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I don't think the average developer understands the distinction between method references and method definitions in this context (inside a DEX file). I know I don't.
@jvg, can you elaborate?
aa...@google.com
people who are looking at the bytecode in the dex to optimize their app through shrinking hopefully will learn the difference as string tables for method references between various dex files can account for quite a bit of disk space. but more importantly a definition is something you can analyze its code for where a reference you can't so the UI can be confusing without seeing the difference
an...@google.com
How about something like this?
I think having defined members be directly under the class node while references are nested in a group makes more sense.
Also note that the method refs have a
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Android Studio should know (via AGP) where mapping.txt is saved and should be able to automagically run retrace for me.