Sample Android-Maven pom.xml

pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <!-- Information about your module -->
    <groupId>com.company.name.goes.here</groupId>
    <artifactId>AwesomeArtifactIdHere</artifactId>
    <version>1.0</version>
    <packaging>apk</packaging>
    
    <!-- Sample properties, where we can store custom variables that we will reuse -->
    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <platform.version>4.1.1.4</platform.version>
        <android.plugin.version>3.5.3</android.plugin.version>
        <sonar.exclusions>**/GENERATED/**</sonar.exclusions>
        <src.directory>src/main/java</src.directory>
        <test.directory>src/test/java</test.directory>
        <sdk.platform>17</sdk.platform>
    </properties>
    
    <!-- A list of sample dependencies that your project will need -->
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
            <artifactId>android</artifactId>
            <version>${platform.version}</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <!-- Mockito Mocking Framework -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
            <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
            <version>1.9.5</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <!-- Robotium -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.jayway.android.robotium</groupId>
            <artifactId>robotium-solo</artifactId>
            <version>4.1</version>
        </dependency>
        <!-- Junit -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>4.8.1</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
            <artifactId>android</artifactId>
            <version>2.2.1</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
    
    <!-- Build Instructions
         - Locations and names of source directory
         - Locations and names of test directory
         - Locations and names of res directory (ie. Where your images, 9patch, xml files are stored)
         - Details about your android installation
         - Details about the android-maven plugin -->
    <build>
        <directory>target</directory>
        <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
        <sourceDirectory>${src.directory}</sourceDirectory>
        <testSourceDirectory>${test.directory}</testSourceDirectory>
        <resources>
            <resource>
                <directory>${project.basedir}/res</directory>
                <filtering>true</filtering>
            </resource>
        </resources>
        <pluginManagement>
            <plugins>
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
                    <artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>3.5.3</version>
                    <extensions>true</extensions>
                </plugin>
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>2.14.1</version>
                </plugin>
            </plugins>
        </pluginManagement>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
                <artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <androidManifestFile>${project.basedir}/AndroidManifest.xml</androidManifestFile>
                    <assetsDirectory>${project.basedir}/assets</assetsDirectory>
                    <resourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/res</resourceDirectory>
                    <sdk>
                        <platform>${sdk.platform}</platform>
                        <!-- Don't forget to change the path of your Android SDK directory --> 
                        <path>PATH_TO_YOUR_ANDROID_SDK_DIRECTORY_HERE</path>
                    </sdk>
                    <undeployBeforeDeploy>true</undeployBeforeDeploy>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>

It took me a long time to figure this out, so i thought I'd share it with people who care.... and people who don't. ;)