diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/microsoft/codepush/react/CodePushNativeModule.java b/android/app/src/main/java/com/microsoft/codepush/react/CodePushNativeModule.java
index c895eb91..61bca0d 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/microsoft/codepush/react/CodePushNativeModule.java
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/microsoft/codepush/react/CodePushNativeModule.java
@@ -102,7 +102,11 @@ public class CodePushNativeModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
         mCodePush.clearDebugCacheIfNeeded();
         final Activity currentActivity = getCurrentActivity();
 
-        if (!ReactActivity.class.isInstance(currentActivity)) {
+        if (currentActivity == null) {
+            // The currentActivity can be null if it is backgrounded / destroyed, so we simply
+            // no-op to prevent any null pointer exceptions.
+            return;
+        } else if (!ReactActivity.class.isInstance(currentActivity)) {
             // Our preferred reload logic relies on the user's Activity inheriting
             // from the core ReactActivity class, so if it doesn't, we fallback
             // early to our legacy behavior.
@@ -379,7 +383,12 @@ public class CodePushNativeModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
                     mSettingsManager.savePendingUpdate(pendingHash, /* isLoading */false);
                 }
 
-                if (installMode == CodePushInstallMode.ON_NEXT_RESUME.getValue()) {
+                if (installMode == CodePushInstallMode.ON_NEXT_RESUME.getValue() ||
+                    // We also add the resume listener if the installMode is IMMEDIATE, because
+                    // if the current activity is backgrounded, we want to reload the bundle when
+                    // it comes back into the foreground.
+                    installMode == CodePushInstallMode.IMMEDIATE.getValue()) {
+
                     // Store the minimum duration on the native module as an instance
                     // variable instead of relying on a closure below, so that any
                     // subsequent resume-based installs could override it.
@@ -392,15 +401,19 @@ public class CodePushNativeModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
 
                             @Override
                             public void onHostResume() {
-                                // Determine how long the app was in the background and ensure
-                                // that it meets the minimum duration amount of time.
-                                long durationInBackground = 0;
-                                if (lastPausedDate != null) {
-                                    durationInBackground = (new Date().getTime() - lastPausedDate.getTime()) / 1000;
-                                }
-
-                                if (durationInBackground >= CodePushNativeModule.this.mMinimumBackgroundDuration) {
+                                if (installMode == CodePushInstallMode.IMMEDIATE.getValue()) {
                                     loadBundle();
+                                } else {
+                                    // Determine how long the app was in the background and ensure
+                                    // that it meets the minimum duration amount of time.
+                                    long durationInBackground = 0;
+                                    if (lastPausedDate != null) {
+                                        durationInBackground = (new Date().getTime() - lastPausedDate.getTime()) / 1000;
+                                    }
+
+                                    if (durationInBackground >= CodePushNativeModule.this.mMinimumBackgroundDuration) {
+                                        loadBundle();
+                                    }
                                 }
                             }