diff --git a/Android/app/src/main/java/org/deadc0de/apple2ix/Apple2Activity.java b/Android/app/src/main/java/org/deadc0de/apple2ix/Apple2Activity.java
index 146ac576..e1d40a7a 100644
--- a/Android/app/src/main/java/org/deadc0de/apple2ix/Apple2Activity.java
+++ b/Android/app/src/main/java/org/deadc0de/apple2ix/Apple2Activity.java
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ public class Apple2Activity extends Activity {
 
     private native void nativeOnKeyUp(int keyCode, int metaState);
 
+    private native void nativeEarlyLifecycleInit();
+
     public native void nativeEmulationResume();
 
     public native void nativeEmulationPause();
@@ -140,6 +142,8 @@ public class Apple2Activity extends Activity {
         showSplashScreen();
         Apple2CrashHandler.getInstance().checkForCrashes(Apple2Activity.this);
 
+        nativeEarlyLifecycleInit();
+
         // first-time initializations #1
         if (!Apple2Preferences.FIRST_TIME_CONFIGURED.booleanValue(this)) {
             Apple2DisksMenu.firstTime(this);
@@ -516,7 +520,7 @@ public class Apple2Activity extends Activity {
 
         // if no more views on menu stack, resume emulation
         if (mMenuStack.size() == 0) {
-            dismissAllMenus();
+            dismissAllMenus(); // NOTE : at this point, this should not be re-entrant into mMenuStack, it should just dismiss lingering popups
             if (!mPausing.get()) {
                 if (dismissedSplashScreen) {
                     setupGLView();
diff --git a/Android/jni/jnihooks.c b/Android/jni/jnihooks.c
index e92855eb..7e507a9b 100644
--- a/Android/jni/jnihooks.c
+++ b/Android/jni/jnihooks.c
@@ -99,6 +99,48 @@ static inline int _androidTouchEvent2InterfaceEvent(jint action) {
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // JNI functions
 
+void Java_org_deadc0de_apple2ix_Apple2Activity_nativeEarlyLifecycleInit(JNIEnv *env, jobject obj) {
+    LOG("Discovering CPU family...");
+
+    AndroidCpuFamily family = android_getCpuFamily();
+    uint64_t features = android_getCpuFeatures();
+    if (family == ANDROID_CPU_FAMILY_X86) {
+        if (features & ANDROID_CPU_X86_FEATURE_SSSE3) {
+            LOG("nANDROID_CPU_X86_FEATURE_SSSE3");
+            android_x86SSSE3Enabled = true;
+        }
+        if (features & ANDROID_CPU_X86_FEATURE_MOVBE) {
+            LOG("ANDROID_CPU_X86_FEATURE_MOVBE");
+        }
+        if (features & ANDROID_CPU_X86_FEATURE_POPCNT) {
+            LOG("ANDROID_CPU_X86_FEATURE_POPCNT");
+        }
+    } else if (family == ANDROID_CPU_FAMILY_ARM) {
+        if (features & ANDROID_CPU_ARM_FEATURE_ARMv7) {
+            LOG("ANDROID_CPU_ARM_FEATURE_ARMv7");
+            android_armArchV7A = true;
+        } else {
+            LOG("!!! NOT ANDROID_CPU_ARM_FEATURE_ARMv7");
+            android_armArch = true;
+        }
+
+        if (features & ANDROID_CPU_ARM_FEATURE_VFPv3) {
+            LOG("ANDROID_CPU_ARM_FEATURE_VFPv3");
+        }
+        if (features & ANDROID_CPU_ARM_FEATURE_NEON) {
+            LOG("ANDROID_CPU_ARM_FEATURE_NEON");
+            android_armNeonEnabled = true;
+        }
+        if (features & ANDROID_CPU_ARM_FEATURE_LDREX_STREX) {
+            LOG("ANDROID_CPU_ARM_FEATURE_LDREX_STREX");
+        }
+    } else if (family == ANDROID_CPU_FAMILY_ARM64) {
+#warning FIXME TODO ...
+        //android_arm64Arch = true;
+        android_armArchV7A = true;
+    }
+}
+
 void Java_org_deadc0de_apple2ix_Apple2View_nativeOnCreate(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls, jstring j_dataDir, jint sampleRate, jint monoBufferSize, jint stereoBufferSize) {
     const char *dataDir = (*env)->GetStringUTFChars(env, j_dataDir, 0);
 
@@ -302,44 +344,6 @@ void Java_org_deadc0de_apple2ix_Apple2Activity_nativeEjectDisk(JNIEnv *env, jobj
 
 __attribute__((constructor(CTOR_PRIORITY_LATE)))
 static void _init_jnihooks(void) {
-    LOG("Discovering CPU family");
-
-    AndroidCpuFamily family = android_getCpuFamily();
-    uint64_t features = android_getCpuFeatures();
-    if (family == ANDROID_CPU_FAMILY_X86) {
-        if (features & ANDROID_CPU_X86_FEATURE_SSSE3) {
-            LOG("nANDROID_CPU_X86_FEATURE_SSSE3");
-            android_x86SSSE3Enabled = true;
-        }
-        if (features & ANDROID_CPU_X86_FEATURE_MOVBE) {
-            LOG("ANDROID_CPU_X86_FEATURE_MOVBE");
-        }
-        if (features & ANDROID_CPU_X86_FEATURE_POPCNT) {
-            LOG("ANDROID_CPU_X86_FEATURE_POPCNT");
-        }
-    } else if (family == ANDROID_CPU_FAMILY_ARM) {
-        if (features & ANDROID_CPU_ARM_FEATURE_ARMv7) {
-            LOG("ANDROID_CPU_ARM_FEATURE_ARMv7");
-            android_armArchV7A = true;
-        } else {
-            LOG("!!! NOT ANDROID_CPU_ARM_FEATURE_ARMv7");
-            android_armArch = true;
-        }
-
-        if (features & ANDROID_CPU_ARM_FEATURE_VFPv3) {
-            LOG("ANDROID_CPU_ARM_FEATURE_VFPv3");
-        }
-        if (features & ANDROID_CPU_ARM_FEATURE_NEON) {
-            LOG("ANDROID_CPU_ARM_FEATURE_NEON");
-            android_armNeonEnabled = true;
-        }
-        if (features & ANDROID_CPU_ARM_FEATURE_LDREX_STREX) {
-            LOG("ANDROID_CPU_ARM_FEATURE_LDREX_STREX");
-        }
-    } else if (family == ANDROID_CPU_FAMILY_ARM64) {
-#warning FIXME TODO ...
-        //android_arm64Arch = true;
-        android_armArchV7A = true;
-    }
+    // ...
 }