Android Android Java Native Interface (JNI) How to call a Java method from native code

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Example

The Java Native Interface (JNI) allows you to call Java functions from native code. Here is a simple example of how to do it:

Java code:

package com.example.jniexample;
public class JNITest {
    public static int getAnswer(bool) {
        return 42;
    }
}

Native code:

int getTheAnswer()
{
    // Get JNI environment
    JNIEnv *env = JniGetEnv();

    // Find the Java class - provide package ('.' replaced to '/') and class name
    jclass jniTestClass = env->FindClass("com/example/jniexample/JNITest");

    // Find the Java method - provide parameters inside () and return value (see table below for an explanation of how to encode them) 
    jmethodID getAnswerMethod = env->GetStaticMethodID(jniTestClass, "getAnswer", "(Z)I;");

    // Calling the method
    return (int)env->CallStaticObjectMethod(jniTestClass, getAnswerMethod, (jboolean)true);
}

JNI method signature to Java type:

JNI SignatureJava Type
Zboolean
Bbyte
Cchar
Sshort
Iint
Jlong
Ffloat
Ddouble
L fully-qualified-class ;fully-qualified-class
[ typetype[]

So for our example we used (Z)I - which means the function gets a boolean and returns an int.



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