Is it possible to avoid NullReferenceException in SqliteConnection.Open() in sqlite3_open_v2(…) without explicit call to SQLitePCL.Batteries.Init()?

Question

The Problem

I am getting a NullReferenceException in the call to SQLitePCL.raw.sqlite3_open_v2(String filename, sqlite3& db, Int32 flags, String vfs) using the