Proguard and Android :(

Question

I am trying to run Proguard on my Android app and running into issues.

I am using SpongyCastle jar (copy and past of full bouncy castle with package renamed so it does not conflict with androids bouncy castle built in version)

When running proguard I see the following

How do I fix this? Add rt.jar to my libs?

The whole point of proguard is to shrink the code, but I keep adding jars to get around these issues where proguard complains it cannot find a class! Am I missing something?

[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.directory.InitialDirContext
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.directory.InitialDirContext
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.directory.SearchControls
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.directory.SearchControls
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.directory.SearchControls
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.directory.SearchControls
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.directory.SearchControls
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.directory.DirContext
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.NamingEnumeration
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.NamingEnumeration
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.directory.SearchResult
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.directory.SearchResult
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.directory.Attributes
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.directory.Attribute
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.directory.Attribute
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.NamingEnumeration
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.directory.DirContext
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.NamingException
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.directory.DirContext
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.NamingEnumeration
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.directory.Attributes
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.directory.DirContext
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.directory.DirContext
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.directory.SearchResult
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.NamingEnumeration
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.directory.SearchControls
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.NamingEnumeration
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.NamingException
[proguard] Warning: org.spongycastle.x509.util.LDAPStoreHelper: can't find referenced class javax.naming.directory.DirContext
[proguard] Note: the configuration refers to the unknown class 'android.app.backup.BackupAgentHelper'
[proguard] Note: the configuration refers to the unknown class 'com.android.vending.licensing.ILicensingService'
[proguard] Note: there were 2 references to unknown classes.
[proguard]       You should check your configuration for typos.
[proguard] Warning: there were 57 unresolved references to classes or interfaces.
[proguard]          You may need to specify additional library jars (using '-libraryjars'),
[proguard]          or perhaps the '-dontskipnonpubliclibraryclasses' option.

UILD FAILED
:\AndroidSDK\android-sdk_r12-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools\ant\build.xml:713: Please correct the above warnings first.

Update

ANT Script

I used android update project --path . to generate the build.xml as the project was created sometime ago and I haven't made any changes

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <project name="RootActivity" default="help">
        <loadproperties srcFile="local.properties" />
        <property file="ant.properties" />
        <loadproperties srcFile="project.properties" />
        <fail message="sdk.dir is missing. Make sure to generate local.properties using 'android update project'" unless="sdk.dir" />
        <import file="${sdk.dir}/tools/ant/build.xml" />
    </project>

Can you post the part of your ant script responsible? This seems like a problem with importing the standard java libraries in android... — SuperTron, Dec 16 '11 at 22:36
I used android update project --path . to generate the build.xml as the project was created sometime ago and I haven't made any changes — user964283, Dec 16 '11 at 22:43
There is a related [issue #27612](http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=27612). — , Sep 25 '12 at 13:02

score 20 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 16 '11 at 23:13

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Add the following, -dontwarn javax.naming.** , to your Proguard configuration.

They are just warnings, and ignoring them shouldn't be an issue.

answered Dec 16 '11 at 23:13

Grimmace

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This is the officially recommended solution. The naming package is missing on Android, but apparently this is not causing any problems. – Eric Lafortune Dec 18 '11 at 00:39
For others having the same issue but with a gradle-based build (android studio) - check out this answer: http://stackoverflow.com/q/18481752/1041533 and make sure to include both proguard files correctly! The default one and yours with above statements in it – AgentKnopf Feb 06 '15 at 13:30

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 16 '11 at 22:42

I don't think there is a need to add rt.jar to your libs. You need to make sure you are referencing it properly in your proguard script. Take a look here for an example. This line in section 2 is the money maker:

-libraryjars ${java.home}/lib/rt.jar

Although, that syntax changes if you use the xml notation for proguard. If you post the part of the ant script that is responsible I can try to be of more assistance. Hope this helps!

Proguard and Android :(

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