diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerApp.ios.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerApp.ios.js
index fe643dec50..e5bfd22a37 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerApp.ios.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerApp.ios.js
@@ -43,22 +43,23 @@ var UIExplorerApp = React.createClass({
         />
       );
     }
-      return (
-        <NavigatorIOS
-          style={styles.container}
-          initialRoute={{
-            title: 'UIExplorer',
-            component: UIExplorerList,
-            passProps: {
-              onExternalExampleRequested: (example) => {
-                this.setState({ openExternalExample: example, });
-              },
-            }
-          }}
-          itemWrapperStyle={styles.itemWrapper}
-          tintColor="#008888"
-        />
-      );
+
+    return (
+      <NavigatorIOS
+        style={styles.container}
+        initialRoute={{
+          title: 'UIExplorer',
+          component: UIExplorerList,
+          passProps: {
+            onExternalExampleRequested: (example) => {
+              this.setState({ openExternalExample: example, });
+            },
+          }
+        }}
+        itemWrapperStyle={styles.itemWrapper}
+        tintColor="#008888"
+      />
+    );
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerList.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerList.js
index 1803c7ebd8..8a7782484a 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerList.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerList.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ var {
 var { TestModule } = React.addons;
 
 import type { ExampleModule } from 'ExampleTypes';
+import type { NavigationContext } from 'NavigationContext';
 
 var createExamplePage = require('./createExamplePage');
 
@@ -129,7 +130,10 @@ COMPONENTS.concat(APIS).forEach((Example) => {
 });
 
 type Props = {
-  navigator: Array<{title: string, component: ReactClass<any,any,any>}>,
+  navigator: {
+    navigationContext: NavigationContext,
+    push: (route: {title: string, component: ReactClass<any,any,any>}) => void,
+  },
   onExternalExampleRequested: Function,
   onSelectExample: Function,
   isInDrawer: bool,
@@ -149,8 +153,25 @@ class UIExplorerList extends React.Component {
     };
   }
 
+  componentWillMount() {
+    this.props.navigator.navigationContext.addListener('didfocus', function(event) {
+      if (event.data.route.title === 'UIExplorer') {
+        Settings.set({visibleExample: null});
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
   componentDidMount() {
     this._search(this.state.searchText);
+
+    var visibleExampleTitle = Settings.get('visibleExample');
+    if (visibleExampleTitle) {
+      var predicate = (example) => example.title === visibleExampleTitle;
+      var foundExample = APIS.find(predicate) || COMPONENTS.find(predicate);
+      if (foundExample) {
+        setTimeout(() => this._openExample(foundExample), 100);
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   render() {
@@ -240,11 +261,12 @@ class UIExplorerList extends React.Component {
     Settings.set({searchText: text});
   }
 
-  _onPressRow(example: any) {
+  _openExample(example: any) {
     if (example.external) {
       this.props.onExternalExampleRequested(example);
       return;
     }
+
     var Component = makeRenderable(example);
     if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
       this.props.navigator.push({
@@ -258,6 +280,11 @@ class UIExplorerList extends React.Component {
       });
     }
   }
+
+  _onPressRow(example: any) {
+    Settings.set({visibleExample: example.title});
+    this._openExample(example);
+  }
 }
 
 var styles = StyleSheet.create({
diff --git a/Libraries/Components/Navigation/NavigatorIOS.ios.js b/Libraries/Components/Navigation/NavigatorIOS.ios.js
index 788273ec53..023257b146 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/Navigation/NavigatorIOS.ios.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/Navigation/NavigatorIOS.ios.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 var EventEmitter = require('EventEmitter');
 var Image = require('Image');
+var NavigationContext = require('NavigationContext');
 var React = require('React');
 var ReactNativeViewAttributes = require('ReactNativeViewAttributes');
 var RCTNavigatorManager = require('NativeModules').NavigatorManager;
@@ -309,6 +310,7 @@ var NavigatorIOS = React.createClass({
   },
 
   navigator: (undefined: ?Object),
+  navigationContext: new NavigationContext(),
 
   componentWillMount: function() {
     // Precompute a pack of callbacks that's frequently generated and passed to
@@ -323,7 +325,18 @@ var NavigatorIOS = React.createClass({
       resetTo: this.resetTo,
       popToRoute: this.popToRoute,
       popToTop: this.popToTop,
+      navigationContext: this.navigationContext,
     };
+    this._emitWillFocus(this.state.routeStack[this.state.observedTopOfStack]);
+  },
+
+  componentDidMount: function() {
+    this._emitDidFocus(this.state.routeStack[this.state.observedTopOfStack]);
+  },
+
+  componentWillUnmount: function() {
+    this.navigationContext.dispose();
+    this.navigationContext = new NavigationContext();
   },
 
   getInitialState: function(): State {
@@ -397,6 +410,8 @@ var NavigatorIOS = React.createClass({
 
   _handleNavigatorStackChanged: function(e: Event) {
     var newObservedTopOfStack = e.nativeEvent.stackLength - 1;
+    this._emitDidFocus(this.state.routeStack[newObservedTopOfStack]);
+
     invariant(
       newObservedTopOfStack <= this.state.requestedTopOfStack,
       'No navigator item should be pushed without JS knowing about it %s %s', newObservedTopOfStack, this.state.requestedTopOfStack
@@ -448,11 +463,21 @@ var NavigatorIOS = React.createClass({
     });
   },
 
+  _emitDidFocus: function(route: Route) {
+    this.navigationContext.emit('didfocus', {route: route});
+  },
+
+  _emitWillFocus: function(route: Route) {
+    this.navigationContext.emit('willfocus', {route: route});
+  },
+
   push: function(route: Route) {
     invariant(!!route, 'Must supply route to push');
     // Make sure all previous requests are caught up first. Otherwise reject.
     if (this.state.requestedTopOfStack === this.state.observedTopOfStack) {
       this._tryLockNavigator(() => {
+        this._emitWillFocus(route);
+
         var nextStack = this.state.routeStack.concat([route]);
         var nextIDStack = this.state.idStack.concat([getuid()]);
         this.setState({
@@ -476,12 +501,11 @@ var NavigatorIOS = React.createClass({
     if (this.state.requestedTopOfStack === this.state.observedTopOfStack) {
       if (this.state.requestedTopOfStack > 0) {
         this._tryLockNavigator(() => {
-          invariant(
-            this.state.requestedTopOfStack - n >= 0,
-            'Cannot pop below 0'
-          );
+          var newRequestedTopOfStack = this.state.requestedTopOfStack - n;
+          invariant(newRequestedTopOfStack >= 0, 'Cannot pop below 0');
+          this._emitWillFocus(this.state.routeStack[newRequestedTopOfStack]);
           this.setState({
-            requestedTopOfStack: this.state.requestedTopOfStack - n,
+            requestedTopOfStack: newRequestedTopOfStack,
             makingNavigatorRequest: true,
             // Not actually updating the indices yet until we get the native
             // `onNavigationComplete`.
@@ -525,6 +549,9 @@ var NavigatorIOS = React.createClass({
       makingNavigatorRequest: false,
       updatingAllIndicesAtOrBeyond: index,
     });
+
+    this._emitWillFocus(route);
+    this._emitDidFocus(route);
   },
 
   /**
@@ -659,7 +686,7 @@ var NavigatorIOS = React.createClass({
         {this.renderNavigationStackItems()}
       </View>
     );
-  }
+  },
 });
 
 var styles = StyleSheet.create({