Added in API level 1

Type

interface Type

java.lang.reflect.Type

Known Direct Subclasses

Class, GenericArrayType, ParameterizedType, TypeVariable, WildcardType

Class	Instances of the class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
GenericArrayType	`GenericArrayType` represents an array type whose component type is either a parameterized type or a type variable.
ParameterizedType	ParameterizedType represents a parameterized type such as Collection<String>.
TypeVariable	TypeVariable is the common superinterface for type variables of kinds.
WildcardType	WildcardType represents a wildcard type expression, such as `?`, `? extends Number`, or `? super Integer`.

Type is the common superinterface for all types in the Java programming language. These include raw types, parameterized types, array types, type variables and primitive types.

Summary

Public methods
open String	`getTypeName()` Returns a string describing this type, including information about any type parameters.

Public methods

getTypeName

Added in API level 28

open fun getTypeName(): String

Returns a string describing this type, including information about any type parameters.

Return
`String`	a string describing this type