diff --git a/mobile/android/love/src/main/java/org/love2d/android/GameActivity.java b/mobile/android/love/src/main/java/org/love2d/android/GameActivity.java
index 3bad1ea0..dbd409e8 100644
--- a/mobile/android/love/src/main/java/org/love2d/android/GameActivity.java
+++ b/mobile/android/love/src/main/java/org/love2d/android/GameActivity.java
@@ -143,16 +143,36 @@ public class GameActivity extends SDLActivity {
 
     private static native void nativeSetDefaultStreamValues(int sampleRate, int framesPerBurst);
 
+    /**
+     * Native libraries required by an optional Android host extension.
+     *
+     * Subclasses supplied by another product flavor may override this method.
+     * The libraries are loaded after LÖVE's dependencies and before liblove;
+     * liblove must remain last because SDL treats the final entry as the main
+     * shared object.
+     */
+    protected String[] getHostLibraries() {
+        return new String[0];
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected String[] getLibraries() {
-        return new String[] {
-            "c++_shared",
-            "mpg123",
-            "openal",
-            "love",
-        };
+        String[] hostLibraries = getHostLibraries();
+        String[] libraries = new String[hostLibraries.length + 4];
+        libraries[0] = "c++_shared";
+        libraries[1] = "mpg123";
+        libraries[2] = "openal";
+        System.arraycopy(hostLibraries, 0, libraries, 3, hostLibraries.length);
+        libraries[libraries.length - 1] = "love";
+        return libraries;
     }
 
+    protected void onHostCreateBeforeSDL(Bundle savedInstanceState) {}
+    protected void onHostCreateAfterSDL(Bundle savedInstanceState) {}
+    protected void onHostResume() {}
+    protected void onHostPause() {}
+    protected void onHostDestroy() {}
+
     @Override
     protected String getMainSharedObject() {
         String[] libs = getLibraries();
@@ -192,7 +212,9 @@ public class GameActivity extends SDLActivity {
             intent.setData(null);
         }
 
+        onHostCreateBeforeSDL(savedInstanceState);
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+        onHostCreateAfterSDL(savedInstanceState);
         if (savedInstanceState != null) {
             // Restore the in-flight SAF destinations, so a pick that returns to
             // a recreated activity still lands under the basename it asked for.
@@ -341,6 +363,7 @@ public class GameActivity extends SDLActivity {
             Log.d("GameActivity", "Cancelling vibration");
             vibrator.cancel();
         }
+        onHostDestroy();
         super.onDestroy();
     }
 
@@ -351,12 +374,14 @@ public class GameActivity extends SDLActivity {
             vibrator.cancel();
         }
         teardownSecondaryDisplay();
+        onHostPause();
         super.onPause();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void onResume() {
         super.onResume();
+        onHostResume();
         setupSecondaryDisplay();
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/engine/android_host_extension_test.lua b/tests/engine/android_host_extension_test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14d7ae5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/engine/android_host_extension_test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+-- GameActivity exposes an optional Android host seam without requiring any
+-- host implementation (or its native libraries) in the stock build.
+-- Self-contained: luajit tests/engine/android_host_extension_test.lua
+local path = "mobile/android/love/src/main/java/org/love2d/android/GameActivity.java"
+local file = assert(io.open(path, "rb"))
+local source = file:read("*a")
+file:close()
+
+local function check(value, message)
+  if not value then error(message, 2) end
+end
+
+local function position(text)
+  local p = source:find(text, 1, true)
+  check(p, "missing: " .. text)
+  return p
+end
+
+check(source:find("protected String[] getHostLibraries()", 1, true),
+  "host libraries are an overridable protected extension")
+check(source:find("return new String[0];", 1, true),
+  "the vanilla host library list is empty")
+
+local cpp = position('libraries[0] = "c++_shared";')
+local mpg = position('libraries[1] = "mpg123";')
+local openal = position('libraries[2] = "openal";')
+local host = position("System.arraycopy(hostLibraries, 0, libraries, 3, hostLibraries.length);")
+local love = position('libraries[libraries.length - 1] = "love";')
+check(cpp < mpg and mpg < openal and openal < host and host < love,
+  "optional libraries load after dependencies while liblove remains last")
+
+for _, hook in ipairs({
+  "onHostCreateBeforeSDL", "onHostCreateAfterSDL", "onHostResume",
+  "onHostPause", "onHostDestroy",
+}) do
+  check(source:find("protected void " .. hook, 1, true),
+    hook .. " is a protected extension hook")
+end
+
+check(position("onHostCreateBeforeSDL(savedInstanceState);") <
+      position("super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);") and
+      position("super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);") <
+      position("onHostCreateAfterSDL(savedInstanceState);"),
+  "create hooks bracket SDL creation")
+check(position("super.onResume();") < position("onHostResume();"),
+  "resume hook runs after SDL resumes")
+check(position("onHostPause();") < position("super.onPause();"),
+  "pause hook runs before SDL pauses")
+check(position("onHostDestroy();") < position("super.onDestroy();"),
+  "destroy hook runs before SDL destruction")
+
+check(not source:lower():find("openxr", 1, true),
+  "generic Android activity must not require OpenXR")
+check(not source:find("QuestActivity", 1, true) and
+      not source:find("QuestBridge", 1, true),
+  "generic Android activity must not require Quest classes")
+
+print("android_host_extension_test: ok")