How to make ProGuard keep entire (whole) classes (with fields and methods) without using "-keep"

Question

If I have a Scala Android project and I use these methods in my apk...

scala.collection.immutable.List#::
scala.collection.immutable.List#:::

..., after I use ProGuard on it, it will keep scala.collection.immutable.List class with only 2 methods, :: and :::.

Is there an option in ProGuard to keep ALL methods and fields inside a class, even though they aren't currently used, but without sending ProGuard this: -keep class scala.collection.immutable.List {*;}

Can't you do something like `-keep class scala.** {*;}`? – Toby Apr 16 '18 at 20:18 — Toby, Apr 16 '18 at 20:18

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 15 '12 at 09:26

I found out that the only way for me to do that is to determine which classes and methods are being used in my compiled classes.

I mapped them via Map[String, Set[String]] data structure, where the key is the class name and the corresponding Set value contains all the methods used from that class.

After that, it's just a matter of creating lots of -keep argumetns:

def getProGuardKeepArgs(allDeps: MMap[String, MSet[String]]): String = {
    var sb = new StringBuilder()
    for ((clazz, methods) <- allDeps) {
        sb.append("-keep class " + clazz + " {\n")

        for (method <- methods) {
            sb.append(" *** " + method + "(...);\n")
        }

        sb.append("}\n\n")
    }

    sb.toString
}

How to make ProGuard keep entire (whole) classes (with fields and methods) without using "-keep"

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