Android Proguard: How to set up in Eclipse?

Question

I am trying to set up ProGuard for a standard "Hello World" application in Eclipse.

I have taken the step of uncommenting the line in project.properties, However Proguard is not enabled.

What is wrong with my code / what am I missing?

Code is shown below, note that I have named the application Proguard.

Project.properties:

# This file is automatically generated by Android Tools.
# Do not modify this file -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE ERASED!
#
# This file must be checked in Version Control Systems.
#
# To customize properties used by the Ant build system edit
# "ant.properties", and override values to adapt the script to your
# project structure.
#
#To enable ProGuard to shrink and obfuscate your code, uncomment this (available properties: sdk.dir, user.home):
proguard.config=${sdk.dir}/tools/proguard/proguard-android.txt:proguard-project.txt

# Project target.
target=android-20
android.library.reference.1=../appcompat_v7

proguard-project.txt:

# To enable ProGuard in your project, edit project.properties
# to define the proguard.config property as described in that file.
#
# Add project specific ProGuard rules here.
# By default, the flags in this file are appended to flags specified
# in ${sdk.dir}/tools/proguard/proguard-android.txt
# You can edit the include path and order by changing the ProGuard
# include property in project.properties.
#
# 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 *;
#}

Proguard will run when you build your App release version in Eclipse. — MohK, Nov 06 '14 at 11:08
Thanks for your help, how do I run an app in release version? Any links for tutorials would be great! — user4125772, Nov 06 '14 at 11:36
take a look here `http://stackoverflow.com/a/3417157/1602333` — MohK, Nov 06 '14 at 11:51
Is it possible to use "Export unsigned Application Package" as I am not actually wanting to release this app, it is just to test proguard — user4125772, Nov 06 '14 at 12:13
I.e. I dont want to add it to the playstore, I just want to obtain the .apk file in order to test if proguard has been correctly implemented on it — user4125772, Nov 06 '14 at 12:27
Yes but I am wondering if "Export unsigned Application Package" will give me a release version on which proguard has been implemented? — user4125772, Nov 06 '14 at 12:56

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

1

Proguard will only work on release builds -(Signed && unSigned). So go to your manifest and play around the exporting feature

also addressing your comment questions, yes it will be implemented, but without a signature.., Once proguard is implemented it will show a proguard folder,that's how you know proguard is active..

For more information on how proguard worked && etc, check this

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

Community

1
1

answered Apr 10 '15 at 12:48

Elltz

10,730
4
31
59

Android Proguard: How to set up in Eclipse?

1 Answers1