Sample POM file for the parent folder of an Android project managed with Maven.

android-project-parent-pom

<?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>

  <groupId>com.your_company.package</groupId>
  <artifactId>your_parent_artifact_id</artifactId>
  version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <packaging>pom</packaging>

  <modules>
      <module>your-library1</module>
      <module>your-library2</module>
      <module>your-application-project</module>
      <module>your-application-tests</module>
  </modules>

  <dependencyManagement>
      <dependencies>
          <dependency>
              <groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
              <artifactId>android</artifactId>
              <version>4.1.1.4</version>
          </dependency>
          
          <dependency>
              <groupId>com.google.android</groupId>
              <artifactId>android-test</artifactId>
              <version>4.1.1.4</version>
          </dependency>

      </dependencies>
  </dependencyManagement>

  <build>
      <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
      <plugins>
          <plugin>
              <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
              <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
              <version>2.3.2</version>
              <configuration>
                  <source>1.6</source>
                  <target>1.6</target>
              </configuration>
          </plugin>
          <plugin>
              <groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
              <artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
              <version>3.4.1</version>
              <configuration>
                  <sdk>
                      <path>${env.ANDROID_HOME}</path>
                      <platform>16</platform>
                  </sdk>
              </configuration>
              <extensions>true</extensions>
          </plugin>
      </plugins>
  </build>

  <profiles>
      <!-- MSOURCES-13 related workaround overriding super-pom.
           http://blog.peterlynch.ca/2010/05/maven-how-to-prevent-generate-sources.html -->
      <profile>
          <id>release-profile</id>
          <activation>
              <property>
                  <name>performRelease</name>
                  <value>true</value>
              </property>
          </activation>
          <build>
              <plugins>
                  <plugin>
                      <inherited>true</inherited>
                      <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
                      <version>2.2</version>
                      <executions>
                          <execution>
                              <id>attach-sources-no-fork</id>
                              <inherited>true</inherited>
                              <goals>
                                  <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
                              </goals>
                          </execution>
                      </executions>
                  </plugin>
              </plugins>
          </build>
      </profile>
  </profiles>

  <properties>
      <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
  </properties>
</project>