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Android - IContentService cannot be resolved

In my project I need to use IContentService, and I've used the right import (import android.content.IContentService) and yet android studio tells me 'Cannot resolve symbol IContentService'.

I know IContentService is an actual class, because it is used in ContentResolver.getContentService();

Anyone know how I can get this import to work?

Solution

  • You cannot use this class directly.

    You can see in the source code (e.g. here for Marshmallow) that this class is tagged with the @hide annotation.

    The class can only be used by reflection as shown here (with all it's disadvantages).

    BTW: ContentResolver.getContentService() is also a hidden method (see here).