For many applications the normal Android SDK artifact (android.jar)
will be sufficient, however some applications require add-ons. One of
the more commonly used add-ons is the Google Maps add-on, which
provides access to the Google Maps API. The Maps add-on is deployed to
your Maven repository by the Maven Android SDK Deployer tool. To use
an add on you just have to add the respective dependency to your pom
file.
The dependency to the Google Maps API.
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android.maps</groupId>
<artifactId>maps</artifactId>
<version>7_r1</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
Another common add-on is the compatibility library. It needs to be
included in the produced apk and there does not have provided scope.
The dependency to the compatibility library for API v4 and up.
<dependency>
<groupId>android.support</groupId>
<artifactId>compatibility-v4</artifactId>
<version>r3</version>
</dependency>
