diff --git a/.changes/fix-orientation-crash.md b/.changes/fix-orientation-crash.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e89f70000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fix-orientation-crash.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"cli.rs": patch
+"cli.js": patch
+---
+
+Update Android project template with fix to crash on orientation change.
diff --git a/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index 7c91bc626..6303237f6 100644
--- a/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -4111,7 +4111,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "wry"
 version = "0.27.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/tauri-apps/wry?branch=dev#fc113d6e85ca5cd899c1f9c8c28a1e3c13612698"
+source = "git+https://github.com/tauri-apps/wry?branch=dev#9975dda12a122051b375ec6485650546d2d91c26"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.13.1",
  "block",
diff --git a/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 660f1b3b3..ddd12387a 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
         android:theme="@style/Theme.{{snake-case app.name}}"
         android:usesCleartextTraffic="${usesCleartextTraffic}">
         <activity
+            android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale|smallestScreenSize|screenLayout|uiMode"
+            android:launchMode="singleTask"
+            android:label="@string/main_activity_title"
             android:name=".MainActivity"
             android:exported="true">
             <intent-filter>
diff --git a/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 1a1f24574..d5b7ddb4c 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 <resources>
     <string name="app_name">{{app.stylized-name}}</string>
+    <string name="main_activity_title">{{app.stylized-name}}</string>
 </resources>
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