diff --git a/examples/catalog/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/examples/catalog/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 332f2bf364..353c810793 100644
--- a/examples/catalog/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/examples/catalog/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -7,14 +7,8 @@
     -->
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
 
-    <!-- io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication is an android.app.Application that
-         calls FlutterMain.startInitialization(this); in its onCreate method.
-         In most cases you can leave this as-is, but you if you want to provide
-         additional functionality it is fine to subclass or reimplement
-         FlutterApplication and put your custom class here. -->
-    <application android:name="io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication" android:label="animated_list" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">
-        <activity android:name=".MainActivity"
-                  android:launchMode="singleTop"
+    <application android:label="animated_list" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">
+        <activity android:name="io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity"
                   android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar"
                   android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|screenLayout|density|uiMode"
                   android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
diff --git a/examples/catalog/android/app/src/main/java/com/yourcompany/animated_list/MainActivity.java b/examples/catalog/android/app/src/main/java/com/yourcompany/animated_list/MainActivity.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f34a44f47..0000000000
--- a/examples/catalog/android/app/src/main/java/com/yourcompany/animated_list/MainActivity.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-package com.yourcompany.animated_list;
-
-import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
-import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity;
-import io.flutter.embedding.engine.FlutterEngine;
-import io.flutter.plugins.GeneratedPluginRegistrant;
-
-public class MainActivity extends FlutterActivity {
-  @Override
-  public void configureFlutterEngine(@NonNull FlutterEngine flutterEngine) {
-    GeneratedPluginRegistrant.registerWith(flutterEngine);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/examples/flutter_gallery/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/examples/flutter_gallery/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 7b4cbbbae1..1ca571fc8a 100644
--- a/examples/flutter_gallery/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/examples/flutter_gallery/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -12,14 +12,8 @@
     -->
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
 
-    <!-- io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication is an android.app.Application that
-         calls FlutterMain.startInitialization(this); in its onCreate method.
-         In most cases you can leave this as-is, but you if you want to provide
-         additional functionality it is fine to subclass or reimplement
-         FlutterApplication and put your custom class here. -->
-    <application android:name="io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication" android:label="Gallery" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">
+    <application android:label="Gallery" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">
         <activity android:name=".MainActivity"
-                  android:launchMode="singleTop"
                   android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Light.NoTitleBar"
                   android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|screenLayout|density|uiMode"
                   android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
diff --git a/examples/flutter_gallery/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/demo/gallery/MainActivity.java b/examples/flutter_gallery/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/demo/gallery/MainActivity.java
index 6d0034203d..7fc0cd83fa 100644
--- a/examples/flutter_gallery/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/demo/gallery/MainActivity.java
+++ b/examples/flutter_gallery/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/demo/gallery/MainActivity.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ package io.flutter.demo.gallery;
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity;
 import io.flutter.embedding.engine.FlutterEngine;
-import io.flutter.plugins.GeneratedPluginRegistrant;
 
 public class MainActivity extends FlutterActivity {
     private FlutterGalleryInstrumentation instrumentation;
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ public class MainActivity extends FlutterActivity {
 
     @Override
     public void configureFlutterEngine(@NonNull FlutterEngine flutterEngine) {
-        GeneratedPluginRegistrant.registerWith(flutterEngine);
         instrumentation = new FlutterGalleryInstrumentation(flutterEngine.getDartExecutor());
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/flutter_view/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/examples/flutter_view/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 97a9eecbc7..87fdb6a3f4 100644
--- a/examples/flutter_view/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/examples/flutter_view/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,7 @@
     -->
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
 
-    <!-- io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication is an android.app.Application that
-         calls FlutterMain.startInitialization(this); in its onCreate method.
-         In most cases you can leave this as-is, but you if you want to provide
-         additional functionality it is fine to subclass or reimplement
-         FlutterApplication and put your custom class here. -->
-    <application android:name="io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication" android:label="flutter_view" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">
+    <application android:label="flutter_view" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">
         <activity android:name=".MainActivity"
                   android:launchMode="singleTop"
                   android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat"
diff --git a/examples/flutter_view/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/view/MainActivity.java b/examples/flutter_view/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/view/MainActivity.java
index 64b13efcce..9345e433e5 100644
--- a/examples/flutter_view/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/view/MainActivity.java
+++ b/examples/flutter_view/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/view/MainActivity.java
@@ -7,16 +7,19 @@ import android.widget.TextView;
 import androidx.appcompat.app.ActionBar;
 import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
 import com.google.android.material.floatingactionbutton.FloatingActionButton;
+import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterView;
+import io.flutter.embedding.engine.FlutterEngine;
+import io.flutter.embedding.engine.dart.DartExecutor;
+import io.flutter.embedding.engine.dart.DartExecutor.DartEntrypoint;
 import io.flutter.plugin.common.BasicMessageChannel;
 import io.flutter.plugin.common.BasicMessageChannel.MessageHandler;
 import io.flutter.plugin.common.BasicMessageChannel.Reply;
 import io.flutter.plugin.common.StringCodec;
-import io.flutter.view.FlutterMain;
-import io.flutter.view.FlutterRunArguments;
-import io.flutter.view.FlutterView;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
+    private static FlutterEngine flutterEngine;
+
     private FlutterView flutterView;
     private int counter;
     private static final String CHANNEL = "increment";
@@ -45,28 +48,27 @@ public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
         return null;
     }
 
-
-
     @Override
     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 
         String[] args = getArgsFromIntent(getIntent());
-        FlutterMain.ensureInitializationComplete(getApplicationContext(), args);
+        if (flutterEngine == null) {
+            flutterEngine = new FlutterEngine(this, args);
+            flutterEngine.getDartExecutor().executeDartEntrypoint(
+                DartEntrypoint.createDefault()
+            );
+        }
         setContentView(R.layout.flutter_view_layout);
         ActionBar supportActionBar = getSupportActionBar();
         if (supportActionBar != null) {
             supportActionBar.hide();
         }
 
-        FlutterRunArguments runArguments = new FlutterRunArguments();
-        runArguments.bundlePath = FlutterMain.findAppBundlePath(getApplicationContext());
-        runArguments.entrypoint = "main";
-
         flutterView = findViewById(R.id.flutter_view);
-        flutterView.runFromBundle(runArguments);
+        flutterView.attachToFlutterEngine(flutterEngine);
 
-        messageChannel = new BasicMessageChannel<>(flutterView, CHANNEL, StringCodec.INSTANCE);
+        messageChannel = new BasicMessageChannel<>(flutterEngine.getDartExecutor(), CHANNEL, StringCodec.INSTANCE);
         messageChannel.
             setMessageHandler(new MessageHandler<String>() {
                 @Override
@@ -97,22 +99,26 @@ public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void onDestroy() {
-        if (flutterView != null) {
-            flutterView.destroy();
-        }
-        super.onDestroy();
+    protected void onResume() {
+        super.onResume();
+        flutterEngine.getLifecycleChannel().appIsResumed();
     }
 
     @Override
     protected void onPause() {
         super.onPause();
-        flutterView.onPause();
+        flutterEngine.getLifecycleChannel().appIsInactive();
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void onPostResume() {
-        super.onPostResume();
-        flutterView.onPostResume();
+    protected void onStop() {
+        super.onStop();
+        flutterEngine.getLifecycleChannel().appIsPaused();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onDestroy() {
+        flutterView.detachFromFlutterEngine();
+        super.onDestroy();
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/flutter_view/android/app/src/main/res/layout/flutter_view_layout.xml b/examples/flutter_view/android/app/src/main/res/layout/flutter_view_layout.xml
index e78a0a215a..e434c3dab1 100644
--- a/examples/flutter_view/android/app/src/main/res/layout/flutter_view_layout.xml
+++ b/examples/flutter_view/android/app/src/main/res/layout/flutter_view_layout.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   android:layout_height="match_parent"
   >
 
-  <io.flutter.view.FlutterView
+  <io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterView
     android:id="@+id/flutter_view"
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:layout_height="match_parent"
diff --git a/examples/hello_world/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/examples/hello_world/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 0cd05a28fb..53f46d763a 100644
--- a/examples/hello_world/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/examples/hello_world/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -12,14 +12,8 @@
     -->
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
 
-    <!-- io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication is an android.app.Application that
-         calls FlutterMain.startInitialization(this); in its onCreate method.
-         In most cases you can leave this as-is, but you if you want to provide
-         additional functionality it is fine to subclass or reimplement
-         FlutterApplication and put your custom class here. -->
-    <application android:name="io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication" android:label="hello_world" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">
-        <activity android:name=".MainActivity"
-                  android:launchMode="singleTop"
+    <application android:label="hello_world" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">
+        <activity android:name="io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity"
                   android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar"
                   android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|screenLayout|density|uiMode"
                   android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
diff --git a/examples/hello_world/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/examples/hello_world/MainActivity.java b/examples/hello_world/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/examples/hello_world/MainActivity.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f7bf74b765..0000000000
--- a/examples/hello_world/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/examples/hello_world/MainActivity.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-package io.flutter.examples.hello_world;
-
-import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
-import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity;
-import io.flutter.embedding.engine.FlutterEngine;
-import io.flutter.plugins.GeneratedPluginRegistrant;
-
-public class MainActivity extends FlutterActivity {
-  @Override
-  public void configureFlutterEngine(@NonNull FlutterEngine flutterEngine) {
-    GeneratedPluginRegistrant.registerWith(flutterEngine);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/examples/image_list/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/examples/image_list/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 6e81f05e6d..eb42024d7f 100644
--- a/examples/image_list/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/examples/image_list/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     package="com.example.image_list">
 
-    <!-- io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication is an android.app.Application that
-         calls FlutterMain.startInitialization(this); in its onCreate method.
-         In most cases you can leave this as-is, but you if you want to provide
-         additional functionality it is fine to subclass or reimplement
-         FlutterApplication and put your custom class here. -->
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
+
     <application
-        android:name="io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication"
         android:label="image_list"
         android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">
         <activity
-            android:name=".MainActivity"
-            android:launchMode="singleTop"
+            android:name="io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity"
             android:theme="@style/LaunchTheme"
             android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|screenLayout|density|uiMode"
             android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
diff --git a/examples/image_list/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/image_list/MainActivity.java b/examples/image_list/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/image_list/MainActivity.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 94fe62b4fb..0000000000
--- a/examples/image_list/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/image_list/MainActivity.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-package com.example.image_list;
-
-import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
-import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity;
-import io.flutter.embedding.engine.FlutterEngine;
-import io.flutter.plugins.GeneratedPluginRegistrant;
-
-public class MainActivity extends FlutterActivity {
-  @Override
-  public void configureFlutterEngine(@NonNull FlutterEngine flutterEngine) {
-    GeneratedPluginRegistrant.registerWith(flutterEngine);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/examples/layers/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/examples/layers/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 5cb9382936..6cc425ac9c 100644
--- a/examples/layers/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/examples/layers/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -7,14 +7,8 @@
     -->
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
 
-    <!-- io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication is an android.app.Application that
-         calls FlutterMain.startInitialization(this); in its onCreate method.
-         In most cases you can leave this as-is, but you if you want to provide
-         additional functionality it is fine to subclass or reimplement
-         FlutterApplication and put your custom class here. -->
-    <application android:name="io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication" android:label="Flutter Layers" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">
-        <activity android:name=".MainActivity"
-                  android:launchMode="singleTop"
+    <application android:label="Flutter Layers" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">
+        <activity android:name="io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity"
                   android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar"
                   android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|screenLayout|density|uiMode"
                   android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
diff --git a/examples/layers/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/examples/Layers/MainActivity.java b/examples/layers/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/examples/Layers/MainActivity.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 0731df68db..0000000000
--- a/examples/layers/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/examples/Layers/MainActivity.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
-// found in the LICENSE file.
-
-package io.flutter.examples.Layers;
-
-import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
-import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity;
-import io.flutter.embedding.engine.FlutterEngine;
-import io.flutter.plugins.GeneratedPluginRegistrant;
-
-public class MainActivity extends FlutterActivity {
-  @Override
-  public void configureFlutterEngine(@NonNull FlutterEngine flutterEngine) {
-    GeneratedPluginRegistrant.registerWith(flutterEngine);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/examples/platform_channel/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/examples/platform_channel/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index f340c091c0..eda4bee363 100644
--- a/examples/platform_channel/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/examples/platform_channel/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
 
-    <application android:name="io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication" android:label="@string/app_name">
+    <application android:label="@string/app_name">
         <activity android:name=".MainActivity"
                   android:launchMode="singleTop"
                   android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar"
diff --git a/examples/platform_channel/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/platformchannel/MainActivity.java b/examples/platform_channel/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/platformchannel/MainActivity.java
index 30a2cdd704..bd8648f6de 100644
--- a/examples/platform_channel/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/platformchannel/MainActivity.java
+++ b/examples/platform_channel/android/app/src/main/java/com/example/platformchannel/MainActivity.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ public class MainActivity extends FlutterActivity {
 
   @Override
   public void configureFlutterEngine(@NonNull FlutterEngine flutterEngine) {
-    GeneratedPluginRegistrant.registerWith(flutterEngine);
-
     new EventChannel(flutterEngine.getDartExecutor(), CHARGING_CHANNEL).setStreamHandler(
       new StreamHandler() {
         private BroadcastReceiver chargingStateChangeReceiver;
diff --git a/examples/platform_view/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/examples/platform_view/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 34c1822553..f887c6fc72 100644
--- a/examples/platform_view/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/examples/platform_view/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -7,18 +7,11 @@
     -->
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
 
-    <!-- io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication is an android.app.Application that
-         calls FlutterMain.startInitialization(this); in its onCreate method.
-         In most cases you can leave this as-is, but you if you want to provide
-         additional functionality it is fine to subclass or reimplement
-         FlutterApplication and put your custom class here. -->
     <application
-        android:name="io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication"
         android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
         android:label="platform_view">
         <activity
             android:name="io.flutter.examples.platform_view.MainActivity"
-            android:launchMode="singleTop"
             android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar"
             android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|screenLayout|density|uiMode"
             android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
diff --git a/examples/platform_view/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/examples/platform_view/MainActivity.java b/examples/platform_view/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/examples/platform_view/MainActivity.java
index 2106800595..89882ff558 100644
--- a/examples/platform_view/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/examples/platform_view/MainActivity.java
+++ b/examples/platform_view/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/examples/platform_view/MainActivity.java
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ public class MainActivity extends FlutterActivity {
 
   @Override
   public void configureFlutterEngine(@NonNull FlutterEngine flutterEngine) {
-    GeneratedPluginRegistrant.registerWith(flutterEngine);
-
     new MethodChannel(flutterEngine.getDartExecutor(), CHANNEL).setMethodCallHandler(
       new MethodChannel.MethodCallHandler() {
         @Override
diff --git a/examples/stocks/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/examples/stocks/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 20abea8d35..148b6a3a8e 100644
--- a/examples/stocks/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/examples/stocks/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -12,14 +12,8 @@
     -->
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
 
-    <!-- io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication is an android.app.Application that
-         calls FlutterMain.startInitialization(this); in its onCreate method.
-         In most cases you can leave this as-is, but you if you want to provide
-         additional functionality it is fine to subclass or reimplement
-         FlutterApplication and put your custom class here. -->
-    <application android:name="io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication" android:label="Stocks" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">
-        <activity android:name=".MainActivity"
-                  android:launchMode="singleTop"
+    <application android:label="Stocks" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher">
+        <activity android:name="io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity"
                   android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar"
                   android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale|layoutDirection|fontScale|screenLayout|density|uiMode"
                   android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
diff --git a/examples/stocks/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/examples/stocks/MainActivity.java b/examples/stocks/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/examples/stocks/MainActivity.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c7c34f1b10..0000000000
--- a/examples/stocks/android/app/src/main/java/io/flutter/examples/stocks/MainActivity.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
-// found in the LICENSE file.
-
-package io.flutter.examples.stocks;
-
-import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
-import io.flutter.embedding.android.FlutterActivity;
-import io.flutter.embedding.engine.FlutterEngine;
-import io.flutter.plugins.GeneratedPluginRegistrant;
-
-public class MainActivity extends FlutterActivity {
-  @Override
-  public void configureFlutterEngine(@NonNull FlutterEngine flutterEngine) {
-    GeneratedPluginRegistrant.registerWith(flutterEngine);
-  }
-}