diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index 7c40cc80..f5584983 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -73,13 +73,12 @@ android {
             jniDebuggable false
             minifyEnabled true
             shrinkResources true
-            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
+            // Use less aggressive ProGuard rules for native apps
+            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
             
-            // R8 full mode is enabled by default in newer AGP versions
-            
-            // Optimize native libraries
+            // Keep some debug info for crash reports
             ndk {
-                debugSymbolLevel 'NONE'
+                debugSymbolLevel 'SYMBOL_TABLE'
             }
             
             // Sign the release build
diff --git a/android/app/proguard-rules.pro b/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
index 39a969ba..2d33f31e 100644
--- a/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
+++ b/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Starship Android ProGuard Rules
 
-# Keep SDL classes
+# Keep SDL classes - critical for native integration
 -keep class org.libsdl.app.** { *; }
 
-# Keep native methods
+# Keep all native methods and JNI callbacks
 -keepclasseswithmembernames class * {
     native <methods>;
 }
@@ -28,24 +28,50 @@
 # Keep DocumentFile for SAF
 -keep class androidx.documentfile.provider.DocumentFile { *; }
 
-# Optimization settings
--optimizations !code/simplification/arithmetic,!code/simplification/cast,!field/*,!class/merging/*
--optimizationpasses 5
+# Keep all classes that might be accessed via JNI
+-keep class * {
+    public static <methods>;
+    public static <fields>;
+}
+
+# Keep enums - often used by native code
+-keepclassmembers enum * {
+    public static **[] values();
+    public static ** valueOf(java.lang.String);
+}
+
+# Keep Serializable classes
+-keepclassmembers class * implements java.io.Serializable {
+    static final long serialVersionUID;
+    private static final java.io.ObjectStreamField[] serialPersistentFields;
+    private void writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream);
+    private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream);
+    java.lang.Object writeReplace();
+    java.lang.Object readResolve();
+}
+
+# Less aggressive optimization for native apps
+-optimizations !code/simplification/arithmetic,!code/simplification/cast,!field/*,!class/merging/*,!code/removal/advanced,!code/removal/simple
+-optimizationpasses 3
 -allowaccessmodification
 -dontpreverify
 
-# Remove logging in release builds
+# Don't remove logging completely - keep error logs for crash reports
 -assumenosideeffects class android.util.Log {
     public static boolean isLoggable(java.lang.String, int);
     public static int v(...);
     public static int i(...);
     public static int w(...);
     public static int d(...);
-    public static int e(...);
 }
 
-# Keep line numbers for crash reports
--keepattributes SourceFile,LineNumberTable
+# Keep line numbers and source file for crash reports
+-keepattributes SourceFile,LineNumberTable,*Annotation*,Signature
 
-# Rename source file attribute to something shorter
+# Rename source file attribute
 -renamesourcefileattribute SourceFile
+
+# Don't warn about missing classes that might be platform-specific
+-dontwarn javax.**
+-dontwarn java.awt.**
+-dontwarn org.slf4j.**