How to start application in command line with Maven

Question

I want to run Android application in command line after execution android:deploy maven goal

Does Maven have some command which can run application after

Answer 1

It doesn't look like: http://maven-android-plugin-m2site.googlecode.com/svn/plugin-info.html

You can do it with adb instead. But you have to know the Activity name.

adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n your.app.package/.YourMainActivity

Answer 2

Thanks mschonaker I found the complete solution for Maven

First you need to add plugin in your POM

<plugin>
    <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
    <configuration>
            <executable>${basedir}/scripts/run_app.sh</executable>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

add script in ${basedir}/scripts/ dir with next content:

adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n your.app.package/.YourMainActivity

Command to build and run app

mvn clean install android:deploy; mvn exec:exec

Answer 3

Just an update. As of version 3.0.0 the android maven plugin has a run goal so you can start a deployed app on all attached devices with

mvn android:run

It will automatically parse the AndroidManifest and determine which activity to start. To work you have to run the command from within a apk project.