diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b75d2db..4c10f3b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,10 +65,11 @@ behaviour.
 ## Setup with Expo (recommended)
 
 The package ships an Expo config plugin that wires up everything for you on
-`expo prebuild`: AppDelegate bootstrap (iOS), MainApplication bootstrap
-(Android), `Info.plist` permission + background-mode keys, foreground-service
-notification factory, the Azure DevOps Maven repo, and the extra Android
-permissions (`POST_NOTIFICATIONS`, `FOREGROUND_SERVICE`).
+`expo prebuild`: AppDelegate bootstrap + background URL session forwarding
+(iOS), MainApplication bootstrap (Android), `Info.plist` permission +
+background-mode keys, foreground-service notification factory, the Azure
+DevOps Maven repo, and the extra Android permissions (`POST_NOTIFICATIONS`,
+`FOREGROUND_SERVICE`).
 
 Add the plugin to `app.json`:
 
@@ -118,6 +119,9 @@ func application(
   _ application: UIApplication,
   didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]? = nil
 ) -> Bool {
+  // Must be the FIRST statement: when iOS relaunches the killed app for a
+  // background location event, the SDK has to re-arm tracking before any
+  // React Native startup work runs.
   MotionTagBootstrap.bootstrap(launchOptions: launchOptions)
   // … rest of RN bootstrap …
 }
@@ -127,10 +131,17 @@ func application(
   handleEventsForBackgroundURLSession identifier: String,
   completionHandler: @escaping () -> Void
 ) {
-  MotionTagBootstrap.processBackgroundSessionEvents(
-    identifier: identifier,
-    completionHandler: completionHandler
-  )
+  if MotionTagBootstrap.handlesBackgroundURLSession(identifier: identifier) {
+    MotionTagBootstrap.processBackgroundSessionEvents(
+      identifier: identifier,
+      completionHandler: completionHandler
+    )
+  } else {
+    // Forward sessions owned by other SDKs (Firebase, …) to their handlers, or
+    // finish them immediately if nothing else in the app uses background sessions.
+    // Each session's completion handler must be called exactly once.
+    completionHandler()
+  }
 }
 ```
 
@@ -158,8 +169,10 @@ import de.motiontag.reactnative.MotionTagBootstrap
 
 override fun onCreate() {
     super.onCreate()
-    loadReactNative(this)
+    // Init the SDK before React Native loads — the MotionTag SDK requires
+    // initialisation as early as possible in onCreate.
     MotionTagBootstrap.init(this, createNotification())
+    loadReactNative(this)
 }
 ```
 
@@ -309,8 +322,12 @@ A version bump is **not** "just" a version bump when the changelog touches:
   `UIBackgroundModes`) → update both the [bare-RN snippet above](#ios--appdelegateswift)
   and the Expo plugin's Info.plist injection in `plugin/`.
 - iOS bootstrap signature (`MotionTagBootstrap.bootstrap`,
-  `processBackgroundSessionEvents`) → update `ios/MotionTagBootstrap.swift`, the
-  README snippet, and the plugin's AppDelegate injection.
+  `processBackgroundSessionEvents`, `handlesBackgroundURLSession`) → update
+  `ios/MotionTagBootstrap.swift`, the README snippet, and the plugin's
+  AppDelegate injection. Note: `handlesBackgroundURLSession` hard-codes the
+  SDK's background URL session identifier prefixes (`com.motion-tag.` /
+  `com.motiontag.`) — re-check them against the SDK binary on every iOS SDK
+  bump (`strings MotionTagSDK | grep -i session`).
 - Android manifest permissions or foreground-service contract → update
   `android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml`, the plugin's manifest edits, and the
   Android section above.
diff --git a/ios/MotionTagBootstrap.swift b/ios/MotionTagBootstrap.swift
index eb7deea..8ac1856 100644
--- a/ios/MotionTagBootstrap.swift
+++ b/ios/MotionTagBootstrap.swift
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ import UIKit
         )
     }
 
+    /// Whether the given background URL session belongs to the MotionTag SDK. Use this in
+    /// `application(_:handleEventsForBackgroundURLSession:completionHandler:)` to decide whether
+    /// to forward the event to `processBackgroundSessionEvents(identifier:completionHandler:)` or
+    /// to the host's other background-session owners (e.g. Expo modules, Firebase) — each session's
+    /// completion handler must be called exactly once, by exactly one owner.
+    @objc public static func handlesBackgroundURLSession(identifier: String) -> Bool {
+        return identifier.hasPrefix("com.motion-tag.") || identifier.hasPrefix("com.motiontag.")
+    }
+
     /// Forward background URL session events so the SDK can finish background uploads on
     /// cold-launch wake-ups. Call from `application(_:handleEventsForBackgroundURLSession:completionHandler:)`.
     @objc public static func processBackgroundSessionEvents(
diff --git a/plugin/withIosAppDelegate.js b/plugin/withIosAppDelegate.js
index 1cc94ad..163665b 100644
--- a/plugin/withIosAppDelegate.js
+++ b/plugin/withIosAppDelegate.js
@@ -1,8 +1,69 @@
 const { withAppDelegate } = require('@expo/config-plugins')
 const {
   mergeContents,
+  removeContents,
 } = require('@expo/config-plugins/build/utils/generateCode')
 
+// MotionTag requires SDK initialisation "as early as possible" in
+// application(_:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:) — when iOS relaunches a
+// killed app for a background location event, the SDK must re-arm tracking
+// before any React Native / Expo startup work runs.
+const BOOTSTRAP_CALL = `    // MotionTag SDK must initialise before React Native starts so background
+    // wake-ups (after the app is killed) can re-arm tracking.
+    MotionTagBootstrap.bootstrap(launchOptions: launchOptions)`
+
+// Background uploads run in a background URL session. When iOS wakes the
+// (possibly killed) app to deliver its events, they must reach the SDK —
+// sessions owned by Expo modules keep going through super.
+const BACKGROUND_SESSION_OVERRIDE = `  public override func application(
+    _ application: UIApplication,
+    handleEventsForBackgroundURLSession identifier: String,
+    completionHandler: @escaping () -> Void
+  ) {
+    if MotionTagBootstrap.handlesBackgroundURLSession(identifier: identifier) {
+      MotionTagBootstrap.processBackgroundSessionEvents(
+        identifier: identifier,
+        completionHandler: completionHandler
+      )
+    } else {
+      super.application(
+        application,
+        handleEventsForBackgroundURLSession: identifier,
+        completionHandler: completionHandler
+      )
+    }
+  }`
+
+/**
+ * mergeContents, but tries a list of [anchor, offset] pairs in order so the
+ * plugin survives small template differences between Expo SDK versions.
+ *
+ * Always removes an existing block for the tag first: mergeContents alone is
+ * content-hash idempotent, so a block whose content is unchanged would stay
+ * at its old position even when this plugin's anchor moved.
+ */
+function mergeWithAnchors(src, { tag, newSrc, anchors }) {
+  src = removeContents({ src, tag }).contents
+
+  let lastError
+  for (const [anchor, offset] of anchors) {
+    try {
+      return mergeContents({ tag, src, newSrc, anchor, offset, comment: '//' })
+        .contents
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error.code !== 'ERR_NO_MATCH') {
+        throw error
+      }
+      lastError = error
+    }
+  }
+  throw new Error(
+    `[react-native-motiontag] Could not find an insertion point for "${tag}" in AppDelegate.swift. ` +
+      'Your AppDelegate seems to be heavily customised — add the MotionTag calls manually as shown ' +
+      `in the package README ("Setup with bare React Native"). Original error: ${lastError.message}`,
+  )
+}
+
 module.exports = function withIosAppDelegate(config) {
   return withAppDelegate(config, (cfg) => {
     if (cfg.modResults.language !== 'swift') {
@@ -22,16 +83,28 @@ module.exports = function withIosAppDelegate(config) {
       comment: '//',
     }).contents
 
-    contents = mergeContents({
+    contents = mergeWithAnchors(contents, {
       tag: 'react-native-motiontag-bootstrap',
-      src: contents,
-      newSrc:
-        '    MotionTagBootstrap.bootstrap(launchOptions: launchOptions)',
-      anchor:
-        /return super\.application\(application, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: launchOptions\)/,
-      offset: 0,
-      comment: '//',
-    }).contents
+      newSrc: BOOTSTRAP_CALL,
+      anchors: [
+        // First statement of didFinishLaunchingWithOptions in the Expo
+        // SDK 52+ template — insert the bootstrap call right before it.
+        [/let delegate = ReactNativeDelegate\(\)/, 0],
+        // Fallback: the line opening the first `-> Bool {` body in the file,
+        // which in the Expo template is didFinishLaunchingWithOptions.
+        [/\)\s*->\s*Bool\s*\{/, 1],
+      ],
+    })
+
+    contents = mergeWithAnchors(contents, {
+      tag: 'react-native-motiontag-background-session',
+      newSrc: BACKGROUND_SESSION_OVERRIDE,
+      anchors: [
+        // Right after the AppDelegate class declaration, before its first member.
+        [/class AppDelegate\s*:\s*ExpoAppDelegate\s*\{/, 1],
+        [/:\s*ExpoAppDelegate\s*\{/, 1],
+      ],
+    })
 
     cfg.modResults.contents = contents
     return cfg