From fae01900aef6706ec78bb5b9a9f5082886b8adcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bohdan Pomohaibo <b.pomohaibo@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2026 20:13:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Register the ReactActivity back callback on Android 13+ for
 apps targeting SDK 36

---
 .../com/facebook/react/ReactActivity.java     |  7 +-
 .../react/ReactActivityBackCallbackTest.kt    | 76 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/ReactActivityBackCallbackTest.kt

diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactActivity.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactActivity.java
index b375d1859dbc..dbd698a0b80c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactActivity.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactActivity.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.res.Configuration;
+import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.view.KeyEvent;
 import androidx.activity.OnBackPressedCallback;
@@ -60,7 +61,11 @@ protected ReactActivityDelegate createReactActivityDelegate() {
   protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
     mDelegate.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
-    if (AndroidVersion.isAtLeastTargetSdk36(this)) {
+    // From API 33, an app that sets android:enableOnBackInvokedCallback="true" receives Back
+    // through OnBackInvokedDispatcher, and onBackPressed() is not called. Register the callback
+    // on API 33+ so that BackHandler keeps working there, not only on API 36+.
+    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.TIRAMISU
+        && getApplicationInfo().targetSdkVersion >= AndroidVersion.VERSION_CODE_BAKLAVA) {
       getOnBackPressedDispatcher().addCallback(this, mBackPressedCallback);
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/ReactActivityBackCallbackTest.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/ReactActivityBackCallbackTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49822fef6849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/ReactActivityBackCallbackTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react
+
+import android.os.Bundle
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.robolectric.Robolectric
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner
+import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment
+import org.robolectric.annotation.Config
+
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner::class)
+class ReactActivityBackCallbackTest {
+
+  @Test
+  @Config(sdk = [33, 34, 35])
+  fun targetSdk36_backFromDispatcher_reachesReactDelegate() {
+    val activity = createActivity(targetSdkVersion = 36, handledByJs = true)
+
+    assertThat(activity.onBackPressedDispatcher.hasEnabledCallbacks()).isTrue()
+
+    activity.onBackPressedDispatcher.onBackPressed()
+
+    assertThat(activity.delegatedBackPressCount).isEqualTo(1)
+    assertThat(activity.isFinishing).isFalse()
+    assertThat(activity.onBackPressedDispatcher.hasEnabledCallbacks()).isTrue()
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @Config(sdk = [33, 34, 35])
+  fun targetSdk36_backNotHandledByJs_finishesActivity() {
+    val activity = createActivity(targetSdkVersion = 36, handledByJs = false)
+
+    activity.onBackPressedDispatcher.onBackPressed()
+
+    assertThat(activity.delegatedBackPressCount).isEqualTo(1)
+    assertThat(activity.isFinishing).isTrue()
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @Config(sdk = [33, 35])
+  fun targetSdk35_doesNotRegisterCallback() {
+    val activity = createActivity(targetSdkVersion = 35, handledByJs = true)
+
+    assertThat(activity.onBackPressedDispatcher.hasEnabledCallbacks()).isFalse()
+  }
+
+  private fun createActivity(targetSdkVersion: Int, handledByJs: Boolean): TestReactActivity {
+    RuntimeEnvironment.getApplication().applicationInfo.targetSdkVersion = targetSdkVersion
+    val activity = Robolectric.buildActivity(TestReactActivity::class.java).create().start().get()
+    activity.handledByJs = handledByJs
+    return activity
+  }
+
+  class TestReactActivity : ReactActivity() {
+    var delegatedBackPressCount: Int = 0
+    var handledByJs: Boolean = true
+
+    override fun createReactActivityDelegate(): ReactActivityDelegate =
+        object : ReactActivityDelegate(this, "Test") {
+          override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) = Unit
+
+          override fun onBackPressed(): Boolean {
+            delegatedBackPressCount++
+            return handledByJs
+          }
+        }
+  }
+}