diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/jni/JniHelper.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/jni/JniHelper.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#include <fbjni/Context.h>
+#include <fbjni/fbjni.h>
+
+namespace facebook::react {
+
+jobject getApplication(JNIEnv* env) {
+  auto activityThreadClass = env->FindClass("android/app/ActivityThread");
+  auto currentApplicationMethodID = env->GetStaticMethodID(
+      activityThreadClass, "currentApplication", "()Landroid/app/Application;");
+  return env->CallStaticObjectMethod(
+      activityThreadClass, currentApplicationMethodID);
+}
+
+jni::alias_ref<jni::AContext> getContext() {
+  auto env = facebook::jni::Environment::ensureCurrentThreadIsAttached();
+  auto application = getApplication(env);
+  return facebook::jni::wrap_alias(
+      static_cast<facebook::jni::AContext::javaobject>(application));
+}
+
+} // namespace facebook::react
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/jni/JniHelper.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCxxPlatform/react/jni/JniHelper.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <fbjni/Context.h>
+#include <fbjni/fbjni.h>
+
+namespace facebook::react {
+
+jobject getApplication(JNIEnv* env);
+
+jni::alias_ref<jni::AContext> getContext();
+
+} // namespace facebook::react