diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/MinstrelApplication.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/MinstrelApplication.kt
index e8f362f2..cea22ff1 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/MinstrelApplication.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/MinstrelApplication.kt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import com.fabledsword.minstrel.cache.mutations.MutationReplayer
 import com.fabledsword.minstrel.cache.sync.SyncController
 import com.fabledsword.minstrel.di.ApplicationScope
 import com.fabledsword.minstrel.events.EventsStream
+import com.fabledsword.minstrel.events.LiveEventsDispatcher
 import com.fabledsword.minstrel.player.PlayEventsReporter
 import com.fabledsword.minstrel.player.ResumeController
 import dagger.hilt.android.HiltAndroidApp
@@ -78,6 +79,13 @@ class MinstrelApplication :
      */
     @Suppress("unused") @Inject lateinit var eventsStream: EventsStream
 
+    /**
+     * Same construct-the-singleton trick — LiveEventsDispatcher's
+     * init block subscribes to EventsStream.events + the process
+     * lifecycle and routes cross-screen state refreshes.
+     */
+    @Suppress("unused") @Inject lateinit var liveEventsDispatcher: LiveEventsDispatcher
+
     @Inject @ApplicationScope lateinit var appScope: CoroutineScope
 
     override fun onCreate() {
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/events/LiveEventsDispatcher.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/events/LiveEventsDispatcher.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9913508d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/events/LiveEventsDispatcher.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package com.fabledsword.minstrel.events
+
+import androidx.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleObserver
+import androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleOwner
+import androidx.lifecycle.ProcessLifecycleOwner
+import com.fabledsword.minstrel.di.ApplicationScope
+import com.fabledsword.minstrel.likes.data.LikesRepository
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import javax.inject.Inject
+import javax.inject.Singleton
+
+/**
+ * Maps incoming [LiveEvent]s to cross-screen state refreshes. Mirrors
+ * `flutter_client/lib/shared/live_events_dispatcher.dart`. Activated
+ * by force-@Inject in MinstrelApplication.
+ *
+ * Scope is deliberately narrow: this dispatcher only touches state
+ * that's reachable from /shared (i.e. that has a Repository-level
+ * refresh method). Screen-scoped state (PlaylistDetail for a
+ * specific id, a single Request's status_changed) is opted into by
+ * the screen's ViewModel subscribing to [EventsStream.events]
+ * directly.
+ *
+ * Includes a [ProcessLifecycleOwner] foreground hook that
+ * defensively re-runs the same refreshes — SSE catches up on its
+ * own, but a long-backgrounded app can hit `onStart` before the
+ * stream reconnects and the re-refresh avoids stale data flashing.
+ */
+@Singleton
+class LiveEventsDispatcher @Inject constructor(
+    private val eventsStream: EventsStream,
+    private val likes: LikesRepository,
+    @ApplicationScope private val scope: CoroutineScope,
+) : DefaultLifecycleObserver {
+
+    init {
+        ProcessLifecycleOwner.get().lifecycle.addObserver(this)
+        scope.launch {
+            eventsStream.events.collect { e -> handle(e) }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun handle(event: LiveEvent) {
+        when (event.kind) {
+            "track.liked",
+            "track.unliked",
+            "album.liked",
+            "album.unliked",
+            "artist.liked",
+            "artist.unliked",
+            -> refreshLikes()
+        }
+        // Other kinds (playlist.*, quarantine.*, request.status_changed,
+        // scan.*) reach screen-scoped subscribers via EventsStream
+        // directly. Add cross-screen cases here only when a new
+        // Repository-level refresh becomes available.
+    }
+
+    override fun onStart(owner: LifecycleOwner) {
+        // App returned to the foreground. SSE will catch up but might
+        // not have reconnected yet; flush the cross-screen refreshes
+        // defensively.
+        refreshLikes()
+    }
+
+    private fun refreshLikes() {
+        scope.launch {
+            runCatching { likes.refreshIds() }
+        }
+    }
+}