Now that the Android P preview is out and we developers start seeing the consequences of the upcoming hidden API remove, i wonder if everyone is fully aware of the profound paradigm shift this will be!?Going through my app Automate , i can say it will be painful. A lot of common Android features, excepted by users for years, will likely cease to function, or have to be reverted back to buggy behavior.I expect and accept (my app users will not) that features requiring a rooted device will no longer be accessible, like toggling tethering, NFC, mobile data, etc.But a lot of harmless hacks will also stop working, and the Play Store is full of innovative apps using them, like audio routing, BT utilities, whatever.Theis for working around current and future bugs. My app is has implemented a lot of workarounds relying on reflection for Android versions going back to 4.0. Even Google does this, like the PRNGFixes a few years ago.In the future such workarounds may not be possible! Expecting Google to start fixing bugs is a pipe dream. I've report ~30 issues myself, starred 300+, and the majority of them are ignored, or has been flagged "Assigned" for years, "WontFix" or "Obsolete".The proper solution for preventing use of the hidden APIs are to protect the "dangerous" ones with permissions, not blocking us from accessing them altogether.We developers are battling Android fragmentation with every new release, often using reflection, so claiming to do this for "Improving Stability" is an insult.I was hoping XDA developers , and others with influence, could get Google to listen, like with the Accessibility API usage ban I don't think a single article , which seems to overlook the serious consequence, will suffice.Developers need to revolt, or if you've already conseede, at least report your hidden API usage here PS. Please, anyone with a rooted Android P , could you help me with some tests?