Calling kotlin from java shows "Cannot resolve symbol" for classes and methods called

[Anand Suthar]

There are two modules:

1. app (main/application module which contains both Java and Kotlin classes)
2. lib-wrapper (Android-library module which contains Java classes)

lib-wrapper is published on the Amazon S3 bucket and used as a library dependency in app module. Proguard rules are applied for the lib-wrapper. It was all working fine till now.

Then converted all the classes of lib-wrapper from java to kotlin.

• Now, all the java classes (in app module) which are calling lib-wrapper methods show “Cannot resolve symbol” in red.
  
  
• There is no problem with kotlin classes (in app module) which are calling lib-wrapper methods.
  
  
• Even with “Cannot resolve symbol” in java classes, app compiles and runs without error. But for new users it is very tough to use lib-wrapper as it won’t show library classes and methods as an auto-complete suggestion.
  
  
• Decompiling the apk file, lib-wrapper classes shows all intended classes and methods are public and public members are plain/de-obfuscated. (Which is expected.)
  
  
• If I disable Proguard (“minifyEnabled false” in lib-wrapper’s build.gradle), everything works fine.

So I added below kotlin specific proguard rules in lib-wrapper's proguard-rules.pro file, but didn't help :
-keep class kotlin.*.* { *; }
-keep class kotlin.Metadata { *; }
-dontwarn kotlin.**
-keepclassmembers class **$WhenMappings {
<fields>;
}
-keepclassmembers class kotlin.Metadata {
public <methods>;
}
-assumenosideeffects class kotlin.jvm.internal.Intrinsics {
public static void checkParameterIsNotNull(java.lang.Object, java.lang.String);
}

Plugins used in lib-wrapper’s build.gradle file:
apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
apply plugin: 'org.jetbrains.dokka-android'

Plugins used in app module’s build.gradle file:
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[leeladonna]

There are two modules:

1. app (main/application module which contains both Java and Kotlin classes)
2. lib-wrapper (Android-library module which contains Java classes)

lib-wrapper is published on the Amazon S3 bucket and used as a library dependency in app module. Proguard rules are applied for the lib-wrapper. It was all working fine till now.

Then converted all the classes of lib-wrapper from java to kotlin.

• Now, all the java classes (in app module) which are calling lib-wrapper methods show &#8220;Cannot resolve symbol&#8221; in red.
  
• There is no problem with kotlin classes (in app module) which are calling lib-wrapper methods.
  
• Even with &#8220;Cannot resolve symbol&#8221; in java classes, app compiles and runs without error. But for new users it is very tough to use lib-wrapper as it won&#8217;t show library classes and methods as an auto-complete suggestion.
  
• Decompiling the apk file, lib-wrapper classes shows all intended classes and methods are public and public members are plain/de-obfuscated. (Which is expected.)
  
• If I disable Proguard (&#8220;minifyEnabled false&#8221; in lib-wrapper&#8217;s build.gradle), everything works fine.

So I added below kotlin specific proguard rules in lib-wrapper's proguard-rules.pro file, but didn't help :
-keep class kotlin.*.* { *; }
-keep class kotlin.Metadata { *; }
-dontwarn kotlin.**
-keepclassmembers class **$WhenMappings {
;
}
-keepclassmembers class kotlin.Metadata {
public ;
}
-assumenosideeffects class kotlin.jvm.internal.Intrinsics {
public static void checkParameterIsNotNull(java.lang.Object, java.lang.String);
}

Plugins used in lib-wrapper&#8217;s build.gradle file:
apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
apply plugin: 'org.jetbrains.dokka-android'

Plugins used in app module&#8217;s build.gradle file:
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.