diff --git a/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/AvaloniaActivity.cs b/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/AvaloniaActivity.cs
index d0538b6304..4e7917494b 100644
--- a/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/AvaloniaActivity.cs
+++ b/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/AvaloniaActivity.cs
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ public class AvaloniaActivity : AppCompatActivity, IAvaloniaActivity
         {
             attributes.LayoutInDisplayCutoutMode = LayoutInDisplayCutoutMode.ShortEdges;
         }
+
+        // We inform the ContentView that it has become visible. OnVisibleChanged() sometimes doesn't get called. Issue #15807.
+        _view?.OnVisibilityChanged(true);
     }
 
     protected override void OnDestroy()
diff --git a/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/AvaloniaView.cs b/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/AvaloniaView.cs
index f72da82010..aa5124dcea 100644
--- a/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/AvaloniaView.cs
+++ b/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/AvaloniaView.cs
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ namespace Avalonia.Android
             OnVisibilityChanged(visibility == ViewStates.Visible);
         }
 
-        private void OnVisibilityChanged(bool isVisible)
+        internal void OnVisibilityChanged(bool isVisible)
         {
-            if (isVisible)
+            if (isVisible && _timerSubscription == null)
             {
                 if (AvaloniaLocator.Current.GetService<IRenderTimer>() is ChoreographerTimer timer)
                 {
@@ -84,10 +84,11 @@ namespace Avalonia.Android
                     (insetsManager as AndroidInsetsManager)?.ApplyStatusBarState();
                 }
             }
-            else
+            else if (!isVisible && _timerSubscription != null)
             {
                 _root.StopRendering();
                 _timerSubscription?.Dispose();
+                _timerSubscription = null;
             }
         }