--- a/src/GameSrc/mainloop.c
+++ b/src/GameSrc/mainloop.c
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@
 #include "tools.h"
 #include "wrapper.h"

+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+#include "qs_config.h"
+#endif
+
 // how is the game doing, anyway, set to true at end of time
 uchar cit_success = FALSE;

@@ -103,6 +107,16 @@
     _last_mode = *cmode;
     (*exit_modes[_last_mode])();
     *cmode = _new_mode;
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+    // Notifies qs_config.c of every loop-mode transition so it can pick
+    // between the "Initial Screen" and "Game Screen" virtual-screen
+    // presets - see qs_config.h/CONFIG.md. Called synchronously, directly,
+    // on this thread (mainloop()'s own) - unlike the UI-thread-triggered
+    // config actions elsewhere in qs_config.c, this doesn't need the
+    // cross-thread SDL-event dance since it already originates on the
+    // right thread.
+    qs_screen_profile_notify_loop_mode(*cmode);
+#endif
     _static_change = 0;
     if (*cmode >= 0)
         (*enter_modes[*cmode])();