diff --git a/src/Core/src/Platform/Android/ActivityIndicatorExtensions.cs b/src/Core/src/Platform/Android/ActivityIndicatorExtensions.cs
index d3dc568c6202..09f8bacd31e0 100644
--- a/src/Core/src/Platform/Android/ActivityIndicatorExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Core/src/Platform/Android/ActivityIndicatorExtensions.cs
@@ -7,28 +7,28 @@ public static class ActivityIndicatorExtensions
 	{
 		public static void UpdateIsRunning(this ProgressBar progressBar, IActivityIndicator activityIndicator)
 		{
-			// Guard: check IsDisposed() before accessing any view properties to avoid ObjectDisposedException
-			// on a ProgressBar whose native handle has already been released (see ViewExtensions pattern).
+			// Guard: check IsDisposed() before touching any view properties to avoid an
+			// ObjectDisposedException on a ProgressBar whose native handle was already released.
 			if (progressBar.IsDisposed())
 			{
 				return;
 			}
 
-			// Pre-compute the desired visibility from the current activityIndicator state before deferring,
-			// so the lambda performs a simple write with no risk of reading stale handler state.
-			// Defer via Post() only when a layout traversal is in progress OR the view is not yet attached
-			// (RecyclerView header collapse scenario, see https://github.com/dotnet/maui/issues/33780).
-			// On the common path (attached, idle), apply synchronously so that existing tests and callers
-			// that read state immediately after update continue to work correctly.
+			// Defer via Post() only when a layout traversal is in progress OR the view is not yet
+			// attached (RecyclerView header collapse scenario). On the common path (attached, idle),
+			// apply synchronously so existing tests and callers that read state immediately after the
+			// update continue to work correctly.
 			if (progressBar.IsInLayout || !progressBar.IsAttachedToWindow)
 			{
-				var targetVisibility = GetActivityIndicatorVisibility(activityIndicator);
 				progressBar.Post(() =>
 				{
-					// Guard: skip if the view was recycled/disposed or detached before the runnable fired.
+					// Guard: skip if the view was disposed before the runnable fired.
 					if (!progressBar.IsDisposed())
 					{
-						progressBar.Visibility = targetVisibility;
+						// Re-read the LIVE visibility here instead of capturing a snapshot before the
+						// Post(). Capturing a stale "show" value caused this deferred runnable to
+						// resurrect an indicator that was hidden after it was queued.
+						progressBar.Visibility = GetActivityIndicatorVisibility(activityIndicator);
 					}
 				});
 			}
diff --git a/src/Core/tests/DeviceTests/Handlers/ActivityIndicator/ActivityIndicatorHandlerTests.Android.cs b/src/Core/tests/DeviceTests/Handlers/ActivityIndicator/ActivityIndicatorHandlerTests.Android.cs
index 479adb8a95d6..3b968411e8a4 100644
--- a/src/Core/tests/DeviceTests/Handlers/ActivityIndicator/ActivityIndicatorHandlerTests.Android.cs
+++ b/src/Core/tests/DeviceTests/Handlers/ActivityIndicator/ActivityIndicatorHandlerTests.Android.cs
@@ -32,5 +32,35 @@ public override async Task SetVisibility(Visibility visibility)
 			var id = await GetValueAsync(view, handler => GetVisibility(handler));
 			Assert.Equal(view.Visibility, id);
 		}
+
+		[Fact(DisplayName = "Deferred Show Does Not Resurrect A Hidden Indicator")]
+		public async Task DeferredShowDoesNotResurrectHiddenIndicator()
+		{
+			var activityIndicator = new ActivityIndicatorStub
+			{
+				IsRunning = true,
+				Visibility = Visibility.Visible
+			};
+
+			var visibility = await InvokeOnMainThreadAsync(async () =>
+			{
+				var handler = CreateHandler(activityIndicator);
+				var progressBar = handler.PlatformView;
+
+				activityIndicator.IsRunning = false;
+				activityIndicator.Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
+
+				ViewStates result = ViewStates.Visible;
+				await progressBar.AttachAndRun(async () =>
+				{
+					await Task.Delay(100);
+					result = progressBar.Visibility;
+				});
+
+				return result;
+			});
+
+			Assert.Equal(ViewStates.Gone, visibility);
+		}
 	}
-}
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+}