How to debug and troubleshoot R8 optimizer | Spotlight Week

Опубликовано 18 ноября 2025, 17:02

So, you've enabled the R8 optimizer, but are you facing mysterious crashes, unreadable stack traces, or longer debugging sessions? Learn how to debug and troubleshoot R8, best practices on diagnosing issues, and how to fix them.

Resources:
Enable app optimization → goo.gle/app-optimization
Keep rules → goo.gle/keep-rules
Keep rules best practices → goo.gle/keep-best-practices
Debug Keep rules → goo.gle/debug-optimization
App performance guide → goo.gle/app-performance
Check out the blog: Configure and troubleshoot R8 Keep Rules → goo.gle/keep-rules-blog

Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:54 - Cause of issues and keep rules
1:10 - How you specify keep rules and default proguard file
1:43 - Keep rule syntax
2:47 - Best practices in keep rules
5:22 - R8 inspections
6:15 - Tip on how to go to a narrower keep rule
7:13 - Obfuscated Crash in the Androidify app, Automatic Logcat retrace
10:33 - Library section
11:15 - Recap

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Speaker: Ajesh Pai
Products Mentioned: Android,R8