Question

I am trying to generate an android archetype for a apklib so I can use this library. As this pages shows I try to create it like this.

mvn archetype:generate \
  -DarchetypeArtifactId=android-library-quickstart \
  -DarchetypeGroupId=com.slidingmenu \
  -DarchetypeVersion=1.0.9 \
  -DgroupId=com.sliding \
  -DartifactId=slidingmenu

However I get an error everytime. I get the following error

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:2.2:generate (default-cli) on project standalone-pom: The desired archetype does not exist (com.slidingmenu:android-library-quickstart:1.0.9) -> [Help 1]

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

You use the wrong archetypeGroupId. Use this instead:

-DarchetypeGroupId=de.akquinet.android.archetypes