diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 53d78edd..8cfdc82a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ local.properties
 android/gradlew.bat
 .vscode
 android/gradle
+android/gradlew
 android/.project
 
 # node.js
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ buck-out/
 android/app/libs
 android/keystores/debug.keystore
 
-
+.watchmanconfig
 coverage/
 package-lock.json
 
diff --git a/__tests__/index.test.js b/__tests__/index.test.js
index c0f07d99..1d1553b6 100644
--- a/__tests__/index.test.js
+++ b/__tests__/index.test.js
@@ -205,6 +205,36 @@ describe("Test appsFlyer API's", () => {
 		appsFlyer.sendPushNotificationData({ foo: 'bar' });
 		expect(RNAppsFlyer.sendPushNotificationData).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
 	});
+
+	test('it calls appsFlyer.appendParametersToDeepLinkingURL(dummy-url, foo)', () => {
+		appsFlyer.appendParametersToDeepLinkingURL('dummy-url', 'foo');
+		expect(RNAppsFlyer.appendParametersToDeepLinkingURL).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+	});
+
+	test('it calls appsFlyer.appendParametersToDeepLinkingURL(dummy-url, boolean)', () => {
+		appsFlyer.appendParametersToDeepLinkingURL('dummy-url', true);
+		expect(RNAppsFlyer.appendParametersToDeepLinkingURL).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+	});
+
+	test('it calls appsFlyer.appendParametersToDeepLinkingURL(dummy-url, {})', () => {
+		appsFlyer.appendParametersToDeepLinkingURL('dummy-url', {});
+		expect(RNAppsFlyer.appendParametersToDeepLinkingURL).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+	});
+
+	test('it calls appsFlyer.setDisableNetworkData(true)', () => {
+		appsFlyer.setDisableNetworkData(true);
+		expect(RNAppsFlyer.setDisableNetworkData).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+	});
+
+	test('it calls appsFlyer.startSdk()', () => {
+		appsFlyer.startSdk();
+		expect(RNAppsFlyer.startSdk).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+	});
+
+	test('it calls appsFlyer.performOnDeepLinking()', () => {
+		appsFlyer.performOnDeepLinking();
+		expect(RNAppsFlyer.performOnDeepLinking).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+	});
 });
 
 describe('Test native event emitter', () => {
diff --git a/__tests__/setup.js b/__tests__/setup.js
index e6bca2ed..2f18beb7 100644
--- a/__tests__/setup.js
+++ b/__tests__/setup.js
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ jest.mock('../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/BatchedBridge/NativeModules',
 			setSharingFilterForPartners: jest.fn(),
 			setCurrentDeviceLanguage: jest.fn(),
 			sendPushNotificationData: jest.fn(),
+			appendParametersToDeepLinkingURL: jest.fn(),
+			setDisableNetworkData: jest.fn(),
+			performOnDeepLinking: jest.fn(),
+			startSdk: jest.fn(),
 		},
 	};
 });
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/appsflyer/reactnative/RNAppsFlyerModule.java b/android/src/main/java/com/appsflyer/reactnative/RNAppsFlyerModule.java
index b670d380..82264b99 100755
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/appsflyer/reactnative/RNAppsFlyerModule.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/appsflyer/reactnative/RNAppsFlyerModule.java
@@ -50,11 +50,13 @@ public class RNAppsFlyerModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
 
     private ReactApplicationContext reactContext;
     private Application application;
+    private String personalDevKey;
 
     public RNAppsFlyerModule(ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {
         super(reactContext);
         this.reactContext = reactContext;
         this.application = (Application) reactContext.getApplicationContext();
+        this.personalDevKey = "";
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -128,6 +130,7 @@ private String callSdkInternal(ReadableMap _options) {
         boolean isDebug;
         boolean isConversionData;
         boolean isDeepLinking;
+        boolean isManualStartMode;
 
         AppsFlyerLib instance = AppsFlyerLib.getInstance();
         JSONObject options = RNUtil.readableMapToJson(_options);
@@ -135,6 +138,8 @@ private String callSdkInternal(ReadableMap _options) {
         if (devKey.trim().equals("")) {
             return NO_DEVKEY_FOUND;
         }
+        this.personalDevKey = devKey;
+
         isDebug = options.optBoolean(afIsDebug, false);
         instance.setDebugLog(isDebug);
 
@@ -143,22 +148,15 @@ private String callSdkInternal(ReadableMap _options) {
             Log.d("AppsFlyer", "Starting SDK");
         }
         isDeepLinking = options.optBoolean(afDeepLink, false);
+        isManualStartMode = options.optBoolean("manualStart", false);
 
         instance.init(devKey, (isConversionData == true) ? registerConversionListener() : null, application.getApplicationContext());
         if (isDeepLinking) {
             instance.subscribeForDeepLink(registerDeepLinkListener());
         }
-        Intent intent = null;
-        Activity currentActivity = getCurrentActivity();
 
-        if (currentActivity != null) {
-            // register for lifecycle with Activity (automatically fetching deeplink from Activity if present)
-            instance.start(currentActivity, devKey);
-        } else {
-            // register for lifecycle with Application (cannot fetch deeplink without access to the Activity,
-            // also sending first session manually)
-            instance.logEvent(application, null, null);
-            instance.start(application, devKey);
+        if (!isManualStartMode) {
+            startSdk();
         }
         return null;
     }
@@ -262,6 +260,20 @@ private void sendEvent(ReactContext reactContext,
                 .emit(eventName, params);
     }
 
+    @ReactMethod
+    public void startSdk() {
+        Activity currentActivity = getCurrentActivity();
+        if (currentActivity != null) {
+            // register for lifecycle with Activity (automatically fetching deeplink from Activity if present)
+            AppsFlyerLib.getInstance().start(currentActivity, this.personalDevKey);
+        } else {
+            // register for lifecycle with Application (cannot fetch deeplink without access to the Activity,
+            // also sending first session manually)
+            AppsFlyerLib.getInstance().logEvent(this.application, null, null);
+            AppsFlyerLib.getInstance().start(this.application, this.personalDevKey);
+        }
+    }
+
     @ReactMethod
     public void logEvent(
             final String eventName, ReadableMap eventData,
@@ -766,6 +778,21 @@ public void appendParametersToDeepLinkingURL(String contains, ReadableMap parame
     public void setDisableNetworkData(Boolean disabled) {
         AppsFlyerLib.getInstance().setDisableNetworkData(disabled);
     }
+
+    @ReactMethod
+    public void performOnDeepLinking() {
+        Activity activity = getCurrentActivity();
+        if (activity != null) {
+            Intent intent = activity.getIntent();
+            if (intent != null) {
+                AppsFlyerLib.getInstance().performOnDeepLinking(intent, this.application);
+            } else {
+                Log.d("AppsFlyer", "performOnDeepLinking: intent is null!");
+            }
+        } else{
+            Log.d("AppsFlyer", "performOnDeepLinking: activity is null!");
+        }
+    }
     
     @ReactMethod
     public void addListener(String eventName) {
diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index ec14a6f1..c8930b7c 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ declare module "react-native-appsflyer" {
         onInstallConversionDataListener?: boolean;
         onDeepLinkListener?: boolean;
         timeToWaitForATTUserAuthorization?: number; // iOS only
+        manualStart?: boolean
     }
 
     export interface InAppPurchase {
@@ -157,6 +158,8 @@ declare module "react-native-appsflyer" {
         setCollectIMEI(isCollect: boolean, successC?: SuccessCB): void
         setCollectAndroidID(isCollect: boolean, successC?: SuccessCB): void
         setDisableNetworkData(disable: boolean): void
+        startSdk(): void
+        performOnDeepLinking(): void
     };
 
     export default appsFlyer;
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a8cbb8b3..f0e703f2 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -608,6 +608,14 @@ appsFlyer.setDisableNetworkData = (disable) => {
 	return RNAppsFlyer.setDisableNetworkData(disable);
 };
 
+appsFlyer.startSdk = () => {
+	return RNAppsFlyer.startSdk();
+};
+
+appsFlyer.performOnDeepLinking = () => {
+	return RNAppsFlyer.performOnDeepLinking();
+};
+
 function AFParseJSONException(_message, _data) {
 	this.message = _message;
 	this.data = _data;