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How to publish a regular, non-Android Java library so that it becomes available for inclusion in Java projects through Maven & Gradle build scripts?

I recently created a third-party library for Java. I am currently distributing the library through Github and my own website where I can download the JAR file. I want to make it possible for developers to use Gradle and Maven (and possibly other build automation tools) to easily include my third-party library in their projects.

I am new to Maven, Gradle, Bintray, JCenter, MavenCentral, Ivy, etc. However, I have experience with Ant, Java, and Linux.

I tried to learn how to publish my third-party library using the above tools / platforms, but I got confused.

  • Based on what I read, Gradle, Maven and Ant are competing technologies. So why, then, in the context of real-world use cases, does Gradle seem so interwoven with Maven?
  • Bintray touts itself as a platform for publishing and distributing software. So, why did you need to create JCenter as something different from the rest of Bintray? What can JCenter do that Bintray cannot?
  • I created a test package and version on Bintray, and I uploaded the JAR file to the version. Is it possible to write a Gradle script that can include this JAR file depending on the Java project? Or should the package be “linked” to JCenter?

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