ADFA-5731 | Fix plugin crashes in release builds by keeping shared dependencies

[jatezzz]

Description

Added broad -keep rules to app/proguard-rules.pro for libraries shared between the app and plugins. Because R8 aggressively shrinks unused code in the app and plugin classloading is parent-first, the app's shrunk copy was shadowing the plugin's complete copy. This resulted in NoSuchMethodError crashes in release builds when plugins attempted to call stripped methods. Preserving the union of plugin dependencies that overlap the app (such as androidx.fragment.app.**, io.noties.markwon.**, and com.google.gson.**) ensures plugins can safely call any method from those shared libraries.

Details

Logic-related fix. No UI changes. Release builds will no longer log NoSuchMethodError in /sdcard/idelog.txt or GlitchTip when navigating plugin surfaces.

Before

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After

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Ticket

ADFA-5731

Observation

These overlapping dependencies should be re-audited whenever a plugin adds a new shared dependency.

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📝 Summary

• Prevents release-build plugin crashes by keeping shared dependencies from R8 shrinking.
• Preserves AndroidX, Markwon, and Gson classes required by dynamically loaded plugins.
• Prevents missing methods such as FragmentTransaction.replace and Markwon.create.
• The broad keep rules can increase application size and reduce optimization.
• Re-audit shared dependencies when plugins add new dependencies.

Walkthrough

The ProGuard configuration adds R8 keep rules for dependency packages shared by the app and dynamically loaded plugins.

Changes

Shared dependency retention

Layer / File(s)	Summary
R8 keep rules app/proguard-rules.pro	Adds keep rules for AndroidX Fragment, AppCompat, Core, RecyclerView, ConstraintLayout, Material, Markwon, and Gson packages.

Priority: ⬆️ High

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: davidschachteradfa

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 65197

Release builds may still crash when users open plugin surfaces unless shared dependency versions are aligned with the app’s resolved versions.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding dependency keep rules to prevent plugin crashes in release builds.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the R8 keep rules, the parent-first classloading issue, the resulting NoSuchMethodError crashes, and the release-build fix.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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In `@app/proguard-rules.pro`:
- Around line 216-223: Align the in-tree plugin dependency declarations for
appcompat and material with the versions resolved by the app release graph, and
ensure plugin-api’s fragment-ktx dependency matches that same graph. Update the
relevant dependency symbols without changing the existing ProGuard keep rules or
unrelated dependencies.

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