diff --git a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/android_renderer_frontend.cpp b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/android_renderer_frontend.cpp
index 6ecc42981..764fac17d 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/android_renderer_frontend.cpp
+++ b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/android_renderer_frontend.cpp
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@
 #include <mbgl/util/instrumentation.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/util/run_loop.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/util/thread.hpp>
+#include <mbgl/util/logging.hpp>
 
 #include "android_renderer_backend.hpp"
+#include "attach_env.hpp"
 
 namespace mbgl {
 namespace android {
@@ -91,23 +93,38 @@ private:
     ActorRef<RendererObserver> delegate;
 };
 
-AndroidRendererFrontend::AndroidRendererFrontend(Private, MapRenderer& mapRenderer_)
-    : mapRenderer(mapRenderer_),
+AndroidRendererFrontend::AndroidRendererFrontend(Private,
+                                                 jni::JNIEnv& env,
+                                                 const jni::Object<MapRenderer>& mapRendererObj)
+    : mapRenderer(MapRenderer::getNativePeer(env, mapRendererObj)),
       mapRunLoop(util::RunLoop::Get()) {}
 
-std::shared_ptr<AndroidRendererFrontend> AndroidRendererFrontend::create(MapRenderer& mapRenderer) {
-    auto ptr = std::make_shared<AndroidRendererFrontend>(Private(), mapRenderer);
-    ptr->init();
+std::shared_ptr<AndroidRendererFrontend> AndroidRendererFrontend::create(
+    jni::JNIEnv& env, const jni::Object<MapRenderer>& mapRendererObj) {
+    auto ptr = std::make_shared<AndroidRendererFrontend>(Private(), env, mapRendererObj);
+    ptr->init(env, mapRendererObj);
     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();
-        }
-    });
+void AndroidRendererFrontend::init(jni::JNIEnv& env, const jni::Object<MapRenderer>& mapRendererObj) {
+    auto weakMapRenderer = std::make_shared<jni::WeakReference<jni::Object<MapRenderer>>>(env, mapRendererObj);
+
+    updateAsyncTask = std::make_unique<util::AsyncTask>(
+        [weakSelf = weak_from_this(), weakMapRenderer = std::move(weakMapRenderer)]() {
+            if (auto self = weakSelf.lock()) {
+                try {
+                    android::UniqueEnv _env = android::AttachEnv();
+                    auto mapRendererRef = weakMapRenderer->get(*_env);
+                    if (mapRendererRef) {
+                        self->mapRenderer.update(std::move(self->updateParams));
+                        self->mapRenderer.requestRender(*_env, mapRendererRef);
+                    }
+                } catch (const std::exception& exception) {
+                    Log::Error(Event::Android,
+                               std::string("AndroidRendererFrontend::updateAsyncTask failed: ") + exception.what());
+                }
+            }
+        });
 }
 
 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 3210634fa..60c273815 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/android_renderer_frontend.hpp
+++ b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/android_renderer_frontend.hpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 #include "map_renderer.hpp"
 
+#include <jni/jni.hpp>
+
 namespace mbgl {
 
 class RenderedQueryOptions;
@@ -33,10 +35,9 @@ class AndroidRendererFrontend : public RendererFrontend, public std::enable_shar
     };
 
 public:
-    AndroidRendererFrontend(Private, MapRenderer&);
-
-    static std::shared_ptr<AndroidRendererFrontend> create(MapRenderer&);
-    void init();
+    AndroidRendererFrontend(Private, jni::JNIEnv&, const jni::Object<MapRenderer>&);
+    static std::shared_ptr<AndroidRendererFrontend> create(jni::JNIEnv&, const jni::Object<MapRenderer>&);
+    void init(jni::JNIEnv&, const jni::Object<MapRenderer>&);
 
     ~AndroidRendererFrontend() override;
 
diff --git a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/map_renderer.cpp b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/map_renderer.cpp
index fd75d2828..e17874ba1 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/map_renderer.cpp
+++ b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/map_renderer.cpp
@@ -138,6 +138,18 @@ void MapRenderer::requestRender() {
     }
 }
 
+void MapRenderer::requestRender(JNIEnv& env, jni::Local<jni::Object<MapRenderer>>& ref) {
+    try {
+        static auto& javaClass = jni::Class<MapRenderer>::Singleton(env);
+        static auto onInvalidate = javaClass.GetMethod<void()>(env, "requestRender");
+        if (ref) {
+            ref.Call(env, onInvalidate);
+        }
+    } catch (const std::exception& exception) {
+        Log::Error(Event::Android, std::string("MapRenderer::requestRender failed: ") + exception.what());
+    }
+}
+
 void MapRenderer::update(std::shared_ptr<UpdateParameters> params) {
     try {
         // Lock on the parameters
diff --git a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/map_renderer.hpp b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/map_renderer.hpp
index 9fc962c0d..84ed971c4 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/map_renderer.hpp
+++ b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/map_renderer.hpp
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ public:
     void waitForEmpty(const util::SimpleIdentity tag) override;
 
     void requestRender();
+    void requestRender(JNIEnv&, jni::Local<jni::Object<MapRenderer>>&);
 
     // Snapshot - requires a RunLoop on the calling thread
     using SnapshotCallback = std::function<void(PremultipliedImage)>;
diff --git a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/native_map_view.cpp b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/native_map_view.cpp
index c62cad5ff..e7a48ac3c 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 = AndroidRendererFrontend::create(mapRenderer);
+    rendererFrontend = AndroidRendererFrontend::create(_env, jMapRenderer);
 
     // Create Map options
     MapOptions options;