diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/wix/reactnativenotifications/core/notification/PushNotification.java b/android/src/main/java/com/wix/reactnativenotifications/core/notification/PushNotification.java
index ba5e1c3238f22000b3127ba53f9a54120a7b2b76..2c970e940693c796645d42d7ef80c5cd1e691392 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/wix/reactnativenotifications/core/notification/PushNotification.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/wix/reactnativenotifications/core/notification/PushNotification.java
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ public class PushNotification implements IPushNotification {
     protected void digestNotification() {
         if (!mAppLifecycleFacade.isReactInitialized()) {
             setAsInitialNotification();
+            launchOrResumeApp();
             return;
         }
 
@@ -133,6 +134,10 @@ public class PushNotification implements IPushNotification {
 
     protected void dispatchUponVisibility() {
         mAppLifecycleFacade.addVisibilityListener(getIntermediateAppVisibilityListener());
+
+        // Make the app visible so that we'll dispatch the notification opening when visibility changes to 'true' (see
+        // above listener registration).
+        launchOrResumeApp();
     }
 
     protected AppVisibilityListener getIntermediateAppVisibilityListener() {
@@ -204,4 +209,9 @@ public class PushNotification implements IPushNotification {
     private void notifyOpenedToJS() {
         mJsIOHelper.sendEventToJS(NOTIFICATION_OPENED_EVENT_NAME, mNotificationProps.asBundle(), mAppLifecycleFacade.getRunningReactContext());
     }
+
+    protected void launchOrResumeApp() {
+        final Intent intent = mAppLaunchHelper.getLaunchIntent(mContext);
+        mContext.startActivity(intent);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4f3b9577e0668d25257a7ef5549305352a430117..83edee172f814f45a753533639dc8c978da33815 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-native-notifications",
-  "version": "1.2.52",
+  "version": "1.2.6",
   "description": "Advanced Push Notifications (Silent, interactive notifications) for iOS & Android",
   "author": "Lidan Hifi <lidan.hifi@gmail.com>",
   "license": "MIT",