Android Studio Could not find method runProguard() for arguments?

Question

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_60.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java "- com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain --build-file /Users/Tom/Documents/Git_open_sources/android-material-drawer-template/app/build.gradle

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Build file '/Users/Tom/Documents/Git_open_sources/android-material-drawer-template/app/build.gradle' line: 16

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating project ':app'.
> Could not find method runProguard() for arguments [false] on BuildType_Decorated{name=release, debuggable=false, testCoverageEnabled=false, jniDebuggable=false, pseudoLocalesEnabled=false, renderscriptDebuggable=false, renderscriptOptimLevel=3, applicationIdSuffix=null, versionNameSuffix=null, minifyEnabled=false, zipAlignEnabled=true, signingConfig=null, embedMicroApp=true, mBuildConfigFields={}, mResValues={}, mProguardFiles=[], mConsumerProguardFiles=[], mManifestPlaceholders={}}.

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BUILD FAILED

Total time: 6.741 secs

Process finished with exit code 1

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apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
compileSdkVersion 21
buildToolsVersion "21.1.0"

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.poliveira.apps.materialtests"
    minSdkVersion 11
    targetSdkVersion 21
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
    release {
        runProguard false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}
}

dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:21.0.0'
//noinspection GradleDependency
compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.0"
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:21.0.0'
}    

Answer 1

I had the same problem after updating android studio to 1.0 RC 3. I couldn't import my project to new version. i had to create a new project and add the files to the new project from the previous project manually.

After that I found a change in the gradle build file.

Here is the change:

buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}

Instead of "runProguard false" use "minifyEnabled false"

Answer 2

There is an update with Android Studio, you need to migrate your Gradle configurations : http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/migrating-to-1-0-0

• Replace runProguard with minifyEnabled
• Replace zipAlign with zipAlignEnabled
• etc...

Answer 3

Instead of using runProguard in your gradle file, try using minifyEnabled. This should fix the issue. runProguard is deprecated and soon be stop working.

NOTE - To use minifyEnabled, gradle should be updated to version 2.2 or above.

Answer 4

Works for me (after updating to 1.0 "final"):

buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}

Should to be updated too: Gradle 2.2 (or above), "SDK-Tools", Support Repository, Support Library, Play Services, etc,etc,

Answer 5

don't forget to change all renderscriptSupportMode to renderscriptSupportModeEnabled !

Also thoose who are in all your libs's project

Answer 6

you need to do couple of things to migrate from 0.9 to 1.0 see http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/migrating-to-1-0-0