static jboolean init (JNIEnv* env, jobject obj) {...}

bool GetJniEnv(JavaVM *vm, JNIEnv **env) {
    bool did_attach_thread = false;
    *env = nullptr;
    // Check if the current thread is attached to the VM
    auto get_env_result = vm->GetEnv((void**)env, JNI_VERSION_1_6);
    if (get_env_result == JNI_EDETACHED) {
        if (vm->AttachCurrentThread(env, NULL) != JNI_OK) {
            // Failed to attach thread. Throw an exception if you want to.
        }
        did_attach_thread = true;
    } else if (get_env_result == JNI_EVERSION) {
        // Unsupported JNI version. Throw an exception if you want to.
    }
    return did_attach_thread;
}

JNIEnv *env;
bool did_attach = GetJniEnv(vm, &env);
// Use env...
// ...
if (did_attach) {
   vm->DetachCurrentThread();
}