androiddexguard

dexguard library cannot encrypt classes


I try to encrypt classes in my android library project. But I cannot do that. Variables and strings are changed by dexguard, but there is no impact from -encryptclasses. I receive logs in build output:

Warning: not encrypting kept class com.justexample.SomeClass1
Warning: not encrypting kept class com.justexample.SomeClass2
Warning: the configuration specifies to encrypt 2 classes that it keeps at the same time.
      Not encrypting those classes to avoid problems at runtime.
Note: inner class com.justexample.SomeClass1 is unencrypted, while its outer class is encrypted.
Note: inner class com.justexample.SomeClass2 is unencrypted, while its outer class is encrypted.
Note: one or more encrypted classes have unencrypted inner classes.

My dexguard-project.txt is:

-verbose
-encryptstrings com.justexample.SomeClass1
-encryptclasses com.justexample.SomeClass1, com.justexample.SomeClass2

And my gradle for module:

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
apply plugin: 'dexguard'

android {
compileSdkVersion 25
defaultConfig {
    minSdkVersion 16
    targetSdkVersion 25
    versionCode 1
    versionName gitVersionName()
    testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
}
buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFile getDefaultDexGuardFile('dexguard-library-release.pro')
        proguardFile 'dexguard-project.txt'

    }
}
sourceSets { main {
    assets.srcDirs = ['src/main/assets', 'src/androidTest/assets/']
} }
}

dependencies {
//my dependecies
}

Solution

  • You are using the default library configuration: dexguard-library-release.pro which will by default keep all public / protected classes.

    You can not encrypt classes that are kept.

    To solve that issue, use the aggressive configuration: dexguard-library-release-aggressive.pro and specify the public API of your library which should not be obfuscated.

    Dont forgot to also use -repackageclasses com.mypackage.internal

    to move all obfuscated classes into this package.