diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle b/android/app/build.gradle
index ce92563..b9344bf 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -14,8 +14,12 @@ android {
     lintOptions {
         abortOnError false
     }
+
+    defaultConfig {
+        consumerProguardFiles 'proguard-rules.pro'
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
     compile "com.facebook.react:react-native:0.19.+"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/android/app/proguard-rules.pro b/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
index a92fa17..8839257 100644
--- a/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
+++ b/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -15,3 +15,8 @@
 #-keepclassmembers class fqcn.of.javascript.interface.for.webview {
 #   public *;
 #}
+
+# Invoked via reflection, when forcing javascript restarts.
+-keepclassmembers class com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManagerImpl {
+    void recreateReactContextInBackground();
+}