Here is the way to go (ANDROID_HOME
is an environment variable that points to your android SDK):
<ivysettings>
...
<properties environment="env" />
<property name="android.repo" value="${env.ANDROID_HOME}/extras/android/m2repository/com/android/support" />
...
<resolvers>
... your resolvers ...
<filesystem name="android-local" checkmodified="true">
<ivy pattern="${android.repo}/[module]/[revision]/[artifact]-[revision].[ext]" />
<artifact pattern="${android.repo}/[module]/[revision]/[artifact]-[revision].[ext]" />
<artifact pattern="${android.repo}/[module]/[revision]/[artifact]-[revision]-sources.[ext]" />
<artifact pattern="${android.repo}/[module]/[revision]/[artifact]-[revision]-javadoc.[ext]" />
</filesystem>
<chain name="local-chain">
... ref to your resolvers ...
<resolver ref="android-local" />
</chain>
</resolvers>
</ivysettings>