diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenStackFragment.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenStackFragment.kt
index 725bcf879a..358e200fed 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenStackFragment.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenStackFragment.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.PixelUtil
 import com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
 import com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout.ScrollingViewBehavior
+import com.swmansion.rnscreens.utils.DeviceUtils
 
 class ScreenStackFragment : ScreenFragment, ScreenStackFragmentWrapper {
     private var mAppBarLayout: AppBarLayout? = null
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ class ScreenStackFragment : ScreenFragment, ScreenStackFragmentWrapper {
     private var mShadowHidden = false
     private var mIsTranslucent = false
 
+    private var mLastFocusedChild: View? = null
+
     var searchView: CustomSearchView? = null
     var onSearchViewCreate: ((searchView: CustomSearchView) -> Unit)? = null
 
@@ -89,6 +92,11 @@ class ScreenStackFragment : ScreenFragment, ScreenStackFragmentWrapper {
         }
     }
 
+    override fun onStart() {
+        mLastFocusedChild?.requestFocus()
+        super.onStart()
+    }
+
     override fun onCreateView(
         inflater: LayoutInflater,
         container: ViewGroup?,
@@ -123,6 +131,13 @@ class ScreenStackFragment : ScreenFragment, ScreenStackFragmentWrapper {
         return view
     }
 
+    override fun onStop() {
+        if (DeviceUtils.isPlatformAndroidTV(context))
+            mLastFocusedChild = findLastFocusedChild()
+
+        super.onStop()
+    }
+
     override fun onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu: Menu) {
         updateToolbarMenu(menu)
         return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu)
@@ -163,6 +178,16 @@ class ScreenStackFragment : ScreenFragment, ScreenStackFragmentWrapper {
         }
     }
 
+    private fun findLastFocusedChild(): View? {
+        var view: View? = screen
+        while (view != null) {
+            if (view.isFocused) return view
+            view = if (view is ViewGroup) view.focusedChild else null
+        }
+
+        return null
+    }
+
     override fun canNavigateBack(): Boolean {
         val container: ScreenContainer? = screen.container
         check(container is ScreenStack) { "ScreenStackFragment added into a non-stack container" }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/utils/DeviceUtils.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/utils/DeviceUtils.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57ddaaa5d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/utils/DeviceUtils.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.swmansion.rnscreens.utils
+
+import android.content.Context
+import android.content.pm.PackageManager
+
+object DeviceUtils {
+
+    fun isPlatformAndroidTV(context: Context?): Boolean {
+        return context?.packageManager?.hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_LEANBACK) == true
+    }
+
+}