How I configure Intellij Idea 11 for Android, AndroidAnnotations 2.6 and maven

I know there are many many posts about this. This is a summary of how I do, so I can have a place for copy paste.

1. Create your project with Android Maven Plugin

Read the GettingStarted

You can run this command to get the basic structure: 

mvn archetype:generate \
  -DarchetypeArtifactId=android-quickstart \
  -DarchetypeGroupId=de.akquinet.android.archetypes \
  -DarchetypeVersion=1.0.8 \
  -DgroupId=com.tagonsoft \
  -DartifactId=ExampleApp

Add/Edit the dependency to android: 

 
    com.google.android
    android
    4.0.1.2
    provided

2. Add AndroidAnnotations to maven pom.xml 

  
                                             
    com.googlecode.androidannotations 
    androidannotations          
    2.6                               
    provided                              
                                            
                                                         
                                             
    com.googlecode.androidannotations 
    androidannotations          
    api                         
    2.6

3. Configure Idea compiler

Like so:
I couldn't get it to work with processor from classpath, so I use the path from maven repo: 
/work/libs/mvnrepo/com/googlecode/androidannotations/androidannotations/2.6/androidannotations-2.6.jar
Add as processor FQ name: 
com.googlecode.androidannotations.AndroidAnnotationProcessor
Add your module to the Processed modules section. Set Generated Sources Directory Name to: 
target/generated-sources/annotations

4. Tweak your module to regenerate R file in the new location:


I use <project path> + /target/generated-sources/r
Remove the normal R folder from sources.
Sometimes Idea thinks it knows better and when it updates the maven project it overwrites your changes. The solution I found on the internet is to leave gen as sources and to exclude the folders beneath it. Like so:
Hope someone else finds this useful. Feel free to add or correct me.

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