Maven support, and artifacts for the FTC library?

[hexafraction]

Hi, will I be able to use Maven to manage dependencies and internal team libraries between robots and programs? I understand that Android Studio is being used, but some clarification as to whether the hardware or FTC libs will be available as Maven artifacts, or whether the IDE config will support Maven at all, would be good.

Thanks!

[NoahAndrews]

Android Studio is really built around using the Gradle build system. I would recommend you just use that, though Android Studio does have Maven support.

[hexafraction]

Android Studio is really built around using the Gradle build system. I would recommend you just use that, though Android Studio does have Maven support.

Thanks! How easily are existing Maven artifacts transitioned to Gradle?

[NoahAndrews]

I'm new to Gradle, and I don't have any Maven experience. However, I can tell you that including a library in the Maven Central repository in my Gradle-based Android Studio project was a piece of cake. I am, however, assuming that being on Maven Central implies that the library was in fact a Maven artifact. Here's a link to the library if you want to look at the instructions for including it: https://github.com/ksoichiro/Android...ableScrollView

[hexafraction]

I'm new to Gradle, and I don't have any Maven experience. However, I can tell you that including a library in the Maven Central repository in my Gradle-based Android Studio project was a piece of cake. I am, however, assuming that being on Maven Central implies that the library was in fact a Maven artifact. Here's a link to the library if you want to look at the instructions for including it: https://github.com/ksoichiro/Android...ableScrollView

It could be possible that Maven Central also converts them to Gradle artifacts on the server side, unlike other respositories (I've not seen Gradle mentioned on other Maven repo hosts). I will have to try it and see.