diff --git a/android/react_viro/react_viro-release.aar b/android/react_viro/react_viro-release.aar
index bc825b43..5a5d87f9 100644
Binary files a/android/react_viro/react_viro-release.aar and b/android/react_viro/react_viro-release.aar differ
diff --git a/android/viro_bridge/src/main/java/com/viromedia/bridge/ReactViroPackage.java b/android/viro_bridge/src/main/java/com/viromedia/bridge/ReactViroPackage.java
index d8aa280a..86a63ba8 100644
--- a/android/viro_bridge/src/main/java/com/viromedia/bridge/ReactViroPackage.java
+++ b/android/viro_bridge/src/main/java/com/viromedia/bridge/ReactViroPackage.java
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@
 
 package com.viromedia.bridge;
 
-import android.util.Log;
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.content.res.TypedArray;
 
 import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.LifecycleEventListener;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.NativeModule;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewManager;
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ public ReactViroPackage(ViroPlatform platform) {
 
     @Override
     public List<NativeModule> createNativeModules(ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {
-        Log.e("Manish", "createNativeModules");
+        installMaterial3AlertTheme(reactContext);
         List<NativeModule> modules = new java.util.ArrayList<>(Arrays.<NativeModule>asList(
                 new MaterialManager(reactContext),
                 new AnimationManager(reactContext),
@@ -153,6 +155,46 @@ public List<NativeModule> createNativeModules(ReactApplicationContext reactConte
         return modules;
     }
 
+    // RN's Alert builds an AppCompat dialog styled by the host activity theme,
+    // where the RN/Expo template parent (Theme.AppCompat) means Material 2. Overlay
+    // just alertDialogTheme with viro's Material 3-styled dialog theme. Runs on
+    // every host resume: addLifecycleEventListener dispatches immediately when the
+    // host is already resumed, and re-applying covers activity recreation.
+    private void installMaterial3AlertTheme(final ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {
+        reactContext.addLifecycleEventListener(new LifecycleEventListener() {
+            @Override
+            public void onHostResume() {
+                Activity activity = reactContext.getCurrentActivity();
+                if (activity != null && isAppCompatTheme(activity)) {
+                    activity.getTheme().applyStyle(R.style.ViroAlertDialogThemeOverride, true);
+                }
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onHostPause() {
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onHostDestroy() {
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    // The probe RN's AlertFragment uses to pick the AppCompat dialog path. In a
+    // brownfield host whose activity theme is not AppCompat-derived, RN shows a
+    // framework dialog instead, and the override must not reach it: the dialog
+    // background resolves ?attr/colorBackgroundFloating, which only AppCompat
+    // themes define — inflating it there crashes at alert-show time.
+    private static boolean isAppCompatTheme(Activity activity) {
+        TypedArray attributes =
+                activity.obtainStyledAttributes(androidx.appcompat.R.styleable.AppCompatTheme);
+        try {
+            return attributes.hasValue(androidx.appcompat.R.styleable.AppCompatTheme_windowActionBar);
+        } finally {
+            attributes.recycle();
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public List<ViewManager> createViewManagers(ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {
         return Arrays.<ViewManager>asList(
diff --git a/android/viro_bridge/src/main/res/drawable/viro_alert_dialog_background.xml b/android/viro_bridge/src/main/res/drawable/viro_alert_dialog_background.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f57554c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/viro_bridge/src/main/res/drawable/viro_alert_dialog_background.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- AppCompat's abc_dialog_material_background with its hardcoded white swapped for
+     colorBackgroundFloating, which AppCompat guarantees and already resolves per
+     light/dark, so this needs no values-night variant. Insets are 10dp to match
+     MaterialAlertDialog's background insets rather than AppCompat's 16dp. -->
+<inset xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:insetLeft="10dp"
+    android:insetTop="10dp"
+    android:insetRight="10dp"
+    android:insetBottom="10dp">
+    <shape android:shape="rectangle">
+        <corners android:radius="?attr/dialogCornerRadius" />
+        <solid android:color="?attr/colorBackgroundFloating" />
+    </shape>
+</inset>
diff --git a/android/viro_bridge/src/main/res/values-night/viro_alert_dialog.xml b/android/viro_bridge/src/main/res/values-night/viro_alert_dialog.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5350c80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/viro_bridge/src/main/res/values-night/viro_alert_dialog.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<resources>
+
+    <!-- Night twin of ViroAlertDialogTheme (values/): identical except colorAccent is
+         left at AppCompat's night default (teal 200) — see the day version for why.
+         Keep the item lists in sync. -->
+    <style name="ViroAlertDialogTheme" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dialog.Alert">
+        <item name="dialogCornerRadius">28dp</item>
+        <item name="android:windowBackground">@drawable/viro_alert_dialog_background</item>
+        <item name="buttonBarButtonStyle">@style/ViroAlertDialogButton</item>
+        <item name="android:buttonBarButtonStyle">@style/ViroAlertDialogButton</item>
+    </style>
+
+</resources>
diff --git a/android/viro_bridge/src/main/res/values/viro_alert_dialog.xml b/android/viro_bridge/src/main/res/values/viro_alert_dialog.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da667898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/viro_bridge/src/main/res/values/viro_alert_dialog.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<resources>
+
+    <!-- Applied onto the host activity theme at runtime (see ReactViroPackage);
+         overrides only the alert dialog theme, nothing else in the app. -->
+    <style name="ViroAlertDialogThemeOverride" parent="">
+        <item name="alertDialogTheme">@style/ViroAlertDialogTheme</item>
+        <item name="android:alertDialogTheme">@style/ViroAlertDialogTheme</item>
+    </style>
+
+    <!-- M3 shape and button treatment only; all colors stay inherited from the host
+         theme. Google's ThemeOverlay.Material3.Dialog.Alert is deliberately not the
+         parent: its whole chain supplies just buttonBarButtonStyle and windowElevation
+         (no shape, no dialogCornerRadius), so it would leave AppCompat's 2dp corners.
+         The M3 shape lives in ThemeOverlay.Material3.MaterialAlertDialog, which needs
+         both a Material3 host theme and the material library — and react_viro ships as
+         a bare AAR propagating no dependencies, so neither can be assumed. -->
+    <style name="ViroAlertDialogTheme" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dialog.Alert">
+        <item name="dialogCornerRadius">28dp</item>
+        <item name="android:windowBackground">@drawable/viro_alert_dialog_background</item>
+        <!-- Buttons read colorAccent, which templates rarely set (AppCompat teal by
+             default); follow the app's brand colorPrimary instead. Day only — the
+             values-night twin keeps AppCompat's night accent, because colorPrimary
+             rarely has a night variant and dark brand colors are unreadable on the
+             dark dialog surface. -->
+        <item name="colorAccent">?attr/colorPrimary</item>
+        <item name="buttonBarButtonStyle">@style/ViroAlertDialogButton</item>
+        <item name="android:buttonBarButtonStyle">@style/ViroAlertDialogButton</item>
+    </style>
+
+    <!-- M3 label-large. textAllCaps has to be a direct attribute here: it is forced
+         true by Base.TextAppearance.AppCompat.Button, which a textAppearance-level
+         override would not beat. Text color is left alone so it follows colorAccent. -->
+    <style name="ViroAlertDialogButton" parent="Widget.AppCompat.Button.Borderless.Colored">
+        <item name="android:textAllCaps">false</item>
+        <item name="android:textSize">14sp</item>
+        <item name="android:fontFamily">sans-serif-medium</item>
+        <item name="android:letterSpacing">0.007</item>
+    </style>
+
+</resources>