diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 851fba217..37436cdf3 100644
--- a/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/example/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
       <meta-data
         android:name="com.google.android.gms.wallet.api.enabled"
         android:value="true" />
+      <activity android:name=".LaunchActivity" android:exported="true">
+        <intent-filter>
+          <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
+          <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
+        </intent-filter>
+      </activity>
+
       <activity
         android:name=".MainActivity"
         android:label="@string/app_name"
@@ -22,11 +29,6 @@
         android:launchMode="singleTask"
         android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"
         android:exported="true">
-        <intent-filter>
-            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
-            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
-        </intent-filter>
-
         <intent-filter>
           <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
           <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/reactnativestripesdk/LaunchActivity.java b/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/reactnativestripesdk/LaunchActivity.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6bdfd730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/reactnativestripesdk/LaunchActivity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.example.reactnativestripesdk;
+
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.content.Intent;
+
+public class LaunchActivity extends Activity {
+
+  @Override
+  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+    MainApplication application = (MainApplication) getApplication();
+    // check that MainActivity is not started yet
+    if (!application.isActivityInBackStack(MainActivity.class)) {
+      Intent intent = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class);
+      startActivity(intent);
+    }
+    finish();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/reactnativestripesdk/MainActivity.java b/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/reactnativestripesdk/MainActivity.java
index c5a4437cd..e3cd04056 100644
--- a/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/reactnativestripesdk/MainActivity.java
+++ b/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/reactnativestripesdk/MainActivity.java
@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ protected String getMainComponentName() {
     return "main";
   }
 
+  @Override
+  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+    ((MainApplication) getApplication()).addActivityToStack(this.getClass());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void onDestroy() {
+    super.onDestroy();
+    ((MainApplication) getApplication()).removeActivityFromStack(this.getClass());
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the instance of the {@link ReactActivityDelegate}. There the RootView is created and
    * you can specify the rendered you wish to use (Fabric or the older renderer).
diff --git a/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/reactnativestripesdk/MainApplication.java b/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/reactnativestripesdk/MainApplication.java
index bff08a508..da9009f26 100644
--- a/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/reactnativestripesdk/MainApplication.java
+++ b/example/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/reactnativestripesdk/MainApplication.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import com.example.reactnativestripesdk.newarchitecture.MainApplicationReactNativeHost;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import com.reactnativestripesdk.StripeSdkPackage;
 
 public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
@@ -60,6 +61,20 @@ public void onCreate() {
     initializeFlipper(this, getReactNativeHost().getReactInstanceManager()); // Remove this line if you don't want Flipper enabled
   }
 
+  private ArrayList<Class> runningActivities = new ArrayList<>();
+
+  public void addActivityToStack (Class cls) {
+    if (!runningActivities.contains(cls)) runningActivities.add(cls);
+  }
+
+  public void removeActivityFromStack (Class cls) {
+    if (runningActivities.contains(cls)) runningActivities.remove(cls);
+  }
+
+  public boolean isActivityInBackStack (Class cls) {
+    return runningActivities.contains(cls);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Loads Flipper in React Native templates.
    *