diff --git a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/android_renderer_frontend.cpp b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/android_renderer_frontend.cpp
index 988dff420..6ecc42981 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/android_renderer_frontend.cpp
+++ b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/android_renderer_frontend.cpp
@@ -91,13 +91,24 @@ private:
     ActorRef<RendererObserver> delegate;
 };
 
-AndroidRendererFrontend::AndroidRendererFrontend(MapRenderer& mapRenderer_)
+AndroidRendererFrontend::AndroidRendererFrontend(Private, MapRenderer& mapRenderer_)
     : mapRenderer(mapRenderer_),
-      mapRunLoop(util::RunLoop::Get()),
-      updateAsyncTask(std::make_unique<util::AsyncTask>([this]() {
-          mapRenderer.update(std::move(updateParams));
-          mapRenderer.requestRender();
-      })) {}
+      mapRunLoop(util::RunLoop::Get()) {}
+
+std::shared_ptr<AndroidRendererFrontend> AndroidRendererFrontend::create(MapRenderer& mapRenderer) {
+    auto ptr = std::make_shared<AndroidRendererFrontend>(Private(), mapRenderer);
+    ptr->init();
+    return ptr;
+}
+
+void AndroidRendererFrontend::init() {
+    updateAsyncTask = std::make_unique<util::AsyncTask>([weakSelf = weak_from_this()]() {
+        if (auto self = weakSelf.lock()) {
+            self->mapRenderer.update(std::move(self->updateParams));
+            self->mapRenderer.requestRender();
+        }
+    });
+}
 
 AndroidRendererFrontend::~AndroidRendererFrontend() = default;
 
diff --git a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/android_renderer_frontend.hpp b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/android_renderer_frontend.hpp
index 2eb325c9c..3210634fa 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/android_renderer_frontend.hpp
+++ b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/android_renderer_frontend.hpp
@@ -27,9 +27,17 @@ class AsyncTask;
 
 namespace android {
 
-class AndroidRendererFrontend : public RendererFrontend {
+class AndroidRendererFrontend : public RendererFrontend, public std::enable_shared_from_this<AndroidRendererFrontend> {
+    struct Private {
+        explicit Private() = default;
+    };
+
 public:
-    AndroidRendererFrontend(MapRenderer&);
+    AndroidRendererFrontend(Private, MapRenderer&);
+
+    static std::shared_ptr<AndroidRendererFrontend> create(MapRenderer&);
+    void init();
+
     ~AndroidRendererFrontend() override;
 
     void reset() override;
diff --git a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/native_map_view.cpp b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/native_map_view.cpp
index 7fccd8814..c62cad5ff 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/native_map_view.cpp
+++ b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/native_map_view.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ NativeMapView::NativeMapView(jni::JNIEnv& _env,
     }
 
     // Create a renderer frontend
-    rendererFrontend = std::make_unique<AndroidRendererFrontend>(mapRenderer);
+    rendererFrontend = AndroidRendererFrontend::create(mapRenderer);
 
     // Create Map options
     MapOptions options;
diff --git a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/native_map_view.hpp b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/native_map_view.hpp
index 045b20c57..f9a0c7a3e 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/native_map_view.hpp
+++ b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/native_map_view.hpp
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ public:
     void onSpriteRequested(const std::optional<mbgl::style::Sprite>&) override;
 
 private:
-    std::unique_ptr<AndroidRendererFrontend> rendererFrontend;
+    std::shared_ptr<AndroidRendererFrontend> rendererFrontend;
 
     JavaVM* vm = nullptr;
     jni::WeakReference<jni::Object<NativeMapView>> javaPeer;