diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b230b96..8faa671 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-native-circular-progress",
-  "version": "0.1.1",
+  "version": "0.1.2",
   "description": "React Native component for creating animated, circular progress with ReactART",
   "main": "index.js",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/src/AnimatedCircularProgress.js b/src/AnimatedCircularProgress.js
index aef6619..00c1948 100644
--- a/src/AnimatedCircularProgress.js
+++ b/src/AnimatedCircularProgress.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import { Animated, Easing, View, ViewPropTypes } from 'react-native';
+import { Animated, AppState, Easing, View, ViewPropTypes } from 'react-native';
 import CircularProgress from './CircularProgress';
 const AnimatedProgress = Animated.createAnimatedComponent(CircularProgress);
 
@@ -9,12 +9,32 @@ export default class AnimatedCircularProgress extends React.Component {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);
     this.state = {
+      appState: AppState.currentState,
       chartFillAnimation: new Animated.Value(props.prefill || 0)
     }
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
     this.animateFill();
+    AppState.addEventListener('change', this.handleAppStateChange);
+  }
+  
+  componentWillUnmount() {
+    AppState.removeEventListener('change', this.handleAppStateChange);
+  }
+
+  handleAppStateChange = nextAppState => {
+    if (this.state.appState.match(/inactive|background/) &&
+        nextAppState === 'active') {
+      // Fix bug on Android where the drawing is not displayed after the app is
+      // backgrounded / screen is turned off. Restart the animation when the app
+      // comes back to the foreground.
+      this.setState({
+        chartFillAnimation: new Animated.Value(this.props.prefill || 0)
+      });
+      this.animateFill();
+    }
+    this.setState({ appState: nextAppState });
   }
 
   componentDidUpdate(prevProps) {