App crashes using proguard

Question

My app crashes because of my Proguard error. I have posted this question somewhere too. How can I format the proguard error? Kindly help me out to solve this:

My build.gradle:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 24
buildToolsVersion "24.0.1"
defaultConfig {
    applicationId 'com.quorate.android'
    minSdkVersion 16
    targetSdkVersion 24
    versionCode 3
    versionName "1.2"
    testInstrumentationRunner 'android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner'
    vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
}
buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled true
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
        debuggable true
    }
}
productFlavors {
}
}

configurations.all {
resolutionStrategy.force 'com.android.support:support-annotations:24.0.0'
}

dependencies {
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
androidTestCompile 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2'
androidTestCompile 'com.android.support.test:runner:0.5'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.1.1'
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:24.1.1'
compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:24.1.1'
compile 'com.android.support:design:24.1.1'
compile 'com.firebaseui:firebase-ui-database:0.4.3'
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:9.2.1'
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database:9.2.1'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:24.1.1'
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:9.2.1'
}

apply plugin: '

My proguard rules pro files:

# Add project specific ProGuard rules here.
# By default, the flags in this file are appended to flags specified
# in C:\Users\Vyshnav\AppData\Local\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 *;
#}

-keepattributes Signature
-keepattributes *Annotation*

-keep class com.quorate.android.PostViewHolder.** {
*;
 }

-keepclassmembers class com.quorate.android.User.** {
*;
 }

-keepclassmembers class com.quorate.android.Post.** {
*;
}

 -keepclassmembers class com.quorate.android.Comment.** {
*;
 }

logcat error:

java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: <init> [class  android.view.View]
at com.a.a.a.d.b(Unknown Source)
 at android.support.v7.widget.ek.c(Unknown Source)
at android.support.v7.widget.fb.a(Unknown Source)
at android.support.v7.widget.fb.c(Unknown Source)
at android.support.v7.widget.dj.a(Unknown Source)
at android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager.a(Unknown Source)
at android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager.a(Unknown Source)
at android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager.c(Unknown Source)
at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.J(Unknown Source)
at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.k(Unknown Source)
at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.t(Unknown Source)
at android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView.c(Unknown Source)
at android.support.v7.widget.ee.run(Unknown Source)
at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:767)
at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:580)
at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:549)
at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:753)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:739)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5930)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1405)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1200)
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: <init> [class android.view.View]
at java.lang.Class.getConstructor(Class.java:531)
at java.lang.Class.getConstructor(Class.java:495)
... 25 more

Answer 1

I know that you solved the problem but I hope it help other developers. NoSuchMethodException is your exception as it means that your app call a method that is not exist. it happens as proguard and minifyEnabled=true renames all your classes and functions as well. so, you have to trace your method and keep it.

Answer 2

Ok I solved it myself. Thanks for your help guyz. I appreciate that. I solved it by changing "minify enabled true" to "minify enabled false", since the problem was Proguard. The reason it wasn't shown while debugging through Studio was that Proguard is disabled automatically when "Instant Run" is used. It took 24 hours and a severe eye pain to solve this out. Hope this answer helps someone someday. And StackOverflow Developers...you really need to come up with new features so noobs like me can get answers more fastly.. maybe I should develop that myself!

Answer 3

Try adding below lines in our proguard.

-keep public class android.support.v7.widget.** { *; } -keep public class android.support.v7.internal.widget.** { *; } -keep public class android.support.v7.internal.view.menu.** { *; }

Else you can try to decode some of logs using -printmapping myapplication.map in proguard file. After decode we can some of actual logs