Publish the SDK on MavenCentral

build.gradle

@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ buildscript {
         maven {
             url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
         }
+        mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.0.2'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
-
+        classpath 'com.vanniktech:gradle-maven-publish-plugin:0.17.0'
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
     }
@@ -42,6 +43,13 @@ allprojects {
         kotlinOptions.allWarningsAsErrors = false
     }
 
+    plugins.withId("com.vanniktech.maven.publish") {
+        // Publish on s01.oss.sonatype.org
+        //https://github.com/vanniktech/gradle-maven-publish-plugin#where-to-upload-to
+        mavenPublish {
+            sonatypeHost = "S01"
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 task clean(type: Delete) {

gradle.properties

@@ -21,3 +21,29 @@ vector.httpLogLevel=NONE
 # Note: to debug, you can put and uncomment the following lines in the file ~/.gradle/gradle.properties to override the value above
 #vector.debugPrivateData=true
 #vector.httpLogLevel=BODY
+
+# Maven publication
+# Ref: https://github.com/vanniktech/gradle-maven-publish-plugin
+GROUP=org.matrix.android
+POM_ARTIFACT_ID=matrix-android-sdk2
+VERSION_NAME=1.2.1
+
+POM_PACKAGING=aar
+
+POM_NAME=Matrix Android SDK 2
+POM_DESCRIPTION=An Android SDK to connect to a Matrix homeserver.
+POM_INCEPTION_YEAR=2021
+POM_URL=https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-android-sdk2
+
+POM_LICENSE_NAME=The Apache Software License, Version 2.0
+POM_LICENCE_URL=https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
+POM_LICENCE_DIST=repo
+
+POM_SCM_URL=https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-android-sdk2
+POM_SCM_CONNECTION=scm:git:git://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-android-sdk2.git
+POM_SCM_DEV_CONNECTION=scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/matrix-org/matrix-android-sdk2.git
+
+POM_DEVELOPER_ID=matrixdev
+POM_DEVELOPER_NAME=matrixdev
+POM_DEVELOPER_URL=https://github.com/matrix-org/
+POM_DEVELOPER_EMAIL=android@element.io

matrix-sdk-android/build.gradle

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
 apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'
 apply plugin: 'kotlin-parcelize'
 apply plugin: 'realm-android'
-apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+apply plugin: "com.vanniktech.maven.publish"
 
 buildscript {
     repositories {
@@ -193,13 +193,3 @@ dependencies {
 
     androidTestUtil 'androidx.test:orchestrator:1.4.0'
 }
-
-project.afterEvaluate {
-    publishing {
-        publications {
-            release(MavenPublication) {
-                from components.release
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}