Gradle alternate to mvn install - maven-2

Question

I have 2 different project build on mvn. I am trying to replace to Gradle.
Project 1 is an SDK, and project 2 is using that sdk (example).
In the time of maven it creates artifact using mvn install which adds the whole project into local repository.
I like to work in gradle like that. I like project 1 build.gradle need to post it as a gradle local repository and then example project need to use it.
In maven we do mvn install which adds a project artifact into .m2 folder but how to do in gradle so what i can add a project artefact's into the local repository.
Any way that I can do so?

Answer 1

sdk/build.gradle:
apply plugin: "maven"
group = "foo"
version = "1.0"
example/build.gradle:
repositories {
mavenLocal()
}
dependencies {
compile "foo:sdk:1.0"
}
$sdk> gradle install
$example> gradle build

Answer 2

You may be looking for:
gradle publishToMavenLocal
build.gradle:
plugins {
// other plugins
id 'maven-publish'
}
publishing {
publications {
maven(MavenPublication) {
from components.java
}
}
}
See: Maven Publish Plugin

Answer 3

Check out Gradle's documentation on multi-project builds.
Here's an example, with some extra dependencies. Just call gradle install in the root folder, and all will be built and put to your local repo.
Folder structure:
root
+--> build.gradle
+--> settings.gradle
+--> sdk
| +--> build.gradle
+--> example
+--> build.gradle
root/build.gradle:
allprojects {
apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'maven'
group = 'myGroup'
version = '0.1-SNAPSHOT'
}
root/settings.gradle:
include 'sdk'
include 'example'
root/sdk/build.gradle:
dependencies {
// just an example external dep.
compile group:'commons-lang', name:'commons-lang', version:'2.3'
}
root/example/build.gradle:
dependencies {
compile project(':sdk')
compile group:'log4j', name:'log4j', version:'1.2.16'
}

Answer 4

You need to publish your own library to your local repository. You can do that in the following way:
Add maven-publish plugin:
plugins {
// your other plugins come here...
id 'maven-publish'
}
Add the publishing section to your build file:
publishing {
publications {
myCoolLibrary(MavenPublication) {
from components.java
}
}
}
Run gradle build publishToMavenLocal
Find more details in the documentation.