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Proguard obfuscates class despite -keepclasseswithmembernames

I try to prevent obfuscation for the classes which contains attribute @com.evernote.android.state.State on any members

For this i add to my rule: 

-keepclasseswithmembernames class * { @com.evernote.android.state.State *;}

And it doesn't work. Classes are obfuscated

But if specify more concrete condition:

-keepclasseswithmembernames class * { @com.evernote.android.state.State <fields>;}

It works fine!

Can somebody clarify why first variant doesn't work?

Build-gradle version is 3.1.2

Solution

  • The rule -keepclasseswithmembernames will match only if all specified members match. If you use a wildcard like *, then all fields and methods must be annotated, which is probably not the case.

    If you match only fields then it will work.