diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/activities/EmulationActivity.kt b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/activities/EmulationActivity.kt
index 4681bd319..ef271b09b 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/activities/EmulationActivity.kt
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/activities/EmulationActivity.kt
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ class EmulationActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
     private lateinit var screenAdjustmentUtil: ScreenAdjustmentUtil
     private lateinit var hotkeyUtility: HotkeyUtility
 
+    private var isEmulationRunning: Boolean = false
+
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
         ThemeUtil.setTheme(this)
 
@@ -84,6 +86,9 @@ class EmulationActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         )
 
         EmulationLifecycleUtil.addShutdownHook(hook = { this.finish() })
+
+        isEmulationRunning = true
+        instance = this
     }
 
     // On some devices, the system bars will not disappear on first boot or after some
@@ -104,8 +109,20 @@ class EmulationActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         NativeLibrary.reloadCameraDevices()
     }
 
+    override fun onSaveInstanceState(outState: Bundle) {
+        super.onSaveInstanceState(outState)
+        outState.putBoolean("isEmulationRunning", isEmulationRunning)
+    }
+
+    override fun onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState: Bundle) {
+        super.onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState)
+        isEmulationRunning = savedInstanceState.getBoolean("isEmulationRunning", false)
+    }
+
     override fun onDestroy() {
         EmulationLifecycleUtil.clear()
+        isEmulationRunning = false
+        instance = null
         super.onDestroy()
     }
 
@@ -445,4 +462,12 @@ class EmulationActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
 
             OnFilePickerResult(result.toString())
         }
+
+    companion object {
+        private var instance: EmulationActivity? = null
+
+        fun isRunning(): Boolean {
+            return instance?.isEmulationRunning ?: false
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/features/settings/model/view/SettingsItem.kt b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/features/settings/model/view/SettingsItem.kt
index 5f6b4b70c..193f54a89 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/features/settings/model/view/SettingsItem.kt
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/features/settings/model/view/SettingsItem.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package org.citra.citra_emu.features.settings.model.view
 
 import org.citra.citra_emu.NativeLibrary
+import org.citra.citra_emu.activities.EmulationActivity
 import org.citra.citra_emu.features.settings.model.AbstractSetting
 
 /**
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ abstract class SettingsItem(
 
     val isEditable: Boolean
         get() {
-            if (!NativeLibrary.isRunning()) return true
+            if (!EmulationActivity.isRunning()) return true
             return setting?.isRuntimeEditable ?: false
         }
 
diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/features/settings/ui/viewholder/RunnableViewHolder.kt b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/features/settings/ui/viewholder/RunnableViewHolder.kt
index ac0c60a90..b0e0789c5 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/features/settings/ui/viewholder/RunnableViewHolder.kt
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/features/settings/ui/viewholder/RunnableViewHolder.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package org.citra.citra_emu.features.settings.ui.viewholder
 
 import android.view.View
 import org.citra.citra_emu.NativeLibrary
+import org.citra.citra_emu.activities.EmulationActivity
 import org.citra.citra_emu.databinding.ListItemSettingBinding
 import org.citra.citra_emu.features.settings.model.view.RunnableSetting
 import org.citra.citra_emu.features.settings.model.view.SettingsItem
@@ -44,10 +45,10 @@ class RunnableViewHolder(val binding: ListItemSettingBinding, adapter: SettingsA
     }
 
     override fun onClick(clicked: View) {
-        if (!setting.isRuntimeRunnable && !NativeLibrary.isRunning()) {
-            setting.runnable.invoke()
-        } else {
+        if (!setting.isRuntimeRunnable && EmulationActivity.isRunning()) {
             adapter.onClickDisabledSetting()
+        } else {
+            setting.runnable.invoke()
         }
     }