diff --git a/sample/README.md b/sample/README.md
index cc68665..383c7eb 100644
--- a/sample/README.md
+++ b/sample/README.md
@@ -159,6 +159,34 @@ xcodebuild -workspace MParticleSample.xcworkspace \
 
 Pull requests run these tests in CI (see `.github/workflows/pull-request.yml`).
 
+## Deferred-init edge case (Android)
+
+The sample includes a small, opt-in example that reproduces a late-initialisation race on
+Android: starting mParticle from a native module at first-frame paint (a partner pattern used
+to cut startup cost) instead of in `MainApplication.onCreate()`. Because the Rokt SDK caches
+the current `Activity` only on `onActivityResumed` (≤ v5), deferring init past the host
+Activity's resume leaves overlay/bottom-sheet placements unable to display until the next
+resume. iOS is unaffected. Fixed upstream in the Rokt Android SDK (`sdk-android-source`
+[#1062](https://github.com/ROKT/sdk-android-source/pull/1062),
+[#1063](https://github.com/ROKT/sdk-android-source/pull/1063)).
+
+It is **disabled by default**. To reproduce:
+
+1. Set `DEFERRED_INIT_EXAMPLE = true` in
+   `android/app/src/main/java/com/mparticlesample/DeferredInitModule.kt`.
+2. Run the app and watch `adb logcat -s DeferredInitRepro`.
+
+The `EAGER` tracker (registered at process start) captures `MainActivity`; the `DEFERRED`
+tracker (registered when init runs at first frame) stays `null` until you background and
+reopen the app — demonstrating the race. See `DeferredInitModule.kt` for the full write-up.
+
+> **Note:** When the flag is enabled, mParticle is not started until first-frame paint, so any
+> mParticle JS calls made earlier (e.g. `Identity.login` in the component constructor,
+> `getSession` in `componentDidMount`) run before the SDK is started and are no-ops until then.
+> This is itself an inherent hazard of deferred initialisation and is expected in this example;
+> gate such calls behind init completion in a real deferred-init integration. With the flag off
+> (default) mParticle starts eagerly in `onCreate()`, so these calls behave normally.
+
 ## Additional Resources
 
 - [mParticle Documentation](https://docs.mparticle.com/)
diff --git a/sample/android/app/src/main/java/com/mparticlesample/ActivityTracker.kt b/sample/android/app/src/main/java/com/mparticlesample/ActivityTracker.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a35958c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample/android/app/src/main/java/com/mparticlesample/ActivityTracker.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package com.mparticlesample
+
+import android.app.Activity
+import android.app.Application
+import android.os.Bundle
+import android.util.Log
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference
+
+/**
+ * Mirrors the Rokt Android SDK's `ActivityLifeCycleObserver` caching strategy:
+ * the "current activity" is captured ONLY in onActivityResumed. This is the
+ * mechanism RoktModalActivity (overlay / bottom-sheet placements) depends on.
+ *
+ * We register two trackers in the repro:
+ *   - EAGER  : registered in Application.onCreate (before MainActivity exists)
+ *   - DEFERRED: registered when MParticle.start() is called at first-frame paint
+ *
+ * If the deferred tracker is registered AFTER the host Activity has already
+ * resumed, it never sees onActivityResumed and currentActivity stays null --
+ * exactly the failure ROKT/sdk-android-source#1062 / #1063 fix.
+ */
+class ActivityTracker(private val label: String) : Application.ActivityLifecycleCallbacks {
+
+    @Volatile
+    private var currentActivityRef: WeakReference<Activity>? = null
+
+    val currentActivity: Activity?
+        get() = currentActivityRef?.get()
+
+    companion object {
+        const val TAG = "DeferredInitRepro"
+    }
+
+    override fun onActivityResumed(activity: Activity) {
+        currentActivityRef = WeakReference(activity)
+        Log.i(TAG, "[$label] onActivityResumed -> captured ${activity.localClassName}")
+    }
+
+    override fun onActivityCreated(activity: Activity, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
+        Log.i(TAG, "[$label] onActivityCreated ${activity.localClassName}")
+    }
+
+    override fun onActivityStarted(activity: Activity) {}
+    override fun onActivityPaused(activity: Activity) {}
+    override fun onActivityStopped(activity: Activity) {}
+    override fun onActivitySaveInstanceState(activity: Activity, outState: Bundle) {}
+    override fun onActivityDestroyed(activity: Activity) {}
+}
diff --git a/sample/android/app/src/main/java/com/mparticlesample/DeferredInitModule.kt b/sample/android/app/src/main/java/com/mparticlesample/DeferredInitModule.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4705800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample/android/app/src/main/java/com/mparticlesample/DeferredInitModule.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+package com.mparticlesample
+
+import android.app.Application
+import android.os.Handler
+import android.os.Looper
+import android.util.Log
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.Promise
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContextBaseJavaModule
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactMethod
+import com.mparticle.MParticle
+import com.mparticle.MParticleOptions
+import com.mparticle.identity.IdentityApiRequest
+
+/**
+ * Edge-case example: "deferred initialisation with Turbo Modules".
+ *
+ * Instead of calling MParticle.start() in MainApplication.onCreate() (the standard,
+ * supported integration), JS calls startMParticle() from this native module after the
+ * first frame is painted. This reproduces a partner pattern used to shave init cost off
+ * app startup -- and exposes an Android-specific race that does NOT occur on iOS:
+ *
+ *   The Rokt SDK caches its "current Activity" only in onActivityResumed, via an observer
+ *   registered during Rokt.init() (which mParticle calls from RoktKit.onKitCreate()). When
+ *   init runs AFTER the host Activity has already resumed -- exactly what deferred init does
+ *   -- that resume is missed, so overlay/bottom-sheet placements (RoktModalActivity) have no
+ *   Activity to launch from until the next resume (the "press home and reopen" workaround).
+ *   iOS is immune because it resolves the presenter lazily at execute time.
+ *
+ * Fixed upstream in the Rokt Android SDK by observing the lifecycle from process start:
+ * ROKT/sdk-android-source#1062 and #1063 (v5 backport #1082). This example is kept around
+ * as an easy way to re-trigger the scenario and confirm the fix / catch regressions.
+ *
+ * To enable: flip DEFERRED_INIT_EXAMPLE to true and watch `adb logcat -s DeferredInitRepro`
+ * -- the DEFERRED tracker's currentActivity stays null while the EAGER one captures it.
+ *
+ * (Registered through a legacy ReactPackage; under the New Architecture it is invoked via the
+ * TurboModule interop layer. The JS call timing -- after first-frame paint -- is identical to
+ * a pure TurboModule, which is what the race depends on.)
+ */
+class DeferredInitModule(private val reactContext: ReactApplicationContext) :
+    ReactContextBaseJavaModule(reactContext) {
+
+    companion object {
+        const val TAG = "DeferredInitRepro"
+
+        /**
+         * Master switch for the deferred-init edge case. Keep this `false` so the sample uses the
+         * standard eager init in MainApplication.onCreate(); set it to `true` to reproduce the
+         * late-init Activity-capture race described above.
+         */
+        const val DEFERRED_INIT_EXAMPLE = false
+
+        // Registered in Application.onCreate -- the eager path, for contrast.
+        var eagerTracker: ActivityTracker? = null
+    }
+
+    // Registered at deferred-start time, mirroring Rokt.init()'s late registration.
+    private val deferredTracker = ActivityTracker("DEFERRED")
+
+    override fun getName(): String = "DeferredInit"
+
+    @ReactMethod
+    fun startMParticle(promise: Promise) {
+        if (!DEFERRED_INIT_EXAMPLE) {
+            // Standard mode: mParticle was already started in Application.onCreate(); nothing to do.
+            promise.resolve("eager-init (deferred example disabled)")
+            return
+        }
+
+        // Idempotent: JS may invoke this more than once (Fast Refresh, remounts). Once mParticle
+        // has started, skip re-registering the lifecycle observer and re-starting the SDK.
+        if (MParticle.getInstance() != null) {
+            promise.resolve("already started")
+            return
+        }
+
+        Log.i(TAG, "startMParticle() called from JS (post first-frame). MParticle.getInstance()=${MParticle.getInstance()}")
+
+        val app = reactContext.applicationContext as Application
+
+        // Mirror Rokt SDK: register the activity observer at init time, NOT at process start.
+        app.registerActivityLifecycleCallbacks(deferredTracker)
+        Log.i(TAG, "[DEFERRED] tracker registered. currentActivity right now = ${deferredTracker.currentActivity}")
+
+        val identityRequest = IdentityApiRequest.withEmptyUser()
+        val options = MParticleOptions.builder(app)
+            .credentials("REPLACE_ME", "REPLACE_ME")
+            .logLevel(MParticle.LogLevel.VERBOSE)
+            .identify(identityRequest.build())
+            .build()
+
+        MParticle.start(options)
+        Log.i(TAG, "MParticle.start() invoked from native module. getInstance()=${MParticle.getInstance()}")
+
+        // Snapshot the captured activity 2s later: did the deferred observer ever
+        // see a resume? (Rokt's currentActivity cache works exactly this way.)
+        Handler(Looper.getMainLooper()).postDelayed({
+            Log.i(
+                TAG,
+                "SNAPSHOT after 2s -> EAGER.currentActivity=${eagerTracker?.currentActivity?.localClassName} | " +
+                    "DEFERRED.currentActivity=${deferredTracker.currentActivity?.localClassName}"
+            )
+        }, 2000)
+
+        promise.resolve("started")
+    }
+
+    @ReactMethod
+    fun reportActivityState(promise: Promise) {
+        val msg = "EAGER=${eagerTracker?.currentActivity?.localClassName} | DEFERRED=${deferredTracker.currentActivity?.localClassName}"
+        Log.i(TAG, "reportActivityState -> $msg")
+        promise.resolve(msg)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sample/android/app/src/main/java/com/mparticlesample/DeferredInitPackage.kt b/sample/android/app/src/main/java/com/mparticlesample/DeferredInitPackage.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6bed18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample/android/app/src/main/java/com/mparticlesample/DeferredInitPackage.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.mparticlesample
+
+import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.NativeModule
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewManager
+
+class DeferredInitPackage : ReactPackage {
+    override fun createNativeModules(reactContext: ReactApplicationContext): List<NativeModule> =
+        listOf(DeferredInitModule(reactContext))
+
+    override fun createViewManagers(reactContext: ReactApplicationContext): List<ViewManager<*, *>> =
+        emptyList()
+}
diff --git a/sample/android/app/src/main/java/com/mparticlesample/MainApplication.kt b/sample/android/app/src/main/java/com/mparticlesample/MainApplication.kt
index e2f29d0..b8b6cf8 100644
--- a/sample/android/app/src/main/java/com/mparticlesample/MainApplication.kt
+++ b/sample/android/app/src/main/java/com/mparticlesample/MainApplication.kt
@@ -6,35 +6,46 @@ import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication
 import com.facebook.react.ReactHost
 import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeApplicationEntryPoint.loadReactNative
 import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultReactHost.getDefaultReactHost
-import com.mparticle.react.MParticlePackage
 import com.mparticle.MParticle
 import com.mparticle.MParticleOptions
 import com.mparticle.identity.IdentityApiRequest
+import com.mparticle.react.MParticlePackage
 
 class MainApplication : Application(), ReactApplication {
 
-  override val reactHost: ReactHost by lazy {
-    getDefaultReactHost(
-      context = applicationContext,
-      packageList =
-        PackageList(this).packages.apply {
-          add(MParticlePackage())
-        },
-    )
-  }
-
-  override fun onCreate() {
-    super.onCreate()
-    loadReactNative(this)
-
-    val identityRequest = IdentityApiRequest.withEmptyUser()
+    override val reactHost: ReactHost by lazy {
+        getDefaultReactHost(
+            context = applicationContext,
+            packageList =
+            PackageList(this).packages.apply {
+                add(MParticlePackage())
+                add(DeferredInitPackage())
+            },
+        )
+    }
 
-    val options = MParticleOptions.builder(this)
-      .credentials("REPLACE_ME","REPLACE_ME")
-      .logLevel(MParticle.LogLevel.VERBOSE)
-      .identify(identityRequest.build())
-      .build()
+    override fun onCreate() {
+        super.onCreate()
+        loadReactNative(this)
 
-    MParticle.start(options)
-  }
+        if (DeferredInitModule.DEFERRED_INIT_EXAMPLE) {
+            // Deferred-init edge case (see DeferredInitModule for the full explanation).
+            // Register an eager activity tracker at process start -- before the first
+            // Activity is created -- so logcat can contrast it against the deferred path.
+            // MParticle.start() is intentionally NOT called here; DeferredInitModule
+            // starts it at first-frame paint instead (see index.js).
+            val eager = ActivityTracker("EAGER")
+            registerActivityLifecycleCallbacks(eager)
+            DeferredInitModule.eagerTracker = eager
+        } else {
+            // Standard, supported integration: start mParticle in Application.onCreate().
+            val identityRequest = IdentityApiRequest.withEmptyUser()
+            val options = MParticleOptions.builder(this)
+                .credentials("REPLACE_ME", "REPLACE_ME")
+                .logLevel(MParticle.LogLevel.VERBOSE)
+                .identify(identityRequest.build())
+                .build()
+            MParticle.start(options)
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/sample/index.js b/sample/index.js
index 476f61e..5851514 100644
--- a/sample/index.js
+++ b/sample/index.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   View,
   TouchableOpacity,
   KeyboardAvoidingView,
+  NativeModules,
 } from 'react-native';
 import MParticle from 'react-native-mparticle';
 
@@ -170,6 +171,27 @@ export default class MParticleSample extends Component {
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
+    // Deferred-init edge-case example (Android only). The DeferredInit native module exists only
+    // on Android; iOS resolves the presenter lazily and is unaffected, so we skip it there to keep
+    // iOS quiet. When DeferredInitModule.DEFERRED_INIT_EXAMPLE is enabled, mParticle is started
+    // from the native module at the moment the first frame is painted, instead of in
+    // MainApplication.onCreate(). requestAnimationFrame fires after the first frame is committed --
+    // by which point MainActivity has already RESUMED, which is what triggers the Rokt overlay
+    // Activity-capture race. When the flag is off (default) this is a no-op on the native side.
+    // See DeferredInitModule.kt for the full explanation.
+    if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
+      requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+        const {DeferredInit} = NativeModules;
+        if (DeferredInit) {
+          DeferredInit.startMParticle()
+            .then(r => console.log('Deferred MParticle.start ->', r))
+            .catch(e => console.warn('Deferred start failed', e));
+        } else {
+          console.warn('DeferredInit native module not available');
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
     MParticle.getSession(session => this.setState({session}));
 
     if (eventManagerEmitter) {