Android / Java - get TYPE of a hidden class via Reflection

Question

I am trying to use the hidden package manager method installPackage via reflections.

My major problem is that one of its parameters is another hidden class android.content.pm.IPackageInstallObserver . How can I get the TYPE of that class (not an instance of it)?

val cPackageManager = Class.forName("android.content.pm.PackageManager")
val cPackageInstallObserver = Class.forName("android.content.pm.IPackageInstallObserver")

// here I need the IPackageInstallObserver type as a parameter type to look up the method
val installPackageMethod = cPackageManager.getMethod("installPackage", Uri::class.java, cPackageInstallObserver::class.java, Integer.TYPE, String::class.java)

In the way above, cPackageInstallObserver::class.java resolves to only a Class but not the actual type I need.

Does anybody have a solution for that?

Answer 1

You just did a simple mistake here

Uri::class.java, cPackageInstallObserver, Integer.TYPE, String::class.java)

As cPackageInstallObserver is already a class you need, as Class.forName returns a Class type, but you used cPackageInstallObserver::class.java so it is just same as doing String.class.getClass() in java, so just Class.class .