diff --git a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/notifications/CommAndroidNotificationsEventEmitter.java b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/notifications/CommAndroidNotificationsEventEmitter.java
--- a/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/notifications/CommAndroidNotificationsEventEmitter.java
+++ b/native/android/app/src/main/java/app/comm/android/notifications/CommAndroidNotificationsEventEmitter.java
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 package app.comm.android.notifications;
 
+import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.IntentFilter;
+import android.util.Log;
 import androidx.localbroadcastmanager.content.LocalBroadcastManager;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ActivityEventListener;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.NativeModule;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
@@ -21,6 +24,8 @@
 
   CommAndroidNotificationsEventEmitter(ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {
     super(reactContext);
+    reactContext.addActivityEventListener(
+        new CommAndroidNotificationsActivityEventListener());
     LocalBroadcastManager localBroadcastManager =
         LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(reactContext);
     localBroadcastManager.registerReceiver(
@@ -39,6 +44,12 @@
   @ReactMethod
   public void addListener(String eventName) {
     this.listenersCount += 1;
+
+    // This is for the edge case that the app was started by tapping
+    // on notification in notification center. We want to open the app
+    // and navigate to relevant thread. We need to parse notification
+    // so that JS can get its threadID.
+    sendInitialNotificationFromIntentToJS(getCurrentActivity().getIntent());
   }
 
   @ReactMethod
@@ -55,6 +66,20 @@
         .emit(eventName, body);
   }
 
+  private void sendInitialNotificationFromIntentToJS(Intent intent) {
+    RemoteMessage initialNotification = intent.getParcelableExtra("message");
+    if (initialNotification == null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    WritableMap jsReadableNotification =
+        CommAndroidNotificationParser.parseRemoteMessageToJSForegroundMessage(
+            initialNotification);
+    if (jsReadableNotification != null) {
+      sendEventToJS(
+          "commAndroidNotificationsNotificationOpened", jsReadableNotification);
+    }
+  }
+
   private class CommAndroidNotificationsTokenReceiver
       extends BroadcastReceiver {
     @Override
@@ -78,4 +103,21 @@
       }
     }
   }
+
+  private class CommAndroidNotificationsActivityEventListener
+      implements ActivityEventListener {
+    @Override
+    public void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
+      sendInitialNotificationFromIntentToJS(intent);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onActivityResult(
+        Activity activity,
+        int requestCode,
+        int resultCode,
+        Intent data) {
+      // Required by ActivityEventListener, but not needed for this project
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/native/push/android.js b/native/push/android.js
--- a/native/push/android.js
+++ b/native/push/android.js
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 function getCommAndroidNotificationsEventEmitter(): NativeEventEmitter<{
   commAndroidNotificationsToken: [string],
   commAndroidNotificationsForegroundMessage: [AndroidForegroundMessage],
+  commAndroidNotificationsNotificationOpened: [AndroidForegroundMessage],
 }> {
   return new NativeEventEmitter(CommAndroidNotificationsEventEmitter);
 }
diff --git a/native/push/push-handler.react.js b/native/push/push-handler.react.js
--- a/native/push/push-handler.react.js
+++ b/native/push/push-handler.react.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import * as Haptics from 'expo-haptics';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Platform, Alert, LogBox } from 'react-native';
-import type { NotificationOpen } from 'react-native-firebase';
 import { Notification as InAppNotification } from 'react-native-in-app-message';
 import NotificationsIOS from 'react-native-notifications';
 import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
@@ -109,7 +108,6 @@
   currentState: ?string = getCurrentLifecycleState();
   appStarted = 0;
   androidNotificationsEventSubscriptions: Array<EventSubscription> = [];
-  androidNotifOpenListener: ?() => void = null;
   initialAndroidNotifHandled = false;
   openThreadOnceReceived: Set<string> = new Set();
   lifecycleSubscription: ?EventSubscription;
@@ -155,11 +153,11 @@
           'commAndroidNotificationsForegroundMessage',
           this.androidMessageReceived,
         ),
+        commAndroidNotificationsEventEmitter.addListener(
+          'commAndroidNotificationsNotificationOpened',
+          this.androidNotificationOpened,
+        ),
       );
-
-      this.androidNotifOpenListener = firebase
-        .notifications()
-        .onNotificationOpened(this.androidNotificationOpened);
     }
 
     if (this.props.connection.status === 'connected') {
@@ -194,10 +192,6 @@
         androidNotificationsEventSubscription.remove();
       }
       this.androidNotificationsEventSubscriptions = [];
-      if (this.androidNotifOpenListener) {
-        this.androidNotifOpenListener();
-        this.androidNotifOpenListener = null;
-      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -537,9 +531,11 @@
     });
   }
 
-  androidNotificationOpened = async (notificationOpen: NotificationOpen) => {
+  androidNotificationOpened = async (
+    notificationOpen: AndroidForegroundMessage,
+  ) => {
     this.onPushNotifBootsApp();
-    const { threadID } = notificationOpen.notification.data;
+    const { threadID } = notificationOpen;
     this.onPressNotificationForThread(threadID, true);
   };