .], go to your projects settings.gradle file or use short cut Ctrl+Shift+F to get the file. You will see old module project name.

• include ':app'

• rootProject.name = "the old project name of a module"

In rootProject.name="...." Renamed it with your new project name and synced the project, then the root module name will be updated and the old module project name in the bracket will be gone.

Answer 2

Maven commands that execute on a POM need to be executed in the current working directory of your project. Say your project is in c:\myproject. That means your pom file would be located at c:\myproject\pom.xml. When you run a maven command in the command line you need to set your current working directory to c:\myproject.

In windows if you hold down shift then right click on the open folder, you will see an additional menu item called Open command window here.

Alternatively you can always open your command window and type in cd <path to your project>.

Once there type in your maven commands such as mvn3 clean install

Heres a screenshot of the drop down for windows

Answer 3

You should use the defaul project layout:

http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-standard-directory-layout.html

The pom.xml is placed in the projects root-folder.