NullPointerException when using XML file in res / raw with Proguard

I am using a simple XML serializer in my application and it seems to have successfully excluded it from the obfuscation of Proguard using the following lines in proguard.cfg, thanks to this SO question :

-keep public class org.simpleframework.**{ *; } 
-keep class org.simpleframework.xml.**{ *; } 
-keep class org.simpleframework.xml.core.**{ *; } 
-keep class org.simpleframework.xml.util.**{ *; } 

I can sign and export apk, but when I try to run my application, it encounters a NullPointerException when trying to access the XML file in the res / raw directory (R.raw.home_screen_menu).

I exclude R.java with this:

-keepclassmembers class **.R$* {
    public static <fields>;
}

I play with this configuration file all day, but with no luck. Has anyone come across this problem or something like that? The last thing I tried was to use the adaptresource options as shown below:

-adaptresourcefilenames    **.xml
-adaptresourcefilecontents **.xml

For reference, here is the content of my proguard.cfg:

#Use 5 step of optimization 
-optimizationpasses 5

#When not preverifing in a case-insensitive filing system, such as Windows. This tool will unpack your processed jars,(if using windows you should then use):
-dontusemixedcaseclassnames

#Specifies not to ignore non-public library classes. As of version 4.5, this is the default setting
-dontskipnonpubliclibraryclasses

#Preverification is irrelevant for the dex compiler and the Dalvik VM, so we can switch it off with the -dontpreverify option.
-dontpreverify

#Specifies to write out some more information during processing. If the program terminates with an exception, this option will print out the entire stack trace, instead of just the exception message.
-verbose

#The -optimizations option disables some arithmetic simplifications that Dalvik 1.0 and 1.5 can't handle. Note that the Dalvik VM also can't handle aggressive overloading (of static fields).
#To understand or change this check http://proguard.sourceforge.net/index.html#/manual/optimizations.html
-optimizations !code/simplification/arithmetic,!field/*,!class/merging/*

-dump ../bin/class_files.txt
-printseeds ../bin/seeds.txt
-printusage ../bin/unused.txt
-printmapping ../bin/mapping.txt 

-dontskipnonpubliclibraryclassmembers

#Ignore warnings for roboguice.activity.RoboAccountAuthenticatorActivity
-dontwarn roboguice.activity.RoboAccountAuthenticatorActivity

-keep public class * extends android.app.Activity
-keep public class * extends android.app.Application
-keep public class * extends android.app.Service
-keep public class * extends android.content.BroadcastReceiver
-keep public class * extends android.content.ContentProvider
-keep public class * extends android.app.backup.BackupAgentHelper
-keep public class * extends android.preference.Preference
-keep public class com.android.vending.licensing.ILicensingService
-keep class com.google.inject.Binder

# Keep annotations
-keepattributes *Annotation*
-keepattributes Signature

#To remove debug logs:
-assumenosideeffects class android.util.Log {
    public static *** d(...);
    public static *** v(...);
    public static *** w(...);
}

# Roboguice
-keepclassmembers class * {
    @com.google.inject.Inject <init>(...);
}

# SimpleXML
-keep public class org.simpleframework.**{ *; } 
-keep class org.simpleframework.xml.**{ *; } 
-keep class org.simpleframework.xml.core.**{ *; } 
-keep class org.simpleframework.xml.util.**{ *; } 
-dontwarn javax.xml.stream.**
-dontwarn javax.xml.namespace.**

-keep public class roboguice.**

# There no way to keep all @Observes methods, so use the On*Event convention to identify event handlers
-keepclassmembers class * { 
    void *(**On*Event); 
}

-keep public class * extends android.view.View {
    public <init>(android.content.Context);
    public <init>(android.content.Context, android.util.AttributeSet);
    public <init>(android.content.Context, android.util.AttributeSet, int);
    public void set*(...);
}

-keepclasseswithmembers class * {
    native <methods>;
}

-keepclasseswithmembers class * {
    public <init>(android.content.Context, android.util.AttributeSet);
}

-keepclasseswithmembers class * {
    public <init>(android.content.Context, android.util.AttributeSet, int);
}

-keepclassmembers enum * {
    public static **[] values();
    public static ** valueOf(java.lang.String);
}

-keep class * implements android.os.Parcelable {
  public static final android.os.Parcelable$Creator *;
}

-keepclassmembers class * implements android.os.Parcelable {
    static android.os.Parcelable$Creator CREATOR;
}

-keepclassmembers class **.R$* {
    public static <fields>;
}