Android Proguard skip external jar

Question

I tried to use Proguard in my Android project, i setup Proguard using command line 'android update project /path/to/project' and file proguard.cfg was created in project's root directory. (In my Eclipse with Android 2.3 sdk, when create a new project, proguard.cfg file is not automatically created so i have to add it manually using command line).

When i export the project, i got the following errors

    [2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.client.HttpExchange
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.HttpFields
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.client.HttpExchange
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.io.Buffer
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.client.HttpExchange
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.client.HttpExchange
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.HttpFields
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.HttpFields$Field
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.HttpFields$Field
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.HttpFields$Field
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.client.HttpExchange
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.client.HttpExchange
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.client.Address
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.client.HttpExchange
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.client.HttpExchange
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.HttpFields
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.io.Buffer
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.client.Address
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.client.HttpExchange
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.client.HttpExchange
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.client.HttpExchange
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.HttpFields
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.HttpFields
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.HttpFields$Field
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.HttpRequestAdapter: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.HttpFields
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.CommonsLoggingLoggerFactory: can't find referenced class org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.CommonsLoggingLoggerFactory: can't find referenced class org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.SLF4JLoggerFactory: can't find referenced class org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.SLF4JLoggerFactory: can't find referenced class org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.jetty.JettyOAuthConsumer: can't find referenced class org.mortbay.jetty.client.HttpExchange
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.Log4JLoggerFactory: can't find referenced class org.apache.log4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.Log4JLoggerFactory: can't find referenced class org.apache.log4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.signature.OAuthMessageSigner: can't find referenced class org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.signature.OAuthMessageSigner: can't find referenced class org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.signature.OAuthMessageSigner: can't find referenced class org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.signature.OAuthMessageSigner: can't find referenced class org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: oauth.signpost.signature.OAuthMessageSigner: can't find referenced class org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.SLF4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.slf4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.SLF4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.slf4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.SLF4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.slf4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.SLF4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.slf4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.SLF4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.slf4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.SLF4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.slf4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.SLF4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.slf4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.SLF4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.slf4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.SLF4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.slf4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.SLF4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.slf4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.Log4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.apache.log4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.Log4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.apache.log4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.Log4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.apache.log4j.Level
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.Log4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.apache.log4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.Log4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.apache.log4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.Log4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.apache.log4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.Log4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.apache.log4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.Log4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.apache.log4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.Log4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.apache.log4j.Level
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.Log4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.apache.log4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.Log4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.apache.log4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: twitter4j.internal.logging.Log4JLogger: can't find referenced class org.apache.log4j.Logger
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject]       You should check if you need to specify additional program jars.
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] Warning: there were 59 unresolved references to classes or interfaces.
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject]          You may need to specify additional library jars (using '-libraryjars'),
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject]          or perhaps the '-dontskipnonpubliclibraryclasses' option.
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject] java.io.IOException: Please correct the above warnings first.
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject]     at proguard.Initializer.execute(Initializer.java:308)
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject]     at proguard.ProGuard.initialize(ProGuard.java:210)
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject]     at proguard.ProGuard.execute(ProGuard.java:85)
[2011-02-06 09:02:49 - TestProject]     at proguard.ProGuard.main(ProGuard.java:499)

These error messages point to four external jars used in my project

(.classpath)

<classpathentry kind="lib" path="/Users/lorensiuswlt/Android/android-sdk-mac_x86/libs/Twitter/signpost-commonshttp4-1.2.1.1.jar"/>
        <classpathentry kind="lib" path="/Users/lorensiuswlt/Android/android-sdk-mac_x86/libs/Twitter/signpost-core-1.2.1.1.jar"/>
        <classpathentry kind="lib" path="/Users/lorensiuswlt/Android/android-sdk-mac_x86/libs/Twitter/signpost-jetty6-1.2.1.1.jar"/>
        <classpathentry kind="lib" path="/Users/lorensiuswlt/Android/android-sdk-mac_x86/libs/Twitter/twitter4j-core-2.1.6.jar"/>

Here is my proguard.cfg file

-optimizationpasses 5
-dontusemixedcaseclassnames
-dontskipnonpubliclibraryclasses
-dontpreverify
-verbose
-optimizations !code/simplification/arithmetic,!field/*,!class/merging/*

-keep public class * extends android.app.Activity
-keep public class * extends android.app.Application
-keep public class * extends android.app.Service
-keep public class * extends android.content.BroadcastReceiver
-keep public class * extends android.content.ContentProvider
-keep public class * extends android.app.backup.BackupAgentHelper
-keep public class * extends android.preference.Preference
-keep public class com.android.vending.licensing.ILicensingService

-keepclasseswithmembernames class * {
    native <methods>;
}

-keepclasseswithmembernames class * {
    public <init>(android.content.Context, android.util.AttributeSet);
}

-keepclasseswithmembernames class * {
    public <init>(android.content.Context, android.util.AttributeSet, int);
}

-keepclassmembers enum * {
    public static **[] values();
    public static ** valueOf(java.lang.String);
}

-keep class * implements android.os.Parcelable {
  public static final android.os.Parcelable$Creator *;
}

I've tried some solutions found on web by adding '-libraryjars' option, ex:

-libraryjars /Users/lorensiuswlt/Android/android-sdk-mac_x86/libs/Twitter/twitter4j-core-2.1.6.jar

but it won't help.

Any solutions?

score 38 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 06 '11 at 21:54

38

Your library jars refer to yet more library jars (Mortbay, SLF4J, Apache Commons Logging, Log4j, ...) Adding these jars with extra '-libraryjars' options should solve the problem.

If you are absolutely sure that your code doesn't use these libraries, you can specify '-ignorewarnings' or '-dontwarn', e.g.

-dontwarn org.mortbay.**
-dontwarn org.slf4j.**
-dontwarn org.apache.log4j.**
-dontwarn org.apache.commons.logging.**
-dontwarn org.apache.commons.codec.binary.**

answered Feb 06 '11 at 21:54

Eric Lafortune

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Hi Eric, thanx for the solution. I've added -libraryjars to library you've pointed out: the warning messages dissappear but when i run the app force closed, from the log messages i found 'classnotfound exception' on twitter4j – Lorensius W. L. T Feb 07 '11 at 10:39
try adding the class which caused the "ClassNotFoundException" to the "keep" options `-keep public class com.example.Foo { public protected *; }` – Jan Berkel Feb 09 '11 at 13:10
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what path would you use in the -libraryjars option? I can't seem to figure that out. – cottonBallPaws Feb 09 '11 at 19:21
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@littleFluffyKitty The path to the library jar, as shown in the original question, for all library jars that are needed. You can find the ProGuard manual online, with many examples. – Eric Lafortune Feb 09 '11 at 20:33
I have the same problem here. with @EricLafortune 's solution, I will have hundreds of classes need to -dontwarn (even I use regex like abc.xxx.**). Is there any other approach for this (aside from -libraryjars and -dontwarn)? – eros Nov 09 '11 at 09:59
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@LorensiusW.L.T did this answer actually solved your problem? I'm having a similar situation but it doesn't work for me.. If it didn't help did anything else do? Thanks! – Daniel Oct 17 '13 at 20:19

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