How to debug with obfuscated (with ProGuard) applications on Android?

Question

When I got something like this

ERROR/AndroidRuntime(18677): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
ERROR/AndroidRuntime(18677):     at com.companyname.a.a         


        

Answer 1

To retrace back obfuscated ProGuard file do the following steps:

1. You need to install Proguard.

2. Proguard provides you with a UI mode which is great tool to retrace.

3. Open up the proguardgui.sh which you find it in MAC machine

   /Users/{name}/Library/Android/sdk/tools/proguard/bin/proguardgui.sh
   

   You can run it through the terminal.

4. You can then enter your mapping file and the snipped you want to retrace and it should be retraced