diff --git a/android/sdk/src/main/java/org/jitsi/meet/sdk/BaseReactView.java b/android/sdk/src/main/java/org/jitsi/meet/sdk/BaseReactView.java
index 7df841532..2704e92e3 100644
--- a/android/sdk/src/main/java/org/jitsi/meet/sdk/BaseReactView.java
+++ b/android/sdk/src/main/java/org/jitsi/meet/sdk/BaseReactView.java
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public abstract class BaseReactView<ListenerT>
      * @param data - The details of the event associated with/specific to the
      * specified {@code name}.
      */
-    public abstract void onExternalAPIEvent(String name, ReadableMap data);
+    protected abstract void onExternalAPIEvent(String name, ReadableMap data);
 
     protected void onExternalAPIEvent(
             Map<String, Method> listenerMethods,
diff --git a/android/sdk/src/main/java/org/jitsi/meet/sdk/JitsiMeetView.java b/android/sdk/src/main/java/org/jitsi/meet/sdk/JitsiMeetView.java
index c30650fe5..8b2b79d14 100644
--- a/android/sdk/src/main/java/org/jitsi/meet/sdk/JitsiMeetView.java
+++ b/android/sdk/src/main/java/org/jitsi/meet/sdk/JitsiMeetView.java
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public class JitsiMeetView extends BaseReactView<JitsiMeetViewListener> {
      * by/associated with the specified {@code name}.
      */
     @Override
-    public void onExternalAPIEvent(String name, ReadableMap data) {
+    protected void onExternalAPIEvent(String name, ReadableMap data) {
         // XXX The JitsiMeetView property URL was introduced in order to address
         // an exception in the Picture-in-Picture functionality which arose
         // because of delays related to bridging between JavaScript and Java. To
diff --git a/android/sdk/src/main/java/org/jitsi/meet/sdk/incoming_call/IncomingCallView.java b/android/sdk/src/main/java/org/jitsi/meet/sdk/incoming_call/IncomingCallView.java
index 15a072454..fdfee03b5 100644
--- a/android/sdk/src/main/java/org/jitsi/meet/sdk/incoming_call/IncomingCallView.java
+++ b/android/sdk/src/main/java/org/jitsi/meet/sdk/incoming_call/IncomingCallView.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class IncomingCallView
      * by/associated with the specified {@code name}.
      */
     @Override
-    public void onExternalAPIEvent(String name, ReadableMap data) {
+    protected void onExternalAPIEvent(String name, ReadableMap data) {
         onExternalAPIEvent(LISTENER_METHODS, name, data);
     }