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GT Kim
GT Kim

Reputation: 339

ProGuard in Android is not working.(not obfuscating)

I am trying to obfuscate my simple HelloWorld project (that I just created) with ProGuard.

The configuration files are below.

[project.properties]

proguard.config=${sdk.dir}/tools/proguard/proguard-android.txt:proguard-project.txt

target=android-20

[proguard-project.txt]

Nothing valid. all the lines are commented.

Lastly, I created signed apk file through the menu, File - Export - Export Android Application, with a new key.

To make sure that the apk is obfuscated properly, I unzip the apk and decompiled classes.dex to view the inner class files. but NOT obfuscated at all. all the function names in MainActivity.java are still the same.

Anything I missed out?

Thank you.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 6777

Answers (1)

H-Man
H-Man

Reputation: 81

Look at the "Enabling ProGuard" section at http://developer.android.com/tools/help/proguard.html to see exactly how ProGuard determines which configuration file(s) to use. Look carefully at the different ways to specify the file(s) for Eclipse builds vs. Android Studio (or Gradle) builds. The ProGuard configuration files delivered with the SDK are simple starting points (examples) that almost certainly will not do exactly what you want. You should copy them to an appropriate location and change them as needed for your particular needs.

Upvotes: 1

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