Using Java Reflection to Unhide Android Goods

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A number of Android API features have been "hidden" from developers from time to time. Often these are for new unstable features which Google would rather not have you use, but sometimes it\'s just to lock you out. This talk shows how Java reflection can be used to allow access to a hidden Android framework which communicates to a device\'s embedded secure element. This use of reflection can also be used to access additional 3rd party frameworks even when standard API packages are not available.