Android debugger hides local variable

Question

I have a weird behavior using Android's debugger when executing the following code. The variable value disappears just after it has been initialized by the widget. I moved it to to watches but it says `"Cannot find local variable value"`. It does not matter where I place the variable, before the for loop or inside, it behaves the same no matter what. I also printed the variable as you can see in the code and it says `"value is null"` but when I check it by `if (value == null)` it does not stop and finally throws an error when trying to cast it to an integer. The code: ``` for (int i=0; i < (view != null ? ((ViewGroup)view).getChildCount() : 0); i++) { // Get name of the widget for example field__id, // Convert to field name replacing field__id for id // or for example field_name to name // Check if the field exists in the column name, if so, add the ContentValue View widget = ((ViewGroup)view).getChildAt(i); String widgetName = view.getResources().getResourceEntryName(widget.getId());…

Accepted Answer

Do you use proguard with obfuscation?

If yes, that might be the problem - disable it with

```
-dontobfuscate
```

which you should put in your file with proguard rules (usually proguard-rules.txt, check your proguard config in the build.gradle file, like in the example below:

```
buildTypes {
        debug {
            runProguard true
            zipAlign true
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
            signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
            testCoverageEnabled true
        }
}
```

Android debugger hides local variable

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