We just changed our application to use the appcompat-v7 support library in order to take advantage of the support actionbar and support Material themes. Using <
appcompat-v7 support
I found the proper solution here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/26641388/1266123
By using
-keep class !android.support.v7.internal.view.menu.**,android.support.v7.** {*;}
instead of
-keep class android.support.v7.** {*;}