ProGuard Reviews

Very easy to apply with android studio and the way of obfuscate the code.

The paid version of this is costly, should be launce as a middle version with limited releases.

code cleaning and size reducing

It helps to optimize code and integrates well with other apps.

Pricing is a bit higher than the competition for similar features

It's helping my team shrink the size of code and verify its capabilities for ease of execution and ensure accuracy and functionality

Proguard does a great job at obfuscating and optimizing java programs, and this is especially useful for Android apps. It's highly customizable as well with a ton of rules you can use.

Proguard is slow. Like really slow. You'll only want to use it for the builds you plan on sending to production. The language for writing proguard rules is very complex and its hard to find errors.

Really consider if you actually need to use Proguard -- it's kind of a pain to setup and use and it's slow to run. If you aren't really worried about someone finding out class names and variable names, then Proguard probably isn't for you.

Java code is easy to decompile, so Proguard adds an extra layer of security by obfuscating our code. It also optimizes the compiled Java code to make our Android apps run more efficiently.