Is there a way to prevent AndroidManifest.xml from being obfuscated by DexGuard? It seems that MobileIron has some troubles with obfuscated manifest of our Android application. It processes a "plain" application just fine, but throws an error at the manifest of an obfuscated app.
Edit:
I just noticed the xmlstrings
table of the obfuscated app is missing a bunch of strings:
aapt d xmlstrings c:\dev\app_obf.apk AndroidManifest.xml
String pool of 119 unique UTF-16 non-sorted strings, 119 entries and 0 styles using 5112 bytes:
String #0:
String #1:
String #2:
String #3:
String #4: name
String #5:
.
.
String #18: versionCode
.
.
(up to String #25, then it is the same as in plain app)
Whereas the plain app's listing is following:
aapt d xmlstrings c:\dev\app.apk AndroidManifest.xml
String pool of 119 unique UTF-16 non-sorted strings, 119 entries and 0 styles using 6744 bytes:
String #0: versionCode
String #1: versionName
String #2: minSdkVersion
String #3: targetSdkVersion
String #4: name
String #5: required
String #6: hardwareAccelerated
String #7: icon
String #8: label
String #9: debuggable
String #10: value
...
Could that play a role or is it a normal behavior?
Both plain and obfuscated version of the app run just fine on devices.