Name: R8
URL: https://r8.googlesource.com/r8
Version: 1.2.28-cr0
License: BSD 3-Clause
License File: NOT_SHIPPED
Security Critical: no

Description:
D8 is a dexer that converts java byte code to dex code.
It is contained in the R8 repo.

Local Modifications:
Disabled the code that removes Java asserts. Diff:

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/utils/InternalOptions.java b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/utils/InternalOptions.java
index 5f0ec45e..03612637 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/utils/InternalOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/android/tools/r8/utils/InternalOptions.java
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public class InternalOptions {
   // EXPERIMENTAL flag to get behaviour as close to Proguard as possible.
   public boolean forceProguardCompatibility = false;
   public boolean enableMinification = true;
-  public boolean disableAssertions = true;
+  public boolean disableAssertions = false;
   public boolean debugKeepRules = false;
   // Read input classes into CfCode format (instead of JarCode).
   public boolean enableCfFrontend = false;