diff --git a/android/src/main/kotlin/io/swipelab/ux/KeyboardPlugin.kt b/android/src/main/kotlin/io/swipelab/ux/KeyboardPlugin.kt
index f251d46..2d3c908 100644
--- a/android/src/main/kotlin/io/swipelab/ux/KeyboardPlugin.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/kotlin/io/swipelab/ux/KeyboardPlugin.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package io.swipelab.ux
 import android.app.Activity
 import android.graphics.Insets
 import android.os.Build
+import android.view.ViewTreeObserver
 import android.view.WindowInsets
 import android.view.WindowInsetsAnimation
 import io.flutter.embedding.engine.plugins.FlutterPlugin
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodChannel
 class KeyboardPlugin : FlutterPlugin, MethodChannel.MethodCallHandler, ActivityAware {
     private var methodChannel: MethodChannel? = null
     private var activity: Activity? = null
+    private var windowFocusListener: ViewTreeObserver.OnWindowFocusChangeListener? = null
 
     override fun onAttachedToEngine(binding: FlutterPlugin.FlutterPluginBinding) {
         methodChannel = MethodChannel(binding.binaryMessenger, "ux/keyboard").also {
@@ -37,21 +39,47 @@ class KeyboardPlugin : FlutterPlugin, MethodChannel.MethodCallHandler, ActivityA
     override fun onAttachedToActivity(binding: ActivityPluginBinding) {
         activity = binding.activity
         setupInsetsCallback()
+        setupWindowFocusListener()
     }
 
     override fun onDetachedFromActivity() {
+        teardownWindowFocusListener()
         activity = null
     }
 
     override fun onReattachedToActivityForConfigChanges(binding: ActivityPluginBinding) {
         activity = binding.activity
         setupInsetsCallback()
+        setupWindowFocusListener()
     }
 
     override fun onDetachedFromActivityForConfigChanges() {
+        teardownWindowFocusListener()
         activity = null
     }
 
+    /// Reports window-focus changes to Dart via the `onWindowFocused` method.
+    /// Needed because Flutter's `TextField(autofocus: true)` at cold start
+    /// fires before the Activity window has native focus, so its `TextInput.show`
+    /// is ignored ("view not served"). Dart listens and re-requests focus once
+    /// the window is focused, at which point the IME reliably appears.
+    private fun setupWindowFocusListener() {
+        val decor = activity?.window?.decorView ?: return
+        val listener = ViewTreeObserver.OnWindowFocusChangeListener { hasFocus ->
+            if (hasFocus) {
+                methodChannel?.invokeMethod("onWindowFocused", null)
+            }
+        }
+        decor.viewTreeObserver.addOnWindowFocusChangeListener(listener)
+        windowFocusListener = listener
+    }
+
+    private fun teardownWindowFocusListener() {
+        val listener = windowFocusListener ?: return
+        activity?.window?.decorView?.viewTreeObserver?.removeOnWindowFocusChangeListener(listener)
+        windowFocusListener = null
+    }
+
     private fun setupInsetsCallback() {
         if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.R) return
         val view = activity?.window?.decorView ?: return
diff --git a/build.yaml b/build.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bf24b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+builders:
+  app_info:
+    import: "package:ux/builder.dart"
+    builder_factories:
+      - "appInfoBuilder"
+    build_extensions:
+      "$package$":
+        - "lib/app_info.g.dart"
+    auto_apply: dependents
+    build_to: source
diff --git a/lib/builder.dart b/lib/builder.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48a51c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/builder.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import 'dart:async';
+
+import 'package:build/build.dart';
+
+Builder appInfoBuilder(BuilderOptions options) => _AppInfoBuilder();
+
+class _AppInfoBuilder implements Builder {
+  @override
+  Map<String, List<String>> get buildExtensions => const {
+        r'$package$': ['lib/app_info.g.dart'],
+      };
+
+  @override
+  Future<void> build(BuildStep buildStep) async {
+    final pkg = buildStep.inputId.package;
+    final raw = await buildStep.readAsString(AssetId(pkg, 'pubspec.yaml'));
+    final match =
+        RegExp(r'^version:\s*([^\s#]+)', multiLine: true).firstMatch(raw);
+    final combined = match?.group(1) ?? '0.0.0+0';
+    final plus = combined.indexOf('+');
+    final version = plus < 0 ? combined : combined.substring(0, plus);
+    final buildNumber =
+        plus < 0 ? 0 : int.tryParse(combined.substring(plus + 1)) ?? 0;
+
+    await buildStep.writeAsString(
+      AssetId(pkg, 'lib/app_info.g.dart'),
+      '''
+// GENERATED by build_runner from pubspec.yaml — do not edit.
+import 'package:ux/ux.dart';
+
+const kAppInfo = AppInfo(version: '$version', buildNumber: $buildNumber);
+''',
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/src/app_info.dart b/lib/src/app_info.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c740b34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/src/app_info.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AppInfo {
+  final String version;
+  final int buildNumber;
+  const AppInfo({required this.version, required this.buildNumber});
+}
diff --git a/lib/src/keyboard.dart b/lib/src/keyboard.dart
index 76edd81..228caba 100644
--- a/lib/src/keyboard.dart
+++ b/lib/src/keyboard.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import 'dart:math' as math;
 
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/scheduler.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 
 DynamicLibrary? _initLib() {
   if (Platform.isIOS) return DynamicLibrary.process();
@@ -141,6 +142,9 @@ double _inverseLerp(List<double> samples, double value) {
 /// ```
 class UxKeyboard with ChangeNotifier {
   UxKeyboard._() {
+    if (Platform.isAndroid) {
+      _channel.setMethodCallHandler(_onMethodCall);
+    }
     if (_lib == null) return;
     SchedulerBinding.instance.addPersistentFrameCallback(_onFrame);
   }
@@ -148,6 +152,26 @@ class UxKeyboard with ChangeNotifier {
   /// The singleton instance.
   static final UxKeyboard instance = UxKeyboard._();
 
+  static const _channel = MethodChannel('ux/keyboard');
+
+  /// Increments each time the native window gains input focus — the signal
+  /// Android needs before the IME can be raised. Listen for changes when you
+  /// want to re-trigger a pending focus request at cold start (e.g. a
+  /// `TextField(autofocus: true)` whose initial `TextInput.show` was dropped
+  /// because the window wasn't yet focused).
+  ///
+  /// The value itself is a monotonically-increasing counter — only useful as a
+  /// change signal, not as an absolute state.
+  final windowFocusCounter = ValueNotifier<int>(0);
+
+  Future<dynamic> _onMethodCall(MethodCall call) async {
+    switch (call.method) {
+      case 'onWindowFocused':
+        windowFocusCounter.value++;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
   double _height = 0;
 
   /// The current keyboard height in logical pixels.
diff --git a/lib/ux.dart b/lib/ux.dart
index 60244fb..5d3156d 100644
--- a/lib/ux.dart
+++ b/lib/ux.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 /// [BendBox] for curved layout painting, and bezier curve utilities.
 library;
 
+export 'src/app_info.dart';
 export 'src/bend_box.dart';
 export 'src/json_extension.dart';
 export 'src/bezier.dart';
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index 2892aa5..76a918d 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,30 @@
 # Generated by pub
 # See https://dart.dev/tools/pub/glossary#lockfile
 packages:
+  _fe_analyzer_shared:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: _fe_analyzer_shared
+      sha256: da0d9209ca76bde579f2da330aeb9df62b6319c834fa7baae052021b0462401f
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "85.0.0"
+  analyzer:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: analyzer
+      sha256: "974859dc0ff5f37bc4313244b3218c791810d03ab3470a579580279ba971a48d"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "7.7.1"
+  args:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: args
+      sha256: d0481093c50b1da8910eb0bb301626d4d8eb7284aa739614d2b394ee09e3ea04
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "2.7.0"
   async:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -17,6 +41,70 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "2.1.1"
+  build:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: build
+      sha256: "51dc711996cbf609b90cbe5b335bbce83143875a9d58e4b5c6d3c4f684d3dda7"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "2.5.4"
+  build_config:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: build_config
+      sha256: "4ae2de3e1e67ea270081eaee972e1bd8f027d459f249e0f1186730784c2e7e33"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "1.1.2"
+  build_daemon:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: build_daemon
+      sha256: bf05f6e12cfea92d3c09308d7bcdab1906cd8a179b023269eed00c071004b957
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "4.1.1"
+  build_resolvers:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: build_resolvers
+      sha256: ee4257b3f20c0c90e72ed2b57ad637f694ccba48839a821e87db762548c22a62
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "2.5.4"
+  build_runner:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: build_runner
+      sha256: "382a4d649addbfb7ba71a3631df0ec6a45d5ab9b098638144faf27f02778eb53"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "2.5.4"
+  build_runner_core:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: build_runner_core
+      sha256: "85fbbb1036d576d966332a3f5ce83f2ce66a40bea1a94ad2d5fc29a19a0d3792"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "9.1.2"
+  built_collection:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: built_collection
+      sha256: "376e3dd27b51ea877c28d525560790aee2e6fbb5f20e2f85d5081027d94e2100"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "5.1.1"
+  built_value:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: built_value
+      sha256: "0730c18c770d05636a8f945c32a4d7d81cb6e0f0148c8db4ad12e7748f7e49af"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "8.12.5"
   characters:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -25,6 +113,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.4.1"
+  checked_yaml:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: checked_yaml
+      sha256: "959525d3162f249993882720d52b7e0c833978df229be20702b33d48d91de70f"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "2.0.4"
   clock:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -33,6 +129,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.1.2"
+  code_builder:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: code_builder
+      sha256: "6a6cab2ba4680d6423f34a9b972a4c9a94ebe1b62ecec4e1a1f2cba91fd1319d"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "4.11.1"
   collection:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -41,6 +145,30 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.19.1"
+  convert:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: convert
+      sha256: b30acd5944035672bc15c6b7a8b47d773e41e2f17de064350988c5d02adb1c68
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "3.1.2"
+  crypto:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: crypto
+      sha256: c8ea0233063ba03258fbcf2ca4d6dadfefe14f02fab57702265467a19f27fadf
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "3.0.7"
+  dart_style:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: dart_style
+      sha256: "8a0e5fba27e8ee025d2ffb4ee820b4e6e2cf5e4246a6b1a477eb66866947e0bb"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "3.1.1"
   fake_async:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -49,6 +177,22 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.3.3"
+  file:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: file
+      sha256: a3b4f84adafef897088c160faf7dfffb7696046cb13ae90b508c2cbc95d3b8d4
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "7.0.1"
+  fixnum:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: fixnum
+      sha256: b6dc7065e46c974bc7c5f143080a6764ec7a4be6da1285ececdc37be96de53be
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "1.1.1"
   flutter:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description: flutter
@@ -67,6 +211,78 @@ packages:
     description: flutter
     source: sdk
     version: "0.0.0"
+  frontend_server_client:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: frontend_server_client
+      sha256: f64a0333a82f30b0cca061bc3d143813a486dc086b574bfb233b7c1372427694
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "4.0.0"
+  glob:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: glob
+      sha256: c3f1ee72c96f8f78935e18aa8cecced9ab132419e8625dc187e1c2408efc20de
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "2.1.3"
+  graphs:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: graphs
+      sha256: "741bbf84165310a68ff28fe9e727332eef1407342fca52759cb21ad8177bb8d0"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "2.3.2"
+  http:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: http
+      sha256: "87721a4a50b19c7f1d49001e51409bddc46303966ce89a65af4f4e6004896412"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "1.6.0"
+  http_multi_server:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: http_multi_server
+      sha256: aa6199f908078bb1c5efb8d8638d4ae191aac11b311132c3ef48ce352fb52ef8
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "3.2.2"
+  http_parser:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: http_parser
+      sha256: "178d74305e7866013777bab2c3d8726205dc5a4dd935297175b19a23a2e66571"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "4.1.2"
+  io:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: io
+      sha256: dfd5a80599cf0165756e3181807ed3e77daf6dd4137caaad72d0b7931597650b
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "1.0.5"
+  js:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: js
+      sha256: "53385261521cc4a0c4658fd0ad07a7d14591cf8fc33abbceae306ddb974888dc"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.7.2"
+  json_annotation:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: json_annotation
+      sha256: cb09e7dac6210041fad964ed7fbee004f14258b4eca4040f72d1234062ace4c8
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "4.11.0"
   leak_tracker:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -99,6 +315,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "6.1.0"
+  logging:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: logging
+      sha256: c8245ada5f1717ed44271ed1c26b8ce85ca3228fd2ffdb75468ab01979309d61
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "1.3.0"
   matcher:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -123,6 +347,22 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.17.0"
+  mime:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: mime
+      sha256: "41a20518f0cb1256669420fdba0cd90d21561e560ac240f26ef8322e45bb7ed6"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "2.0.0"
+  package_config:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: package_config
+      sha256: f096c55ebb7deb7e384101542bfba8c52696c1b56fca2eb62827989ef2353bbc
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "2.2.0"
   path:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -131,6 +371,46 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.9.1"
+  pool:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: pool
+      sha256: "978783255c543aa3586a1b3c21f6e9d720eb315376a915872c61ef8b5c20177d"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "1.5.2"
+  pub_semver:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: pub_semver
+      sha256: "5bfcf68ca79ef689f8990d1160781b4bad40a3bd5e5218ad4076ddb7f4081585"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "2.2.0"
+  pubspec_parse:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: pubspec_parse
+      sha256: "0560ba233314abbed0a48a2956f7f022cce7c3e1e73df540277da7544cad4082"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "1.5.0"
+  shelf:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: shelf
+      sha256: e7dd780a7ffb623c57850b33f43309312fc863fb6aa3d276a754bb299839ef12
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "1.4.2"
+  shelf_web_socket:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: shelf_web_socket
+      sha256: "3632775c8e90d6c9712f883e633716432a27758216dfb61bd86a8321c0580925"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "3.0.0"
   sky_engine:
     dependency: transitive
     description: flutter
@@ -160,6 +440,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "2.1.4"
+  stream_transform:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: stream_transform
+      sha256: ad47125e588cfd37a9a7f86c7d6356dde8dfe89d071d293f80ca9e9273a33871
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "2.1.1"
   string_scanner:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -184,6 +472,22 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "0.7.10"
+  timing:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: timing
+      sha256: "62ee18aca144e4a9f29d212f5a4c6a053be252b895ab14b5821996cff4ed90fe"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "1.0.2"
+  typed_data:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: typed_data
+      sha256: f9049c039ebfeb4cf7a7104a675823cd72dba8297f264b6637062516699fa006
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "1.4.0"
   vector_math:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -200,6 +504,46 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "14.2.5"
+  watcher:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: watcher
+      sha256: "1398c9f081a753f9226febe8900fce8f7d0a67163334e1c94a2438339d79d635"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "1.2.1"
+  web:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: web
+      sha256: "868d88a33d8a87b18ffc05f9f030ba328ffefba92d6c127917a2ba740f9cfe4a"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "1.1.1"
+  web_socket:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: web_socket
+      sha256: "34d64019aa8e36bf9842ac014bb5d2f5586ca73df5e4d9bf5c936975cae6982c"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "1.0.1"
+  web_socket_channel:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: web_socket_channel
+      sha256: d645757fb0f4773d602444000a8131ff5d48c9e47adfe9772652dd1a4f2d45c8
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "3.0.3"
+  yaml:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: yaml
+      sha256: b9da305ac7c39faa3f030eccd175340f968459dae4af175130b3fc47e40d76ce
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "3.1.3"
 sdks:
-  dart: ">=3.9.0-0 <4.0.0"
+  dart: ">=3.9.0 <4.0.0"
   flutter: ">=3.18.0-18.0.pre.54"
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 6079a27..2a9429a 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ environment:
 dependencies:
   flutter:
     sdk: flutter
+  build: ^2.4.0
 
 dev_dependencies:
   flutter_lints: ^6.0.0