android studio 3.1 Warning: The rule `-keep public class *extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation {

Question

i recently upgraded android studio but im not able to find the source of the following issue reported in android studio 3.1:

Warning: The rule `-keep public clas         


        

Answer 1

As mentioned in the question's comments by @arcone1, @Vincent Mattana & confirmed by @random, the issue is resolved in Android Studio 3.2.

From the issue in Google Issue Tracker:

To clarify, this is a warning, not an error, from R8, which we use to compute the list of classes for the main dex, in legacy multidex variant. It does not affect the output, and it should not cause build nor runtime failures.
I am working on a fix to change this keep rule to "-keep public class * implements java.lang.annotation.Annotation", which is semantically the same, and removes the warning.

So, just ignore it for now or go bleeding edge with Canary (tread at your own risk).

UPDATE: 3.2 is out!