Bug? Smart String Literal over multiple lines And Obfuscation

I have a project where I have the following query stored in a Smart String Literal. The query is actually much longer, but the issue will reveal itself with this cut-down version:

Code:

Sub Process_Globals
   Private Const SELECT_ALL As String = _
   $"SELECT
             id
   ,         kt_mem_deck
   ,         kt_name
   FROM
            v_stacktestsettings"$
End Sub

I am not trying to obfuscate this variable at this stage, but when I compile the project with "Release (obfuscated)", at run time the app fails with the current error:

Code:

android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException: unrecognized token: "\" (code 1): , while compiling: SELECT\n    id\n   ,  kt_mem_deck\n   ,  kt_name\n   FROM\n    v_stacktestsettings

It looks like the new lines characters '\n' get messed up ...

If I use this query where the text holds on one line, the apps runs OK:

Code:

Private Const SELECT_ALL As String = _
  $"SELECT id, kt_mem_deck, kt_name FROM v_stacktestsettings"$

If I remove the "_" from the variable name, the issue persists, as it looks that the issue is with the new line character in obfuscated mode.

 

OK thanks. I can't move "it" to Globals as the query is used in multiple activities, however I reverted to the regular string and it works fine.