diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index cb9ceaf..c69391e 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ dependencies {
   //noinspection GradleDynamicVersion
   implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"
   // Stable native SDK (main branch). 3.1.0 adds startRecording/stopRecording/isRecording.
-  implementation 'io.github.middleware-labs:android-sdk:3.1.5'
+  implementation 'io.github.middleware-labs:android-sdk:3.1.6'
   coreLibraryDesugaring "com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs:2.0.4"
   // Compile-visible OTel for the JS-span reconstruction (SpanData etc.);
   // runtime classes come transitively from android-sdk. Keep aligned with
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/middlewarereactnative/MiddlewareReactNativeModule.java b/android/src/main/java/com/middlewarereactnative/MiddlewareReactNativeModule.java
index 1536596..bec7e4c 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/middlewarereactnative/MiddlewareReactNativeModule.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/middlewarereactnative/MiddlewareReactNativeModule.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import static io.middleware.android.sdk.utils.Constants.LOG_TAG;
 
+import android.app.Activity;
 import android.app.Application;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.util.Log;
@@ -163,7 +164,14 @@ public void initialize(ReadableMap configMap, Promise promise) {
     UiThreadUtil.runOnUiThread(() -> {
       try {
         // v3 session recording starts inside build() (sampler-gated); no explicit start needed.
-        builder.build((Application) getReactApplicationContext().getApplicationContext());
+        // JS calls this after the host Activity has already resumed, so the recorder
+        // never sees the onActivityResumed it attaches on; given only the Application
+        // it would capture nothing until the app is backgrounded and reopened. Passing
+        // the Activity seeds the recorder's current activity.
+        Activity activity = getReactApplicationContext().getCurrentActivity();
+        builder.build(activity != null
+          ? activity
+          : (Application) getReactApplicationContext().getApplicationContext());
 
         // Link the JS-owned session immediately — before the v3 recorder captures
         // its first frame — so no native telemetry lands under the native
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7fda164..71c0f76 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@middleware.io/middleware-react-native",
-  "version": "2.1.8",
+  "version": "2.1.9",
   "description": "Middleware React Native real user monitoring SDK",
   "main": "lib/commonjs/index",
   "module": "lib/module/index",