diff --git a/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/react/CameraDevicesManager.kt b/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/react/CameraDevicesManager.kt
index 03864788d8..01a1b7ff48 100644
--- a/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/react/CameraDevicesManager.kt
+++ b/package/android/src/main/java/com/mrousavy/camera/react/CameraDevicesManager.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import android.util.Log
 import androidx.camera.extensions.ExtensionsManager
 import androidx.camera.lifecycle.ProcessCameraProvider
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.Arguments
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.Promise
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContextBaseJavaModule
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactMethod
@@ -122,4 +123,36 @@ class CameraDevicesManager(private val reactContext: ReactApplicationContext) :
   @Suppress("unused", "UNUSED_PARAMETER")
   @ReactMethod
   fun removeListeners(count: Int) {}
+
+  private suspend fun ensureInitialized() {
+    if (cameraProvider != null && extensionsManager != null) return
+
+    // Try init again (idempotent enough for this use-case)
+    if (cameraProvider == null) {
+      cameraProvider = ProcessCameraProvider.getInstance(reactContext).await(executor)
+    }
+    if (extensionsManager == null && cameraProvider != null) {
+      extensionsManager =
+        ExtensionsManager.getInstanceAsync(reactContext, cameraProvider!!).await(executor)
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Exposed to JS: returns current available camera devices at call time.
+   * JS usage:
+   *   const devices = await NativeModules.CameraDevices.getAvailableDeviceManually()
+   */
+  @ReactMethod
+  fun getAvailableDeviceManually(promise: Promise) {
+    coroutineScope.launch {
+      try {
+        ensureInitialized()
+        val devices = getDevicesJson()
+        promise.resolve(devices)
+      } catch (t: Throwable) {
+        promise.resolve(Arguments.createArray())
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
+
diff --git a/package/src/CameraDevices.ts b/package/src/CameraDevices.ts
index 5866143858..52d61c24e2 100644
--- a/package/src/CameraDevices.ts
+++ b/package/src/CameraDevices.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { NativeModules, NativeEventEmitter } from 'react-native'
+import { NativeModules, NativeEventEmitter, Platform } from 'react-native'
 import type { CameraDevice } from './types/CameraDevice'
 
 const CameraDevicesManager = NativeModules.CameraDevices as {
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ const CameraDevicesManager = NativeModules.CameraDevices as {
     availableCameraDevices: CameraDevice[]
     userPreferredCameraDevice: CameraDevice | undefined
   }
+  getAvailableDeviceManually: () => Promise<CameraDevice[]>
 }
 
+const isAndroid = Platform.OS === 'android'
+
 const constants = CameraDevicesManager.getConstants()
 let devices = constants.availableCameraDevices
 
@@ -18,9 +21,31 @@ eventEmitter.addListener(DEVICES_CHANGED_NAME, (newDevices: CameraDevice[]) => {
   devices = newDevices
 })
 
+// On Android, sometimes the devices are not ready when the module is initialized.
+// So we try to fetch them again after a delay if none are available.
+if (isAndroid) {
+  if ((devices?.length || 0) === 0) {
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      CameraDevicesManager.getAvailableDeviceManually().then((newDevices) => {
+        devices = newDevices
+      })
+    }, 5000)
+  }
+}
+
 export const CameraDevices = {
   userPreferredCameraDevice: constants.userPreferredCameraDevice,
   getAvailableCameraDevices: () => devices,
+  getAvailableCameraDevicesManually: async () => {
+    if (isAndroid) {
+      const newDevices = await CameraDevicesManager.getAvailableDeviceManually()
+      if ((newDevices?.length || 0) > 0) {
+        devices = newDevices
+      }
+      return newDevices
+    }
+    return Promise.resolve([])
+  },
   addCameraDevicesChangedListener: (callback: (newDevices: CameraDevice[]) => void) => {
     return eventEmitter.addListener(DEVICES_CHANGED_NAME, callback)
   },
diff --git a/package/src/hooks/useCameraDevices.ts b/package/src/hooks/useCameraDevices.ts
index 6dbd038321..866d442c79 100644
--- a/package/src/hooks/useCameraDevices.ts
+++ b/package/src/hooks/useCameraDevices.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import type { CameraDevice } from '../types/CameraDevice'
 import { CameraDevices } from '../CameraDevices'
 
@@ -11,12 +11,26 @@ import { CameraDevices } from '../CameraDevices'
  */
 export function useCameraDevices(): CameraDevice[] {
   const [devices, setDevices] = useState(() => CameraDevices.getAvailableCameraDevices())
+  const numberOfDevicesRef = useRef(devices.length)
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    let isMounted = true
     const listener = CameraDevices.addCameraDevicesChangedListener((newDevices) => {
       setDevices(newDevices)
     })
-    return () => listener.remove()
+    // Only update if we got new devices and the component is still mounted
+    // This happens with Android only
+    if (numberOfDevicesRef.current === 0) {
+      CameraDevices.getAvailableCameraDevicesManually().then((newDevices) => {
+        if (isMounted && newDevices.length > 0) {
+          setDevices(newDevices)
+        }
+      })
+    }
+    return () => {
+      isMounted = false
+      listener.remove()
+    }
   }, [])
 
   return devices