"Missing class libcore.icu.NativePluralRules (referenced from: java.lang.String io.github.skeptick.libres.strings.PluralString_androidKt.getPluralizedString(...)" in :app:minifyReleaseWithR8 #177
Description
When I try to generate a signed APK for release, the gradle task :app:minifyReleaseWithR8 fails with this message:
"Missing class libcore.icu.NativePluralRules (referenced from: java.lang.String io.github.skeptick.libres.strings.PluralString_androidKt.getPluralizedString(io.github.skeptick.libres.strings.PluralForms, java.lang.String, int))"
There is an open issue over at libres for it: Skeptick/libres#41, but it has been open for 2 years.
It looks like work on libres is now on the 2.0.0 stream, could this library switch to that? Would that help?
I'm using
- human-readable 1.12.3,
- Android Studio Narwhal 4 Feature Drop 2025.1.4,
- kotlin 2.3,
- agp 8.13.2
- composeBom 2025.12.01
Workaround is to add "-dontwarn libcore.icu.NativePluralRules" to your proguard-rules.pro file.