Does proguard work to obfuscate static string constants?

Code Droid picture Code Droid · Apr 19, 2012 · Viewed 30.8k times · Source

Will proguard work to obfuscate static string constants?

Answer

Eric Lafortune picture Eric Lafortune · Sep 30, 2012

ProGuard doesn't obfuscate string constants, as mentioned in its FAQ. Its more recent specialized closed-source sibling for Android, DexGuard, provides additional application protection techniques, like string encryption and class encryption.

(I am the developer of ProGuard and DexGuard)