diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/FlutterView.java b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/FlutterView.java
index 7ba52567572..075a828f2e2 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/FlutterView.java
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/FlutterView.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package io.flutter.view;
 import android.annotation.TargetApi;
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.ContextWrapper;
 import android.content.res.Configuration;
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.graphics.PixelFormat;
@@ -129,7 +130,11 @@ public class FlutterView extends SurfaceView implements BinaryMessenger, Texture
     public FlutterView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, FlutterNativeView nativeView) {
         super(context, attrs);
 
-        Activity activity = (Activity) getContext();
+        Activity activity = getActivity(getContext());
+        if (activity == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Bad context");
+        }
+
         if (nativeView == null) {
             mNativeView = new FlutterNativeView(activity.getApplicationContext());
         } else {
@@ -191,6 +196,20 @@ public class FlutterView extends SurfaceView implements BinaryMessenger, Texture
         sendLocalesToDart(getResources().getConfiguration());
         sendUserPlatformSettingsToDart();
     }
+    
+    private static Activity getActivity(Context context) {
+        if (context == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        if (context instanceof Activity) {
+            return (Activity) context;
+        }
+        if (context instanceof ContextWrapper) {
+            // Recurse up chain of base contexts until we find an Activity.
+            return getActivity(((ContextWrapper) context).getBaseContext());
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
 
     @Override
     public boolean onKeyUp(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {