Reflection not fully implemented in Android 2.2?
if(field.getType() == java.util.ArrayList.class)
   className = ((ParameterizedType)field.getGenericType()).toString();

public class ReproduceBugActivity extends Activity {
  private static final String TAG = "ReproduceBugActivity";
  private ArrayList<Object> mArrayList;

  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    try {
      String className = null;
      Field field = getClass().getDeclaredField("mArrayList");
      if (field.getType() == java.util.ArrayList.class)
        className = ((ParameterizedType)field.getGenericType()).toString();
      Log.i(TAG, "className = " + className);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}

java.lang.NullPointerException
   at org.apache.harmony.luni.lang.reflect.ListOfTypes.length(ListOfTypes.java:47)
   at org.apache.harmony.luni.lang.reflect.ImplForType.toString(ImplForType.java:83)
   at com.reproducebug.ReproduceBugActivity.onCreate(ReproduceBugActivity.java:23)

I/ReproduceBugActivity(23449): className = java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.Object>