What is the use of the reflection API in the Android? What are its Advantages in Respect of android and why it is necessary?
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What is the use of the reflection API in the Android? What are its Advantages in Respect of android and why it is necessary?
In android, Google has set some APIs hidden, so we developers can’t get access to these APIs directly. In that case, we can use Reflection feature in Java to call these APIs at runtime.
One typical application of Reflection I have used is to change the MOBILE DATA CONNECTION state, there is no such a public API for developers, however, we can use Reflection to make it. See here:
However, this is not encouraged, since hidden APIs would be changed in the future without notification . That means the app may not work at a higher API level.