diff --git a/bin/templates/project/Activity.java b/bin/templates/project/Activity.java
index 1bd9e1cb..55395197 100644
--- a/bin/templates/project/Activity.java
+++ b/bin/templates/project/Activity.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public class __ACTIVITY__ extends CordovaActivity
     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
     {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+        super.init();
         // Set by <content src="index.html" /> in config.xml
         loadUrl(launchUrl);
     }
diff --git a/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/CordovaActivity.java b/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/CordovaActivity.java
index bf1fd6a4..3c12a97a 100755
--- a/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/CordovaActivity.java
+++ b/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/CordovaActivity.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import android.view.Menu;
 import android.view.MenuItem;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
+import android.view.ViewParent;
 import android.view.Window;
 import android.view.WindowManager;
 import android.webkit.ValueCallback;
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ import android.widget.LinearLayout;
  *       &#64;Override
  *       public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  *         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+ *         super.init();
  *         // Load your application
  *         loadUrl(launchUrl);
  *       }
@@ -200,14 +202,33 @@ public class CordovaActivity extends Activity implements CordovaInterface {
     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         LOG.i(TAG, "Apache Cordova native platform version " + CordovaWebView.CORDOVA_VERSION + " is starting");
         LOG.d(TAG, "CordovaActivity.onCreate()");
+
+        // need to activate preferences before super.onCreate to avoid "requestFeature() must be called before adding content" exception
+        loadConfig();
+        if(!preferences.getBoolean("ShowTitle", false))
+        {
+            getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
+        }
+        
+        if(preferences.getBoolean("SetFullscreen", false))
+        {
+            Log.d(TAG, "The SetFullscreen configuration is deprecated in favor of Fullscreen, and will be removed in a future version.");
+            getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
+                    WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
+        } else if (preferences.getBoolean("Fullscreen", false)) {
+            getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
+                    WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
+        } else {
+            getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FORCE_NOT_FULLSCREEN,
+                    WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FORCE_NOT_FULLSCREEN);
+        }
+
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 
         if(savedInstanceState != null)
         {
             initCallbackClass = savedInstanceState.getString("callbackClass");
         }
-        
-        loadConfig();
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
@@ -227,7 +248,9 @@ public class CordovaActivity extends Activity implements CordovaInterface {
     @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     protected void createViews() {
         // This builds the view.  We could probably get away with NOT having a LinearLayout, but I like having a bucket!
-        // This builds the view.  We could probably get away with NOT having a LinearLayout, but I like having a bucket!
+
+        LOG.d(TAG, "CordovaActivity.createViews()");
+
         Display display = getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
         int width = display.getWidth();
         int height = display.getHeight();
@@ -245,6 +268,14 @@ public class CordovaActivity extends Activity implements CordovaInterface {
 
         // Add web view but make it invisible while loading URL
         appView.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
+        
+        // need to remove appView from any existing parent before invoking root.addView(appView)
+        ViewParent parent = appView.getParent();
+        if ((parent != null) && (parent != root)) {
+            LOG.d(TAG, "removing appView from existing parent");
+            ViewGroup parentGroup = (ViewGroup) parent;
+            parentGroup.removeView(appView);
+        }
         root.addView((View) appView);
         setContentView(root);
 
@@ -302,24 +333,6 @@ public class CordovaActivity extends Activity implements CordovaInterface {
     public void init(CordovaWebView webView, CordovaWebViewClient webViewClient, CordovaChromeClient webChromeClient) {
         LOG.d(TAG, "CordovaActivity.init()");
 
-        if(!preferences.getBoolean("ShowTitle", false))
-        {
-            getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
-        }
-
-        if(preferences.getBoolean("SetFullscreen", false))
-        {
-            Log.d(TAG, "The SetFullscreen configuration is deprecated in favor of Fullscreen, and will be removed in a future version.");
-            getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
-                    WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
-        } else if (preferences.getBoolean("Fullscreen", false)) {
-            getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN,
-                    WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN);
-        } else {
-            getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FORCE_NOT_FULLSCREEN,
-                    WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FORCE_NOT_FULLSCREEN);
-        }
-
         appView = webView != null ? webView : makeWebView();
         if (appView.pluginManager == null) {
             appView.init(this, webViewClient != null ? webViewClient : makeWebViewClient(appView),
diff --git a/test/res/xml/config.xml b/test/res/xml/config.xml
index 148bad5a..4370357c 100644
--- a/test/res/xml/config.xml
+++ b/test/res/xml/config.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     <preference name="loglevel" value="DEBUG" />
     <preference name="useBrowserHistory" value="true" />
     <preference name="exit-on-suspend" value="false" />
+    <preference name="showTitle" value="true" />
     <feature name="Activity">
         <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.test.ActivityPlugin" />
     </feature>
diff --git a/test/src/org/apache/cordova/test/menus.java b/test/src/org/apache/cordova/test/menus.java
index 6d0d3f1a..9bde03e9 100755
--- a/test/src/org/apache/cordova/test/menus.java
+++ b/test/src/org/apache/cordova/test/menus.java
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ public class menus extends CordovaActivity {
     @Override
     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
-        // need the title to be shown for the options menu to be visible
-        preferences.set("showTitle", true);
+        // need the title to be shown (config.xml) for the options menu to be visible
         super.init();
         super.registerForContextMenu(super.appView);
         super.loadUrl("file:///android_asset/www/menus/index.html");