Top "Ant" questions

Apache Ant (formerly Jakarta Ant) is a declarative, XML-based build tool created originally for Java projects.

Why use Gradle instead of Ant or Maven?

What does another build tool targeted at Java really get me? If you use Gradle over another tool, why?

java maven ant build-process gradle
Unable to locate tools.jar

I am building a project in Java. I have this error: Unable to locate tools.jar. Expected to find it …

java ant tools.jar
How can I install Apache Ant on Mac OS X?

I tried to install Apache Ant on my Mac and I followed the next steps : I downloaded apache-ant-1.8.1-bin.tar.…

apache ant macos
How to create a signed APK file using Cordova command line interface?

I made a sample application named checkStatus. Now I want to create a signed APK file. So I can install …

android cordova ant
ant warning: "'includeantruntime' was not set"

I receive the following warning: [javac] build.xml:9: warning: 'includeantruntime' was not set, defaulting to build.sysclasspath=last; set to …

java ant build javac build-tools
Differences between Ant and Maven

Could someone tell me the differences between Ant and Maven? I have never used either. I understand that they are …

java maven-2 ant build-management
How do I check out an SVN project into Eclipse as a Java project?

I was trying to check out a project from SVN using Eclipse. I tried using "Checkout As" to make it …

java eclipse svn ant subversive
Ant task to run an Ant target only if a file exists?

Is there an ANT Task that would execute a block only if a given file exists? I have the problem …

file ant build-automation
How to change JAVA.HOME for Eclipse/ANT

I am trying to sign a jar file using an ANT script. I know this has to be pointed at …

java eclipse ant environment-variables java-home
Ant is using wrong java version

I'm using Ant 1.7.0 and installed java 1.6 which is in JAVA_HOME. I want to build a project using java 1.5, so …

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