How to stop ProGuard from stripping the Serializable interface from a class

Question

Is there an explicit way to stop ProGuard from changing a class from implementing an interface?

I have a class that implements java.io.Serializable, let\'s

Answer 1

I had the same issue fixed using below config.

-keepnames class * implements java.io.Serializable
-keepclassmembers class * implements java.io.Serializable {
    static final long serialVersionUID;
    private static final java.io.ObjectStreamField[] serialPersistentFields;
    !static !transient ;
    private void writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream);
    private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream);
    java.lang.Object writeReplace();
    java.lang.Object readResolve();
}

Official Documentation http://proguard.sourceforge.net/manual/examples.html#serializable