ProGuard Still Displays Full Activity Name

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I am using Proguard and in my app I use this code

            System.out.println("ACTIVITY NAME IS " + activity.getLocalClassName());

It prints out the Activity name out, Iin release mode. I thought it is suppose to obfuscate all class names?

Is this behavior normal?

Possible duplicate of [Why Proguard keeps Activity class in Android?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20619955/why-proguard-keeps-activity-class-in-android) — George Mulligan, Apr 12 '16 at 03:16

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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Yes this is a normal behaviour. Activity names are never obfuscated because these are referenced in manifest.xml. and android access these activities via reflection so their names cannot be changed. check this link https://stackoverflow.com/a/20620108/1320616

edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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answered Apr 12 '16 at 03:15

Ankit Aggarwal

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Oh Thanks, Is there a way to check if the code has been successfully obfuscated? – JayVDiyk Apr 12 '16 at 03:34
I use to check it using online decompilers like http://www.decompileandroid.com/ upload the apk there and get back the decompiled folder. There it can be checked whether the code is obfuscated or not. – Ankit Aggarwal Apr 12 '16 at 03:37
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You can also use Analyse APK option in Android Studio to find whether you are able to se your code after generating apk. – Atmaram Oct 31 '17 at 05:28

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