Proguard obfuscation is breaking simplexml

Question

I am using simplexml in my android project, and everything works fine until I obfuscate the code. Then, errors start pouring in.

Part of the XML is as follows:

Answer 1

You already figured out that keeping annotation is a good idea. You may also try to add type parameter to @ElementList annotation - apparently there is a problem with generic type erasure and simplexml needs additional hint about type of elements in the list

you may also play around with -keepattributes Signature, *Annotation*:

The "Signature" attribute is required to be able to access generic types when compiling in JDK 5.0 and higher.