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 3ea5eb3d0527f734ffb89969939dacc210883794..356faed292d0cfed8b8d74d4d40231034744d261 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
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ public class PushNotification implements IPushNotification {
     protected void digestNotification() {
         if (!mAppLifecycleFacade.isReactInitialized()) {
             setAsInitialNotification();
-            launchOrResumeApp();
             return;
         }
 
@@ -122,10 +121,6 @@ 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() {
@@ -197,9 +192,4 @@ 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 14ea3bcc50cdd0099872411f2d3699f74aa89df1..6fb9d9014dae600c1b2473b27914621abbe1982e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-native-notifications",
-  "version": "1.2.4",
+  "version": "1.2.5",
   "description": "Advanced Push Notifications (Silent, interactive notifications) for iOS & Android",
   "author": "Lidan Hifi <lidan.hifi@gmail.com>",
   "license": "MIT",