title: Can't build app on latest android studio 3.0.1
body: <p>Has anyone experienced building apps from 3.0.1 and it won't run?</p>
  
  <p>I think this guy here encountered the same issue as mine;
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47792492/unable-to-build-release-apk-android-studio-3-0-1-proguard-rules">Unable to Build Release Apk Android Studio 3.0.1 Proguard-Rules</a></p>
  
  <p>My app also has ** (tried to apply solution as suggested above) on my proguard rules and I can't remove them as this would cause the app to not build.</p>
  
  <p>PLEASE HELP ME<br><br><br><br></p>
  
  <h1> UPDATE 2</h1>
  
  <p>outcomesound's <strong>SOLUTION WORKED FOR ME</strong> see his answer below</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/47809116/4767606">https://stackoverflow.com/a/47809116/4767606</a>
  <br><br><br><br></p>
  
  <h1> UPDATE 1</h1>
  
  <p>I was able to apply Wahdat Kashmiri's answer below; debug version runs fine but when switching the build for release, the app only runs until splash screen and then it crashes.</p>
  
  <pre><code>implementation  fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
  implementation ('com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.3.1') {
     transitive = true;
  }
  implementation ('de.keyboardsurfer.android.widget:crouton:1.8.5@aar') {
     exclude group: 'com.google.android', module: 'support-v4'
  }
  implementation('com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.6.5@aar') {
     transitive = true;
  }
  implementation('org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime:4.3') {
     exclude module: "httpclient"
  }
  implementation('com.nispok:snackbar:2.11.+') {
     exclude group: 'com.google.android', module: 'support-v4'
  }
  implementation 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient-android:4.3.5.1'
  implementation 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.26.0'
  implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.2'
  implementation 'org.jsoup:jsoup:1.10.2'
  implementation 'com.android.volley:volley:1.0.0'
  implementation 'com.firebaseui:firebase-ui-auth:3.1.0'
  implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.1'
  implementation 'com.shamanland:fonticon:0.1.9'
  implementation 'com.victor:lib:1.0.4'
  implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:23.3-android'
  implementation 'org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk16:1.46'
  implementation 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.10'
  implementation 'org.altbeacon:android-beacon-library:2.9.1'
  implementation 'ly.count.android:sdk:16.06.04'
  implementation 'net.danlew:android.joda:2.9.9.1'
  implementation 'com.azoft.carousellayoutmanager:carousel:1.2.1'
  implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.9.1'
  implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.3.0'
  implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:3.8.0'
  implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
  testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
  implementation 'com.rollbar:rollbar-android:0.2.1'
  implementation 'com.android.support:design:26.1.0'
  implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:26.1.0'
  implementation 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:26.1.0'
  implementation 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:26.1.0'
  implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:11.4.2'
  implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:11.4.2'
  implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:11.4.2'
  implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:11.4.2'
  implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-appindexing:11.4.2'
  implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:11.4.2'
  </code></pre>