Limit Methods to only when compiled to android

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I am making a game for both android and pc, and have to import stuff exclusive for android.

I want to be able to do something like this, so in the case of me compiling for a non-android version, it wont give compile errors

//if (android) {
  import android.content.SharedPreferences;
  import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
  import android.content.Context;
  import android.app.Activity;
//}

Along with a way to have methods that use said exclusive imports to be ignored when not compiling for android

//only compile when android
void saveInt(int n, String name) {
  SharedPreferences sharedPreferences;
  SharedPreferences.Editor editor;
  //~~stuff not necessary for example~~
}

Is this possible or will I just have to comment out all of the code that does not apply manually every time?

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It would be best to have the code you want to combine with the two types (android & pc) on it’s own, and then stitch that code together using a separate Android and PC class. So the main draw classes and input classes would be separate between them, but make all the game play, menu renders and everything in a separate combined class.

In a game for example you would combine the game play and then have individual ways to interact in the game.

Essentially you would export to android using your Android class + Core class
and to PC using PC class + Core class.

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RockyHawk’s solution above works great!

the answer to the same question on stackoverflow is a different neat solution