How to FIX: A new Android program occurred when the \android-sdk-windows\tools\lib\proguard.cfg file was not found error

Problem Overview:

The following error occurred while creating a new Android program:

Can't find the \android-sdk-windows\tools\lib\proguard.cfg file

Reason:

The SDK is not complete.

Workaround:

Method One

You can create a new proguard.cfg file in the \android-sdk-windows\tools\lib\ directory

Then add the following content:

proguard.cfg

-optimizationpasses 5
-dontusemixedcaseclassnames
-dontskipnonpubliclibraryclasses
-dontpreverify
-verbose
-optimizations!code/simplification/arithmetic,!field/*,!class/merging/*

-keep public class * extends Android.app.Activity
-keep public class * extends Android.app.Application
-keep public class * extends Android.app.Service
-keep public class * extends Android.content.BroadcastReceiver
-keep public class * extends Android.content.ContentProvider
-keep public class Com.android.vending.licensing.ILicensingService

-keepclasseswithmembernames class * {
Native <methods>;
}

-keepclasseswithmembernames class * {
Public <init> (Android.content.Context, Android.util.AttributeSet);
}

-keepclasseswithmembernames class * {
Public <init> (Android.content.Context, Android.util.AttributeSet, int.);
}

-keepclassmembers enum * {
public static **[] values ();
public static * * VALUEOF (java.lang.String);
}

-keep class * Implements Android.os.Parcelable {
public static final Android.os.parcelable$creator *;
}

Method Two

Update all SDKs with Android SDK and AVD manager.