How to publish an android archive (.aar) to Maven Central

Dino Kovač

1. Create JIRA account athttps://issues.sonatype.org/secure/Signup!default.jspa

2. Create a New Project ticket

Sonatype repository setup

Generate key: $ gpg --gen-key!List keys: $ gpg —list-secret-keys!Distribute key: $ gpg --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net -- send-keys 794B83B1

Generate PGP key

~/.gradle/gradle.properties

Add authentication info

Gradle upload task

Gradle upload task

$ gradle uploadArchives

Releasing

End result

• http://central.sonatype.org/pages/ossrh-guide.html

• http://central.sonatype.org/pages/releasing-the-

deployment.html

• http://www.vandalsostware.com/post/52468430435/

publishing-an-android-library-aar-to-a-maven

• http://jedicoder.blogspot.com/2011/11/automated-gradle-

project-deployment-to.html

• https://docs.sonatype.org/display/Repository/How+To

+Generate+PGP+Signatures+With+Maven

References