Creating distributable jar with dependency on Spring Android

[dmfrey]

I am writing an android application. I have come to realize there is an opportunity to produce a jar file that could be distributed (maven, etc.) for others to use. I am using Spring Android for RestTemplate. I find that I can't just create a maven project that pulls in just the spring android dependency, jackson dependency, etc.

This library does not need to be specific to android. Any thoughts on how best to package this?

[Roy Clarkson]

spring-android-rest-template only requires that spring-android-core be present too. The other dependencies are optional. However, you will lose the JSON message converter functionality if Jackson is not present.