diff --git a/android/modules/ui/src/java/ti/modules/titanium/ui/TabGroupProxy.java b/android/modules/ui/src/java/ti/modules/titanium/ui/TabGroupProxy.java
index 4f5c1a9e3fb..0d1c964a989 100644
--- a/android/modules/ui/src/java/ti/modules/titanium/ui/TabGroupProxy.java
+++ b/android/modules/ui/src/java/ti/modules/titanium/ui/TabGroupProxy.java
@@ -420,11 +420,7 @@ protected void handleOpen(KrollDict options)
 			int exitAnimation = TiConvert.toInt(options.get(TiC.PROPERTY_ACTIVITY_EXIT_ANIMATION), 0);
 			topActivity.overridePendingTransition(enterAnimation, exitAnimation);
 		} else {
-			if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN) {
-				topActivity.startActivity(intent, createActivityOptionsBundle(topActivity));
-			} else {
-				topActivity.startActivity(intent);
-			}
+			topActivity.startActivity(intent);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/android/titanium/src/java/org/appcelerator/titanium/TiLaunchActivity.java b/android/titanium/src/java/org/appcelerator/titanium/TiLaunchActivity.java
index ca6d1d65900..38723788cb9 100644
--- a/android/titanium/src/java/org/appcelerator/titanium/TiLaunchActivity.java
+++ b/android/titanium/src/java/org/appcelerator/titanium/TiLaunchActivity.java
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ public abstract class TiLaunchActivity extends TiBaseActivity
 	 */
 	public abstract String getUrl();
 
+	private boolean hasLoadedScript = false;
+
 	/**
 	 * The JavaScript URL that should be ran for the given TiJSActivity derived class name.
 	 * Will only return a result if given activity class was launched at least once.
@@ -167,16 +169,20 @@ protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
 		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	protected void windowCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState)
+	public boolean isJSActivity()
 	{
-		super.windowCreated(savedInstanceState);
-		loadScript();
+		return false;
 	}
 
-	public boolean isJSActivity()
+	@Override
+	protected void onResume()
 	{
-		return false;
+		// Prevent script from loading on future resumes
+		if (!hasLoadedScript) {
+			hasLoadedScript = true;
+			loadScript();
+		}
+		super.onResume();
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/android/titanium/src/java/org/appcelerator/titanium/proxy/TiWindowProxy.java b/android/titanium/src/java/org/appcelerator/titanium/proxy/TiWindowProxy.java
index 6ed39a84cf7..4b9785ce112 100644
--- a/android/titanium/src/java/org/appcelerator/titanium/proxy/TiWindowProxy.java
+++ b/android/titanium/src/java/org/appcelerator/titanium/proxy/TiWindowProxy.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.appcelerator.titanium.TiBlob;
 import org.appcelerator.titanium.TiC;
 import org.appcelerator.titanium.TiDimension;
+import org.appcelerator.titanium.TiLaunchActivity;
 import org.appcelerator.titanium.util.TiConvert;
 import org.appcelerator.titanium.util.TiDeviceOrientation;
 import org.appcelerator.titanium.util.TiRHelper;
@@ -38,9 +39,10 @@
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.Message;
+import android.support.v4.app.ActivityOptionsCompat;
+import android.support.v4.util.Pair;
 import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
-import android.util.Pair;
 import android.view.Display;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.WindowManager;
@@ -640,15 +642,20 @@ public void setNavigationWindow(TiWindowProxy navigationWindow)
 	@Nullable
 	protected Bundle createActivityOptionsBundle(Activity activity)
 	{
-		if (hasActivityTransitions()) {
-			Bundle b = ActivityOptions
-						   .makeSceneTransitionAnimation(
-							   activity, sharedElementPairs.toArray(new Pair[sharedElementPairs.size()]))
-						   .toBundle();
-			return b;
+		ActivityOptionsCompat options = null;
+
+		// Do NOT apply transitions to launch activity.
+		if (hasActivityTransitions() && !(activity instanceof TiLaunchActivity)) {
+			if (!sharedElementPairs.isEmpty()) {
+				options = ActivityOptionsCompat.makeSceneTransitionAnimation(
+					activity, sharedElementPairs.toArray(new Pair[sharedElementPairs.size()]));
+			} else {
+				options = ActivityOptionsCompat.makeSceneTransitionAnimation(activity);
+			}
 		} else {
-			return null;
+			options = ActivityOptionsCompat.makeBasic();
 		}
+		return options.toBundle();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -657,6 +664,6 @@ protected Bundle createActivityOptionsBundle(Activity activity)
 	protected boolean hasActivityTransitions()
 	{
 		final boolean animated = TiConvert.toBoolean(getProperties(), TiC.PROPERTY_ANIMATED, true);
-		return (LOLLIPOP_OR_GREATER && animated && sharedElementPairs != null && !sharedElementPairs.isEmpty());
+		return LOLLIPOP_OR_GREATER && animated;
 	}
 }