diff --git a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityBase.java b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityBase.java
index 0999b440463..77bade3c51b 100644
--- a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityBase.java
+++ b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityBase.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import android.view.View;
 import android.view.Window;
 import java.lang.IllegalArgumentException;
 
-public class QtActivityBase extends Activity implements QtNative.AppStateDetailsListener
+public class QtActivityBase extends Activity
 {
     private String m_applicationParams = "";
     private boolean m_isCustomThemeSet = false;
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public class QtActivityBase extends Activity implements QtNative.AppStateDetails
 
         m_delegate = new QtActivityDelegate(this);
 
-        QtNative.registerAppStateListener(this);
+        QtNative.registerAppStateListener(m_delegate);
 
         addReferrer(getIntent());
 
@@ -124,14 +124,6 @@ public class QtActivityBase extends Activity implements QtNative.AppStateDetails
         }
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void onAppStateDetailsChanged(QtNative.ApplicationStateDetails details) {
-        if (details.isStarted)
-            m_delegate.registerBackends();
-        else
-            m_delegate.unregisterBackends();
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected void onStart()
     {
@@ -178,7 +170,7 @@ public class QtActivityBase extends Activity implements QtNative.AppStateDetails
     {
         super.onDestroy();
         if (!m_retainNonConfigurationInstance) {
-            QtNative.unregisterAppStateListener(this);
+            QtNative.unregisterAppStateListener(m_delegate);
             QtNative.terminateQt();
             QtNative.setActivity(null);
             QtNative.getQtThread().exit();
diff --git a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityDelegate.java b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityDelegate.java
index 7491dc5c90d..4c7dae4f323 100644
--- a/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityDelegate.java
+++ b/src/android/jar/src/org/qtproject/qt/android/QtActivityDelegate.java
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ import android.widget.PopupMenu;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
 class QtActivityDelegate extends QtActivityDelegateBase
-        implements QtWindowInterface, QtAccessibilityInterface, QtMenuInterface
+        implements QtWindowInterface, QtAccessibilityInterface, QtMenuInterface,
+            QtNative.AppStateDetailsListener
 {
     private static final String QtTAG = "QtActivityDelegate";
 
@@ -88,6 +89,15 @@ class QtActivityDelegate extends QtActivityDelegateBase
         });
     }
 
+
+    @Override
+    final public void onAppStateDetailsChanged(QtNative.ApplicationStateDetails details) {
+        if (details.isStarted)
+            registerBackends();
+        else
+            unregisterBackends();
+    }
+
     @Override
     void startNativeApplicationImpl(String appParams, String mainLib)
     {