diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/first-party/jni/fbjni/android/ReferenceChecking.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/first-party/jni/fbjni/android/ReferenceChecking.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
+#error "This file should only be compiled for Android."
+#endif
+
+#include <jni/fbjni/References.h>
+#include <jni/fbjni/CoreClasses.h>
+
+namespace facebook {
+namespace jni {
+namespace internal {
+
+static int32_t getApiLevel() {
+  auto cls = findClassLocal("android/os/Build$VERSION");
+  auto fld = cls->getStaticField<int32_t>("SDK_INT");
+  if (fld) {
+    return cls->getStaticFieldValue(fld);
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+bool doesGetObjectRefTypeWork() {
+  static auto level = getApiLevel();
+  return level >= 14;
+}
+
+}
+}
+}
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