App crash after uploaded to play store , working correctly when installed from android studio

Question

Android app works perfectly on debug build and release build when directly installed from android studio but app crashes when install it from play store with this error:

Fatal Exception: java.lang.NullPointerException
       at java.io.File.<init>(File.java:363)
       at com.mappls.sdk.maps.MapplsStylesHelper.downloadImage(MapplsStylesHelper.java:12)
       at com.mappls.sdk.maps.MapplsStylesHelper.getLogos(MapplsStylesHelper.java:28)
       at com.mappls.sdk.maps.MapplsStylesHelper.initStyles(MapplsStylesHelper.java:94)
       at com.mappls.sdk.maps.MapplsStylesHelper.access$300(MapplsStylesHelper.java)
       at com.mappls.sdk.maps.MapplsStylesHelper$3.onResponse(MapplsStylesHelper.java:6)
       at retrofit2.DefaultCallAdapterFactory$ExecutorCallbackCall$1$$ExternalSyntheticLambda1.run(R8$$SyntheticClass:29)
       at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:938)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:236)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7864)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:620)
       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1011)

Answer 1

Add your package as an exception in your ProGuard.

-keep class com.mappls.sdk.maps.** { *; }