You would just not use this method. At least not if you want to upload
your app on Market.

However, if you are making a product based on the Android source, you
can simply build your app against the git source tree and you will be
able to invoke @hidden APIs.

But for apps you distribute to end users through Market, just don't.

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 12:38 AM, momo <regist...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> @hide is probably an android annotation used to hide methods from the
> public SDK.  If I wanted to use one of these methods, would I go
> uncomment this, recompile the SDK, and use it?
>
> I noticed that there are internal apps that do use these hidden
> methods.  How are they able to do it?
>
> If I don't care about incompatibility, is it possible to use them w/
> out recompiling the SDK?
> >
>



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