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How to enable proguard for only one module

I have a payment application with payumoney integration. It was working fine until i added the proguard. Recently I have added Proguard to my build.gradle file (Module: app)
` buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled true
shrinkResources true
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
signingConfig signingConfigs.config
}
}`
After this App gets closed when i proceed to payment. It is working fine when i Changed minifyEnabled to false.
Following is my Module:PayuMoneySdk Build.gradle File
`buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}`
How can I solve this issue? I can't disable proguard.
Can I enable proguard to only Module:app? And will it solve the issue?
I am new to programming. Please help!!

The solution is to look up for the methods and classess that needs to be exempted and add them to the proguard rules as follows..
-keep class com.mm.** {*;}
-keep class com.company.** {*;}
-keepclassmembers class com.mm.** {*;}
-keepclassmembers class com.company.** {*;}

add below lines in proguard-rule.pro file
-dontwarn okio.**
# Platform calls Class.forName on types which do not exist on Android to determine platform.
-dontnote retrofit2.Platform
# Platform used when running on Java 8 VMs. Will not be used at runtime.
-dontwarn retrofit2.Platform$Java8
# Retain generic type information for use by reflection by converters and adapters.
-keepattributes Signature
# Retain declared checked exceptions for use by a Proxy instance.
-keepattributes Exceptions
-keep class com.** { *; }

Android ProGuard always gives ParseException

I'm trying to obfuscate my code using ProGuard, but I still get error even using default proguard-rules.txt:
I really could not find anything about this. Since I'm new to ProGuard, can you help me solving this issue?
My gradle.build file is the following:
buildTypes {
release {
debuggable false
minifyEnabled true
shrinkResources true
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
}
debug {
debuggable true
minifyEnabled false
shrinkResources false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
}
}
And the proguard-rules.txt:
# This is a configuration file for ProGuard.
# http://proguard.sourceforge.net/index.html#manual/usage.html
-dontusemixedcaseclassnames
-dontskipnonpubliclibraryclasses
-verbose
# Optimization is turned off by default. Dex does not like code run
# through the ProGuard optimize and preverify steps (and performs some
# of these optimizations on its own).
-dontoptimize
-dontpreverify
# Note that if you want to enable optimization, you cannot just
# include optimization flags in your own project configuration file;
# instead you will need to point to the
# "proguard-android-optimize.txt" file instead of this one from your
# project.properties file.
-keepattributes *Annotation*
-keep public class com.google.vending.licensing.ILicensingService
-keep public class com.android.vending.licensing.ILicensingService
# For native methods, see http://proguard.sourceforge.net/manual/examples.html#native
-keepclasseswithmembernames class * {
native <methods>;
}
# keep setters in Views so that animations can still work.
# see http://proguard.sourceforge.net/manual/examples.html#beans
-keepclassmembers public class * extends android.view.View {
void set*(***);
*** get*();
}
# We want to keep methods in Activity that could be used in the XML attribute onClick
-keepclassmembers class * extends android.app.Activity {
public void *(android.view.View);
}
# For enumeration classes, see http://proguard.sourceforge.net/manual/examples.html#enumerations
-keepclassmembers enum * {
public static **[] values();
public static ** valueOf(java.lang.String);
}
-keepclassmembers class * implements android.os.Parcelable {
public static final android.os.Parcelable$Creator CREATOR;
}
-keepclassmembers class **.R$* {
public static <fields>;
}
# The support library contains references to newer platform versions.
# Don't warn about those in case this app is linking against an older
# platform version. We know about them, and they are safe.
-dontwarn android.support.**
# Understand the #Keep support annotation.
-keep class android.support.annotation.Keep
-keep #android.support.annotation.Keep class * {*;}
-keepclasseswithmembers class * {
#android.support.annotation.Keep <methods>;
}
-keepclasseswithmembers class * {
#android.support.annotation.Keep <fields>;
}
-keepclasseswithmembers class * {
#android.support.annotation.Keep <init>(...);
}

I always use *.pro for proguard files. Try to change *.txt to *.pro.
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'

Looking at the logs pointed me to the right direction.
The problem was a silent error in XML layout, in fact I had a button with android:onClick="" attribute and the argument was empty.
I think ProGuard generated a method with empty method name and this caused the problem.

Android: Proguard configuration to obfuscate class names and methods

As I know there are some classes which should not be obfuscated and also their names must persisted like 'Activities'. However I want other classes and packages inside my code be renamed.
here is build.gradle inside app folder:
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion "23.0.3"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "apt.eve.good.morning"
minSdkVersion 14
targetSdkVersion 23
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled true
shrinkResources true
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
}
dependencies {
compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:23.4.0'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.4.0'
compile 'com.android.support:design:23.4.0'
}
I use this proguard configuration for my application (app\proguard-rules.pro):
-dontusemixedcaseclassnames
-dontskipnonpubliclibraryclasses
-useuniqueclassmembernames
-verbose
-keepattributes *Annotation*
-keep public class com.google.vending.licensing.ILicensingService
-keep public class com.android.vending.licensing.ILicensingService
# For native methods, see http://proguard.sourceforge.net/manual/examples.html#native
-keepclasseswithmembernames class * {
native <methods>;
}
# keep setters in Views so that animations can still work.
# see http://proguard.sourceforge.net/manual/examples.html#beans
-keepclassmembers public class * extends android.view.View {
void set*(***);
*** get*();
}
-allowobfuscations class *
# We want to keep methods in Activity that could be used in the XML attribute onClick
-keepclassmembers class * extends android.app.Activity {
public void *(android.view.View);
}
# For enumeration classes, see http://proguard.sourceforge.net/manual/examples.html#enumerations
-keepclassmembers enum * {
public static **[] values();
public static ** valueOf(java.lang.String);
}
-keepclassmembers class * implements android.os.Parcelable {
public static final android.os.Parcelable$Creator CREATOR;
}
-keepclassmembers class **.R$* {
public static <fields>;
}
# The support library contains references to newer platform versions.
# Don't warn about those in case this app is linking against an older
# platform version. We know about them, and they are safe.
-dontwarn android.support.**
# Understand the #Keep support annotation.
-keep class android.support.annotation.Keep
-keep #android.support.annotation.Keep class * {*;}
-keepclasseswithmembers class * {
#android.support.annotation.Keep <methods>;
}
-keepclasseswithmembers class * {
#android.support.annotation.Keep <fields>;
}
-keepclasseswithmembers class * {
#android.support.annotation.Keep <init>(...);
}
It do optimization but as I checked inside my classses.dex all class names remained unchanged. So I want to know what I missed in my configuration file which is not obfuscating class/method names?
P.S.1 I have searched several questions but I can't imagine what's wrong here.
P.S.2 I have properly configured my android studio and changes on proguard configuration applies without no problem on my released .apk file.

Make sure you check the obfuscated .dex files.
With common gradle build script the build/** folders may contain several unobfuscated versions of .dex/.class files.
Ultimately the resulting .apk/.aar should be obfuscated, so if you are unzipping that one, and the the classes are not obfuscated, then something doesn't work as expected.
As OP noted, it's also important to verify your [disassembly] tools work correctly.
Viewing binary form of .dex from .apk is usually enough to spot [un]obfuscated symbols (try with unobfuscated .class, the symbols are easily readable even in text editor, in obfuscated .dex the chain of symbols like "aa", "ab", ... is often well visible too).
Also running gradle proguard task manually with verbose option on may help to identify if the proguard was run and upon what files.

Based on your gradle file (minifyEnabled=true) and proguard config. You appear to be in good shape already.
To quickly confirm that your app obfuscating your classes, check the resulting mapping.txt file when you make release builds. This file "provides a translation between the original and obfuscated class, method, and field names."
Here is an example of a mapping.txt that obsfucates a hockeyapp library :
net.hockeyapp.android.tasks.AttachmentDownloader -> net.hockeyapp.android.d.a:
java.util.Queue queue -> a
boolean downloadRunning -> b
67:67:net.hockeyapp.android.tasks.AttachmentDownloader getInstance() -> a
Lots more info can be found in the "Shrink Your Code and Resources" article here : https://developer.android.com/studio/build/shrink-code.html

Do you already changed
minifyEnabled=true
Inside app -> build.gradle?
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}

Android Build with Gradle and ProGuard : "The output jar must be specified after an input jar, or it will be empty"

I'm creating a build with different flavors with Gradle. It used to run quite good until now, until I wanted to enable Proguard. I enabled minifyEnabled for my Release Build and now I'm having an exception saying :
"Caused by: org.gradle.internal.UncheckedException: java.io.IOException: The output jar [.../app/build/intermediates/multi-dex/dev/release/componentClasses.jar] must be specified after an input jar, or it will be empty."
Does anybody know what is causing this exception ? I basically want to enable ProGuard before I release my application. Here is my Gradle file below.
lintOptions {
abortOnError false
}
dexOptions{
incremental true
javaMaxHeapSize "4g"
}
defaultConfig {
applicationId "..."
minSdkVersion 14
targetSdkVersion 22
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
multiDexEnabled true
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled true
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
signingConfig signingConfigs.release
}
debug {
minifyEnabled false
shrinkResources false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
}
}
ProGuard Rules file.
# Add project specific ProGuard rules here.
# By default, the flags in this file are appended to flags specified
# in /Users/osayilgan/Development/Android/sdk/tools/proguard/proguard-android.txt
# You can edit the include path and order by changing the proguardFiles
# directive in build.gradle.
#
# For more details, see
# http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/proguard.html
# Add any project specific keep options here:
# If your project uses WebView with JS, uncomment the following
# and specify the fully qualified class name to the JavaScript interface
# class:
#-keepclassmembers class fqcn.of.javascript.interface.for.webview {
# public *;
#}
-keepnames public class * extends io.realm.RealmObject
-keep class io.realm.** { *; }
-dontwarn javax.**
-dontwarn io.realm.**
And Here is the proguard-android file. This is the default one from Android SDK.
# This is a configuration file for ProGuard.
# http://proguard.sourceforge.net/index.html#manual/usage.html
-dontusemixedcaseclassnames
-dontskipnonpubliclibraryclasses
-verbose
# Optimization is turned off by default. Dex does not like code run
# through the ProGuard optimize and preverify steps (and performs some
# of these optimizations on its own).
-dontoptimize
-dontpreverify
# Note that if you want to enable optimization, you cannot just
# include optimization flags in your own project configuration file;
# instead you will need to point to the
# "proguard-android-optimize.txt" file instead of this one from your
# project.properties file.
-keepattributes *Annotation*
-keep public class com.google.vending.licensing.ILicensingService
-keep public class com.android.vending.licensing.ILicensingService
# For native methods, see http://proguard.sourceforge.net/manual/examples.html#native
-keepclasseswithmembernames class * {
native <methods>;
}
# keep setters in Views so that animations can still work.
# see http://proguard.sourceforge.net/manual/examples.html#beans
-keepclassmembers public class * extends android.view.View {
void set*(***);
*** get*();
}
# We want to keep methods in Activity that could be used in the XML attribute onClick
-keepclassmembers class * extends android.app.Activity {
public void *(android.view.View);
}
# For enumeration classes, see http://proguard.sourceforge.net/manual/examples.html#enumerations
-keepclassmembers enum * {
public static **[] values();
public static ** valueOf(java.lang.String);
}
-keep class * implements android.os.Parcelable {
public static final android.os.Parcelable$Creator *;
}
-keepclassmembers class **.R$* {
public static <fields>;
}
# The support library contains references to newer platform versions.
# Don't warn about those in case this app is linking against an older
# platform version. We know about them, and they are safe.
-dontwarn android.support.**

It took quite a while for me to figure it out but, as I had guessed, it was all about Proguard configuration.
I started to dig through the Warnings in the Console and realized that some of the References couldn't be found by Proguard. So adding them as -dontwarn to proguard configuration file solved the problem.
In my case, I had to ignore packages below;
-dontwarn java.lang.invoke**
-dontwarn org.apache.lang.**
-dontwarn org.apache.commons.**
-dontwarn com.nhaarman.**
-dontwarn se.emilsjolander.**

How to use the ProGuard in Android Studio?

This is my first project in Android Studio, and the code of my apps are not obfuscated.
Im using this configuration in build.gradle file:
I'm using the Build > Generate Signed APK... with the Run Proguard checked.
And, when I have tested using the Apk_OneClick.v4.2, my code is completly easy to read:
Please, help-me. :(

You're probably not actually signing the release build of the APK via the signing wizard. You can either build the release APK from the command line with the command:
./gradlew assembleRelease
or you can choose the release variant from the Build Variants view and build it from the GUI:

You can configure your build.gradle file for proguard implementation. It can be at module level or the project level.
buildTypes {
debug {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
}
}
The configuration shown is for debug level but you can write you own build flavors like shown below inside buildTypes:
myproductionbuild{
minifyEnabled true
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
}
Better to have your debug with minifyEnabled false and productionbuild and other builds as minifyEnabled true.
Copy your proguard-rules.txt file in the root of your module or project folder like
$YOUR_PROJECT_DIR\YoutProject\yourmodule\proguard-rules.txt
You can change the name of your file as you want. After configuration use one of the three options available to generate your build as per the buildType
Go to gradle task in right panel and search for assembleRelease/assemble(#your_defined_buildtype) under module tasks
Go to Build Variant in Left Panel and select the build from drop down
Go to project root directory in File Explorer and open cmd/terminal and run
Linux ./gradlew assembleRelease or assemble(#your_defined_buildtype)
Windows gradlew assembleRelease or assemble(#your_defined_buildtype)
You can find apk in your module/build directory.
More about the configuration and proguard files location is available at the link
http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide#TOC-Running-ProGuard

NB.: Now instead of
runProguard false
you'll need to use
minifyEnabled false

Here is Some of Most Common Proguard Rules that you need to add in proguard-rules.pro file in Android Sutdio.
ButterKnife
-keep class butterknife.** { *; }
-dontwarn butterknife.internal.**
-keep class **$$ViewBinder { *; }
-keepclasseswithmembernames class * {
#butterknife.* <fields>;
}
-keepclasseswithmembernames class * {
#butterknife.* <methods>;
}
Retrofit
-dontwarn retrofit.**
-keep class retrofit.** { *; }
-keepattributes Signature
-keepattributes Exceptions
OkHttp3
-keepattributes Signature
-keepattributes *Annotation*
-keep class okhttp3.** { *; }
-keep interface okhttp3.** { *; }
-dontwarn okhttp3.**
-keep class sun.misc.Unsafe { *; }
-dontwarn java.nio.file.*
-dontwarn org.codehaus.mojo.animal_sniffer.IgnoreJRERequirement
Gson
-keep class sun.misc.Unsafe { *; }
-keep class com.google.gson.stream.** { *; }
Code obfuscation
-keepclassmembers class com.yourname.models** { <fields>; }

Try renaming your 'proguard-rules.txt' file to 'proguard-android.txt' and remove the reference to 'proguard-rules.txt' in your gradle file. The getDefaultProguardFile(...) call references a different default proguard file, one provided by Google and not that in your project. So remove this as well, so that here the gradle file reads:
buildTypes {
release {
runProguard true
proguardFile 'proguard-android.txt'
}
}

The other answers here are great references on using proguard. However, I haven't seen an issue discussed that I ran into that was a mind bender. After you generate a signed release .apk, it's put in the /release folder in your app but my app had an apk that wasn't in the /release folder. Hence, I spent hours decompiling the wrong apk wondering why my proguard changes were having no affect. Hope this helps someone!

Enable ProGuard
[ProGuard flow]
android {
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled true
proguardFiles 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
}
[ProGuard artefact]