diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-v24/styles.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-v24/styles.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a8b6e708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values-v24/styles.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<resources>
+
+    <!--
+      Use a black background to avoid the transparent background when switching apps.
+      android:windowBackgroundFallback is supposed to do this, but it wasn't working for
+      me as of Android 7.1
+    -->
+    <style name="StreamBaseTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">
+        <item name="android:windowBackground">@android:color/black</item>
+    </style>
+
+</resources>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
index 8d5a0703..f47bebe7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -22,14 +22,16 @@
         <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
     </style>
 
-    <!-- Stream activity theme -->
-    <style name="StreamTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">
-        <!-- All customizations that are NOT specific to a particular API-level can go here. -->
-        <item name="android:windowActionBar">false</item>
-        <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
-
+    <style name="StreamBaseTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">
         <!-- Transparent streaming background to avoid extra overdraw -->
         <item name="android:windowBackground">@android:color/transparent</item>
     </style>
 
+    <!-- Stream activity theme -->
+    <style name="StreamTheme" parent="StreamBaseTheme">
+        <!-- All customizations that are NOT specific to a particular API-level can go here. -->
+        <item name="android:windowActionBar">false</item>
+        <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
+    </style>
+
 </resources>