Android-приложение вылетает в Release, но не в Debug NullPointerException

Question

Недавно я изменил 2 строки кода в качестве обходного пути из-за изменений в данных, возвращаемых из API, который я использую. Теперь происходит сбой приложения при использовании релиза apk и aab. Однако, когда я использую приложение через эмулятор Android на API 27 и подключаю устройство API 27 к моему компьютеру, на котором запущен отладочный apk, приложение работает безупречно.

Я действительно озадачен этой проблемой и вообще не понимаю сообщений об ошибках.

FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.guy.aqi, PID: 8328
java.lang.NullPointerException: throw with null exception
    at com.guy.aqi.n.a(Unknown Source:3)
    at com.guy.aqi.m.b(CurrentAirQualityFragment.java:8)
    at com.guy.aqi.m.b(CurrentAirQualityFragment.java:6)
    at com.guy.aqi.d.a(Unknown Source:4)
    at b.a.a.a.m.c(StringRequest.java:4)
    at b.a.a.a.m.a(StringRequest.java:1)
    at b.a.a.h$a.run(ExecutorDelivery.java:4)
    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:790)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6494)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:438)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:807)

Мой API прекратил отправку строки "основной загрязнитель", поэтому я изменил эту строку:

textViewMainPollutantUS.setText("U.S. Main Pollutant: " decodePollutant(mainPollutantUS));

до

textViewMainPollutantUS.setText("");

и эта строка:

textViewMainPollutantCN.setText("China Main Pollutant: " decodePollutant(mainPollutantCN));

до

textViewMainPollutantCN.setText("");

Я ожидал, что изменение этих строк решит проблему. Но теперь проблема, похоже, исправлена ​​в отладочной версии приложения, но не в версии выпуска.

proguard-rules.pro

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