proguard gradle debug build but not the tests

Question

I enabled proguard for the debug build using: ``` android { buildTypes { debug { runProguard true proguardFile 'proguard-debug.txt' } release { runProguard true proguardFile 'proguard-project.txt' zipAlign true } } } ``` The problem I'm experiencing when I do this is that the gradle build wants to proguard the tests during the proguardDebugTest task as well. I can't seem to modify to get access to this particular task. Is there a way I can proguard the debug apk but not the test apk?

Accepted Answer

Put

```
gradle.projectsEvaluated {
    proguardDebugTest.enabled = false
}
```

it in your build script.

There are two things to know here:

- The general Gradle feature to enable / disable tasks.

- The Android Gradle plugin specific deferred creation of tasks in `afterEvaluate`, so you need to also defer disabling of the task to `afterEvaluate`.

EDIT:

One small note: It disables the task but fails the build. This is because the :preDexDebugTest task wont run with proguard on. The best solution i've found so far is to have debug specific proguard config. More details here. Create a separate proguard config file, include the regular proguard file like so:

```
-include proguard.cfg
```

and add test config. For me it was:

```
-dontwarn org.mockito.**
-dontwarn sun.reflect.**
-dontwarn android.test.**
```

proguard gradle debug build but not the tests

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