diff --git a/solitaire_app/src/lib.rs b/solitaire_app/src/lib.rs
index bcea166..0082814 100644
--- a/solitaire_app/src/lib.rs
+++ b/solitaire_app/src/lib.rs
@@ -65,10 +65,9 @@ pub fn run() {
     // operations will fail gracefully with TokenError::KeychainUnavailable.
     //
     // Android: `keyring` isn't compiled in (its `rpassword` transitive
-    // pulls a libc symbol Android's bionic doesn't expose). `auth_tokens`
-    // ships an Android stub that returns KeychainUnavailable for every
-    // call — the runtime behaviour is "session login required each launch"
-    // until we wire Android Keystore via JNI in the Phase-Android round.
+    // pulls a libc symbol Android's bionic doesn't expose). The Android
+    // auth-token path uses Android Keystore via JNI; `android_main` passes
+    // the process JavaVM pointer into `solitaire_data` before `run()`.
     #[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
     if let Err(e) = keyring::use_native_store(true) {
         eprintln!(
@@ -366,6 +365,10 @@ fn set_window_icon(
 #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
 #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
 fn android_main(android_app: bevy::android::android_activity::AndroidApp) {
+    let vm_ptr = android_app.vm_as_ptr().cast();
+    if let Err(e) = solitaire_data::init_android_jvm(vm_ptr) {
+        eprintln!("warn: could not initialise Android Keystore JNI ({e})");
+    }
     let _ = bevy::android::ANDROID_APP.set(android_app);
     run();
 }
diff --git a/solitaire_data/src/android_keystore.rs b/solitaire_data/src/android_keystore.rs
index 3f16896..05de32a 100644
--- a/solitaire_data/src/android_keystore.rs
+++ b/solitaire_data/src/android_keystore.rs
@@ -19,11 +19,14 @@ use jni::{
 };
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::ffi::c_void;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
 
 use crate::auth_tokens::TokenError;
 
 const KEY_ALIAS: &str = "ferrous_solitaire_token_key";
+static ANDROID_JVM: OnceLock<JavaVM> = OnceLock::new();
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
 struct TokenBlob {
@@ -36,17 +39,37 @@ struct TokenBlob {
 // JVM helper
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+/// Initialise Android Keystore access with the process-wide `JavaVM*`.
+///
+/// This is called by `solitaire_app` from Android startup code. Keeping the
+/// raw JVM pointer here avoids making `solitaire_data` depend on the app or
+/// engine layer just to reach platform startup state.
+pub fn init_android_jvm(vm_ptr: *mut c_void) -> Result<(), TokenError> {
+    if vm_ptr.is_null() {
+        return Err(TokenError::KeychainUnavailable(
+            "JavaVM pointer is null".into(),
+        ));
+    }
+    if ANDROID_JVM.get().is_some() {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    // SAFETY: `vm_ptr` is supplied by Android startup code and must be the
+    // process-wide JavaVM* for this app. `OnceLock` keeps the wrapper alive for
+    // the process lifetime.
+    let vm = unsafe { JavaVM::from_raw(vm_ptr.cast()) }
+        .map_err(|e| TokenError::Keyring(format!("JavaVM: {e}")))?;
+    let _ = ANDROID_JVM.set(vm);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 fn with_jvm<F, R>(f: F) -> Result<R, TokenError>
 where
     F: for<'env> FnOnce(&mut JNIEnv<'env>) -> Result<R, jni::errors::Error>,
 {
-    let app = bevy::android::ANDROID_APP
+    let vm = ANDROID_JVM
         .get()
-        .ok_or_else(|| TokenError::KeychainUnavailable("ANDROID_APP not initialised".into()))?;
-
-    // SAFETY: vm_as_ptr() is the process-wide JavaVM* set by the Android runtime.
-    let vm = unsafe { JavaVM::from_raw(app.vm_as_ptr().cast()) }
-        .map_err(|e| TokenError::Keyring(format!("JavaVM: {e}")))?;
+        .ok_or_else(|| TokenError::KeychainUnavailable("Android JavaVM not initialised".into()))?;
 
     let mut env = vm
         .attach_current_thread_permanently()
diff --git a/solitaire_data/src/auth_tokens.rs b/solitaire_data/src/auth_tokens.rs
index b9ff173..6e0402d 100644
--- a/solitaire_data/src/auth_tokens.rs
+++ b/solitaire_data/src/auth_tokens.rs
@@ -14,15 +14,13 @@
 //! the Bevy `App`). If no default store is set, all operations in this module
 //! will return [`TokenError::KeychainUnavailable`].
 //!
-//! # Android stub
+//! # Android
 //!
 //! `keyring-core` cannot compile for the android target (its `rpassword`
 //! transitive dep uses `libc::__errno_location`, which Android's bionic
-//! doesn't expose). On Android every function in this module returns
-//! [`TokenError::KeychainUnavailable`] so callers can detect the fallback
-//! the same way they handle a Linux box without Secret Service. The
-//! real Android backend will arrive in the Phase-Android round when we
-//! wire Android Keystore via JNI.
+//! doesn't expose). On Android this module delegates to an Android Keystore
+//! JNI backend. `solitaire_app` must call `solitaire_data::init_android_jvm`
+//! from Android startup before token operations can succeed.
 //!
 //! # Note: no unit tests — requires live OS keychain.
 
diff --git a/solitaire_data/src/lib.rs b/solitaire_data/src/lib.rs
index fdae73d..a5c4dd2 100644
--- a/solitaire_data/src/lib.rs
+++ b/solitaire_data/src/lib.rs
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ pub use settings::{
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
 mod android_keystore;
+#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+pub use android_keystore::init_android_jvm;
 
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 pub mod auth_tokens;