diff --git a/tns-core-modules/application/application.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/application/application.android.ts
index 6d5166675..e27378534 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/application/application.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/application/application.android.ts
@@ -290,15 +290,10 @@ function initLifecycleCallbacks() {
         onActivityResumed: profile("onActivityResumed", function (activity: android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity) {
             androidApp.foregroundActivity = activity;
 
-            if ((<any>activity).isNativeScriptActivity) {
-                notify(<ApplicationEventData>{ eventName: resumeEvent, object: androidApp, android: activity });
-                androidApp.paused = false;
-            }
-
             androidApp.notify(<AndroidActivityEventData>{ eventName: ActivityResumed, object: androidApp, activity: activity });
         }),
 
-        onActivitySaveInstanceState: profile("onActivityResumed", function (activity: android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity, outState: android.os.Bundle) {
+        onActivitySaveInstanceState: profile("onActivitySaveInstanceState", function (activity: android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity, outState: android.os.Bundle) {
             androidApp.notify(<AndroidActivityBundleEventData>{ eventName: SaveActivityState, object: androidApp, activity: activity, bundle: outState });
         }),
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/activity.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/activity.android.ts
index 55d9118a9..946ca63df 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/activity.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/activity.android.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ class NativeScriptActivity extends android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity {
         this._callbacks.onDestroy(this, super.onDestroy);
     }
 
+    public onPostResume(): void {
+        this._callbacks.onPostResume(this, super.onPostResume);
+    }
+
     public onBackPressed(): void {
         this._callbacks.onBackPressed(this, super.onBackPressed);
     }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.android.ts
index d2e3c9943..4053b9890 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.android.ts
@@ -859,13 +859,13 @@ class FragmentCallbacksImplementation implements AndroidFragmentCallbacks {
         // lose its parent we temporarily add it to the parent, and then remove it (addViewInLayout doesn't trigger layout pass)
         const nativeView = page.nativeViewProtected;
         if (nativeView != null) {	
-            const parentView = nativeView.getParent();	
+            const parentView = nativeView.getParent();
             if (parentView instanceof android.view.ViewGroup) {
                 if (parentView.getChildCount() === 0) {
                     parentView.addViewInLayout(nativeView, -1, new org.nativescript.widgets.CommonLayoutParams());
                 }
 
-                parentView.removeView(nativeView);	
+                parentView.removeView(nativeView);
             }
         }
 
@@ -1006,6 +1006,30 @@ class ActivityCallbacksImplementation implements AndroidActivityCallbacks {
         }
     }
 
+    @profile
+    public onPostResume(activity: any, superFunc: Function): void {
+        superFunc.call(activity);
+
+        if (traceEnabled()) {
+            traceWrite("NativeScriptActivity.onPostResume();", traceCategories.NativeLifecycle);
+        }
+
+        // NOTE: activity.onPostResume() is called when activity resume is complete and we can
+        // safely raise the application resume event; 
+        // onActivityResumed(...) lifecycle callback registered in application is called too early
+        // and raising the application resume event there causes issues like 
+        // https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/6708
+        if ((<any>activity).isNativeScriptActivity) {
+            const args = <application.ApplicationEventData>{
+                eventName: application.resumeEvent,
+                object: application.android, 
+                android: activity 
+            };
+            application.notify(args);
+            application.android.paused = false;
+        }
+    }
+
     @profile
     public onDestroy(activity: any, superFunc: Function): void {
         if (traceEnabled()) {
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.d.ts
index dac7f0f55..a92519b69 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.d.ts
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ export interface AndroidActivityCallbacks {
     onSaveInstanceState(activity: any, outState: any, superFunc: Function): void;
     onStart(activity: any, superFunc: Function): void;
     onStop(activity: any, superFunc: Function): void;
+    onPostResume(activity: any, superFunc: Function): void;
     onDestroy(activity: any, superFunc: Function): void;
     onBackPressed(activity: any, superFunc: Function): void;
     onRequestPermissionsResult(activity: any, requestCode: number, permissions: Array<String>, grantResults: Array<number>, superFunc: Function): void;