Do not minify on debug

build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import com.github.jk1.license.LicenseReportExtension
 import com.github.jk1.license.render.ReportRenderer
 import com.github.jk1.license.render.TextReportRenderer
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException
-import java.util.Properties
 
 buildscript {
     dependencies {
@@ -99,22 +97,10 @@ android {
     }
     buildTypes {
         getByName("debug") {
-            // We minify by default even on debug builds. This has helped us catch issues where minification would remove files that were actually used (eg: via reflection).
+            isMinifyEnabled = false
-            // If you want to locally disable this behavior to speed-up the build, add a line `disableMinifyDebug=true` to your `local.properties` file.
+            isShrinkResources = false
-            val reader = try {
-                rootProject.file("local.properties").reader()
-            } catch (e: FileNotFoundException) {
-                null
-            }
-            val properties = reader?.use { Properties().apply { load(it) } }
-            val disableMinifyDebug = properties?.getProperty("disableMinifyDebug")?.toBoolean() ?: false
-
-            isMinifyEnabled = !disableMinifyDebug
-            isShrinkResources = !disableMinifyDebug
             signingConfig = signingConfigs.getByName("debug")
         }
-        // keep minifyEnabled false above for faster builds; set to 'true'
-        // when testing to make sure ProGuard/R8 is not deleting important stuff
         getByName("release") {
             isMinifyEnabled = true
             isShrinkResources = true