diff --git a/templates/android/template/app/src/main/java/org/haxe/lime/GameActivity.java b/templates/android/template/app/src/main/java/org/haxe/lime/GameActivity.java
index 078c86142..f38fc2918 100644
--- a/templates/android/template/app/src/main/java/org/haxe/lime/GameActivity.java
+++ b/templates/android/template/app/src/main/java/org/haxe/lime/GameActivity.java
@@ -310,6 +310,15 @@ public class GameActivity extends SDLActivity {
 	::end::
 	
 	
+	@Override public void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasFocus) {
+
+		super.onWindowFocusChanged(hasFocus);
+
+		updateSystemUI ();
+
+	}
+	
+	
 	public static void openFile (String path) {
 		
 		try {
@@ -428,4 +437,4 @@ public class GameActivity extends SDLActivity {
 	}
 	
 	
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}