diff --git a/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/AndroidPlatform.cs b/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/AndroidPlatform.cs
index 61aa6ce946..c7dd896cb8 100644
--- a/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/AndroidPlatform.cs
+++ b/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/AndroidPlatform.cs
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ namespace Avalonia.Android
                 .Bind<IRenderLoop>().ToConstant(new RenderLoop())
                 .Bind<PlatformHotkeyConfiguration>().ToSingleton<PlatformHotkeyConfiguration>();
 
-            SkiaPlatform.Initialize();
-
             if (options.UseGpu)
             {
                 EglPlatformOpenGlInterface.TryInitialize();
diff --git a/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/AvaloniaActivity.cs b/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/AvaloniaActivity.cs
index f5d620a97a..f3692d33d7 100644
--- a/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/AvaloniaActivity.cs
+++ b/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/AvaloniaActivity.cs
@@ -31,21 +31,22 @@ namespace Avalonia.Android
             
             CustomizeAppBuilder(builder);
 
-            View = new AvaloniaView(this);
-            SetContentView(View);
 
             var lifetime = new SingleViewLifetime();
-            lifetime.View = View;
 
             builder.AfterSetup(x =>
             {
                 _viewModel = new ViewModelProvider(this).Get(Java.Lang.Class.FromType(typeof(AvaloniaViewModel))) as AvaloniaViewModel;
 
+                View = new AvaloniaView(this);
                 if (_viewModel.Content != null)
                 {
                     View.Content = _viewModel.Content;
                 }
 
+                SetContentView(View);
+                lifetime.View = View;
+
                 View.Prepare();
             });