Can I override a hidden (but public) method and call its super method?

Question

There is a non public api that I need to override in order to workaround a quirk with Android\'s WebView.

The api is hidden but it is public:

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Answer 1

Is there anyway to override this method AND be able to call the super method?

No, unfortunately, as is explained in the answer to the question How to call a superclass method using Java reflection you cannot solve this problem with reflection.