Step 1: Repackage a web app as EAR A Java EE application is a multimodule Maven project. At the very least you'll need to package a WAR and an EAR. To get started, I'll simply re-package the simple webapp as an EAR. Create a directory named javaee-app Copy the webapp from here to javaee-app . Rename struts1app to webapp . Create pom.xml under javaee-app : <project> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>... Create a directory named ear under javaee-app . Create pom.xml under ear : <project> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>... Modify pom.xml in the webapp directory so that it looks like this: <project> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> ... Build with " mvn package " in the javaee-app directory. You can see that ear-1.0.ear is successfully generated in javaee-app/ear/target . Maven successfully resolves dependencies between the sub-projects....

Click Project -> Properties Select "Builders" Click "New", select "Ant Builder", click "OK" Select the Buildfile, set the Base Directory Set targets You may or may not want the default "Java Builder". Uncheck it if you don't want to run the default builder.

To configure: Click Run -> External Tools -> External Tools Configurations... Select "Ant Build", click the "New" icon on the top left Enter a name (e.g. "Ant Build"), select a Buildfile ( build.xml ), set the Base Directory. Click "Apply". To run: Click Run -> External Tools -> Ant Build (the name entered in Step 2 above)

Start the emulator ( create an AVD if none exists) $ tools/emulator -avd Simple8 Create new project $ tools/android create project \ > --package co... where " --target 2 " identifies the target platform as displayed by " tools/android list targets ", which is stored in the properties file default.properties in the project root folder. cd HelloWorld and install debug package onto the running emulator: $ ant install Buildfile: build.xml [set... Launch the Hello World application on the emulator. You'll see something like this: Edit res/values/string.xml , change the contents to: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resourc... Edit res/layout/main.xml , change the contents to: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearL... The contents of the text area now refer to a string defined in the resource file strings.xml , instead...

The javax.xml.crypto and javax.xml.crypto.dsig packages are not available in Android (as of version 2.3). Therefore, standard Java API does not work. But you can use the Apache Santuario library to do that. Here are the steps: Download the xml security source distribution (curently version 1.4.4). Build with ant. Create your own library jar (only the apache classes, no javax): jar -cf xmlsec-1.4.4.jar -C build/classes org Copy xmlsec-1.4.4.jar to the libs directory of your Android project. Here's the Java code: import java.io.*; import javax.xml.parsers.*; ...

This is an odd-ball content provider in that it doesn't provide database records, but provides a resource as a stream. It can be used to provide media files or XML resources. Start the project with: tools/android create project --package com.android... Create assets directory and add an XML file ( assets/demo.xml ): <? xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <people... Edit the layout ( res/layout/main.xml ): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearL... Edit src/com/android/cptest/Dummy.java : package com.android.cptest; import java.io.... Add content provider ( src/com/android/cptest/XmlResource.java ): package com.android.cptest; import java.io.... Update AndroidManifest.xml : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifes... Add this section to the end of build.xml : <target name="-package-resources"> <ech... Build and install: ant install Screenshot: Remove the Dummy activity ( AndroidManifest.xml ): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifes... Create a new project for...

Create new project $ tools/android create project \ > --package co... Edit res/values/string.xml , add strings for the main screen. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resourc... Add widgets to main layout ( res/layout/main.xml ). <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearL... Edit src/com/android/apkinfo/GetAPKPermissions.java and change contents to: package com.android.apkinfo; import android... Install the debug package to the emulator: ant install The screen should look like: Add display permissions activity. Start by creating a new layout res/layout/display_permissions.xml : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearL... Add the strings used by the new Activity ( res/values/strings.xml ): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resourc... Add the Display Permissions Activity ( src/com/android/apkinfo/DisplayPermissions.java ): package com.android.apkinfo; import android... Change src/com/android/apkinfo/GetAPKPermissions.java to invoke the Display Permissions Activity: package com.android.apkinfo; import android... Declare Display Permissions Activity in AndroidManifest.xml : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifes......

This is a step by step guide to get you started with Android development. It is not intended to be systematic. For that purpose, Google's Android Developer's Guide is the best choice. The purpose of this tutorial is to get you started with Android coding as quickly as possible, with the least amount of fuss. I believe that nothing beats hands on experience when you are learning a new thing. Preparations: Download and install the Android SDK. Make sure you download at least one Android platform and the SDK Platform-tools (step 4 of the installation guide). For the purposes of this tutorial, you don't need Eclipse. Download and install Apache Ant . First steps: Create an AVD (Android Virtual Device) Start the Android emulator with...

Generate android project $ ~/android-sdk-linux_86/tools/android create proj... Create XML file res/xml/books.xml : <?xml version="1.0"?> <catalog> <book id=... Edit layout ( res/layout/main.xml ): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Lin... Edit code ( src/com/android/xmlres/XMLResource.java ): package com.android.xmlres; import java.io.... Change activity label from app_name to booklist ( AndroidManifest.xml ): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifes... Add value for string resource ( res/values/string.xml ): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resourc... Deploy and test: ant install

The POM (Project Object Model, pom.xml ) is at the heart of all Maven builds. It tells Maven how to build your project, just like build.xml for Ant. This is a POM for a simple Hello World project: <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"... Not much can be inferred from the POM file alone, because lots of information is implied . For example, packaging defaults to jar , which means that if nothing is specified, Maven compiles all java files under src/main/java and creates a jar . All Maven POMs inherit from a base Super POM. To see the effective POM for your project, type mvn help:effective-pom : C:\maven\hello-world>mvn help:effective-pom Below is the Super POM for Maven 2.0.x. <project> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> ...