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rubsnick
rubsnick

Reputation: 61

Hiding Package Name using Proguard but keeping certain Methods in a class public

I'm trying to create an Android Library that is kept simple in that whoever implements it only sees one class of that library. I've gotten ProGuard to hide most everything I need hidden, but some package names still appear even after the class names are obfuscated. Example:

com.app.parsers
com.app.camera
com.app

These are my packages, and when I export my .aar into another project, I can still see the package names. However, once I get there, there is no other need for it. Most of the classes are protected, with a a Public class and a Public interface that the public class extends.

For reference, in my project view, the following is visible:

com.app.parsers.jsonParser
com.app.parsers.xmlParser
com.app.parsers.csvParser
com.app.parsers.ManagerInterface(public)
com.app.parsers.ParserManager(public)

Essentially the reason I have parser manager public (and it's interface) is because it acts as an entry point (or proxy) to my various different parsers.So I keep it organized this way. So when I use proguard I don't see anything here I just see an empty package that says com.app.parsers and then a list of just generic cast, instanof or what have you. I want to hide this so that it's not distracting for anyone to use or they wonder why it exist or whats in there.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1603

Answers (1)

wes
wes

Reputation: 66

I don't think it's a huge deal having them exposed, as long as your code is well documented.

But you could try either using either

@hide annotation or the Facade pattern

Upvotes: 1

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