diff --git a/RNTester/Podfile.lock b/RNTester/Podfile.lock
index e7aca28308f113..96e7d7f72d7898 100644
--- a/RNTester/Podfile.lock
+++ b/RNTester/Podfile.lock
@@ -503,8 +503,8 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
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   CocoaLibEvent: 2fab71b8bd46dd33ddb959f7928ec5909f838e3f
   DoubleConversion: cde416483dac037923206447da6e1454df403714
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-  FBReactNativeSpec: e8f07c749b9cf184c819f5a8ca44b91ab61fca12
+  FBLazyVector: c1975d0f968500f2680a7e4c06094e2c3df0163a
+  FBReactNativeSpec: ff922964d0d51b141c5b326781c879636d5d7f05
   Flipper: 33585e2d9810fe5528346be33bcf71b37bb7ae13
   Flipper-DoubleConversion: 38631e41ef4f9b12861c67d17cb5518d06badc41
   Flipper-Folly: c12092ea368353b58e992843a990a3225d4533c3
@@ -515,32 +515,32 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
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   glog: 40a13f7840415b9a77023fbcae0f1e6f43192af3
   OpenSSL-Universal: 8b48cc0d10c1b2923617dfe5c178aa9ed2689355
-  RCTRequired: 34582e9b3ebe69f244e091f37218d318406d5c4a
-  RCTTypeSafety: 1ade47a69b092cddf1e4ea21e0c5bdc65cc950b4
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-  ReactCommon: 511b4a9ea129c129c6dbc982942007d195903a9a
-  Yoga: f7fa200d8c49f97b54c9421079e781fb900b5cae
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+  React-RCTPushNotification: 2d7f8c55dca4f9d6348f583ca262af98aa6593c2
+  React-RCTSettings: eb6108ed0ea974e96cacf009a375ec62b4c03d9b
+  React-RCTTest: 134db8e15f3e1f3897c403d7107b39b3a47eafb9
+  React-RCTText: 9b7c3c59ddb0af2c444e50d3997646b0077f2039
+  React-RCTVibration: f2e3c9ab40985edb1d235d56f88ed73bfe6d89e8
+  React-runtimeexecutor: c7a1dd5d4a4c36ec0202ddd0908101fa3462441f
+  ReactCommon: 8e87939b4ae220753d1fe8e129af4340c1f93f29
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   YogaKit: f782866e155069a2cca2517aafea43200b01fd5a
 
 PODFILE CHECKSUM: ef7626b12bd0cbe95ba1b7a1f3dc7e2d562ab9d2
diff --git a/RNTester/js/RNTesterApp.ios.js b/RNTester/js/RNTesterApp.ios.js
index de2b23cfa6bef5..afac0e0749ed40 100644
--- a/RNTester/js/RNTesterApp.ios.js
+++ b/RNTester/js/RNTesterApp.ios.js
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ class RNTesterApp extends React.Component<Props, RNTesterNavigationState> {
         this.setState({
           Api: stateApi,
         });
+        // Syncing the bookmarks over async storage
         AsyncStorage.setItem('Api', JSON.stringify(stateApi));
       },
       AddComponent: (componentName, component) => {
@@ -198,6 +199,7 @@ class RNTesterApp extends React.Component<Props, RNTesterNavigationState> {
         this.setState({
           Components: stateComponent,
         });
+        // Syncing the bookmarks over async storage
         AsyncStorage.setItem('Components', JSON.stringify(stateComponent));
       },
       RemoveApi: apiName => {
@@ -230,19 +232,29 @@ class RNTesterApp extends React.Component<Props, RNTesterNavigationState> {
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
-    this._mounted = true;
+    // console.log("Hello World", this._mounted);
     Linking.getInitialURL().then(url => {
       AsyncStorage.getItem(APP_STATE_KEY, (err, storedString) => {
-        if (!this._mounted) {
-          return;
-        }
+        // console.log("Hello World")
         const exampleAction = URIActionMap(
           this.props.exampleFromAppetizeParams,
         );
         const urlAction = URIActionMap(url);
         const launchAction = exampleAction || urlAction;
-        const initialAction = launchAction || {type: 'RNTesterListAction'};
-        this.setState(RNTesterNavigationReducer(undefined, initialAction));
+        if (err || !storedString) {
+          const initialAction = launchAction || {type: 'RNTesterListAction'};
+          this.setState(RNTesterNavigationReducer(null, initialAction));
+          return;
+        }
+
+        const storedState = JSON.parse(storedString)
+        if (launchAction) {
+          this.setState(RNTesterNavigationReducer(storedState, launchAction));
+          return;
+        }
+        this.setState({
+          openExample: storedState.openExample,
+        });
       });
     });
 
@@ -270,10 +282,6 @@ class RNTesterApp extends React.Component<Props, RNTesterNavigationState> {
     });
   }
 
-  componentWillUnmount() {
-    this._mounted = false;
-  }
-
   _handleBack = () => {
     this._handleAction(RNTesterActions.Back(this.state.screen));
   };
@@ -284,9 +292,12 @@ class RNTesterApp extends React.Component<Props, RNTesterNavigationState> {
     }
     const newState = RNTesterNavigationReducer(this.state, action);
     if (this.state !== newState) {
+      // syncing the app state over async storage
+      console.log(newState)
       this.setState(newState, () =>
         AsyncStorage.setItem(APP_STATE_KEY, JSON.stringify(this.state)),
       );
+
     }
   };