diff --git a/example/App.tsx b/example/App.tsx
index 376256ee7..b11d825a9 100644
--- a/example/App.tsx
+++ b/example/App.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
 import {
   Text,
   View,
@@ -10,13 +10,16 @@ import {
 } from 'react-native';
 import {
   createStackNavigator,
+  StackNavigationProp,
   StackScreenProps,
 } from '@react-navigation/stack';
 import { NavigationContainer, ParamListBase } from '@react-navigation/native';
 import {
   GestureHandlerRootView,
   RectButton,
+  Switch,
 } from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
+import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-async-storage/async-storage';
 import OverflowParent from './src/release_tests/overflowParent';
 import DoublePinchRotate from './src/release_tests/doubleScalePinchAndRotate';
 import DoubleDraggable from './src/release_tests/doubleDraggable';
@@ -169,6 +172,9 @@ const EXAMPLES: ExamplesSection[] = [
   },
 ];
 
+const OPEN_LAST_EXAMPLE_KEY = 'openLastExample';
+const LAST_EXAMPLE_KEY = 'lastExample';
+
 type RootStackParamList = {
   Home: undefined;
   TouchableExample: { item: string };
@@ -215,17 +221,38 @@ export default function App() {
   );
 }
 
+function navigate(
+  navigation: StackNavigationProp<ParamListBase>,
+  dest: string
+) {
+  AsyncStorage.setItem(LAST_EXAMPLE_KEY, dest);
+  navigation.navigate(dest);
+}
+
 function MainScreen({ navigation }: StackScreenProps<ParamListBase>) {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    AsyncStorage.multiGet([OPEN_LAST_EXAMPLE_KEY, LAST_EXAMPLE_KEY]).then(
+      ([openLastExample, lastExample]) => {
+        if (openLastExample[1] === 'true' && lastExample[1]) {
+          navigate(navigation, lastExample[1]);
+        }
+      }
+    );
+    // we only want to run this effect once
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, []);
+
   return (
     <SafeAreaView style={styles.container}>
       <ListWithHeader
         style={styles.list}
         sections={EXAMPLES}
         keyExtractor={(example) => example.name}
+        ListHeaderComponent={OpenLastExampleSetting}
         renderItem={({ item }) => (
           <MainScreenItem
             name={item.name}
-            onPressItem={(name) => navigation.navigate(name)}
+            onPressItem={(name) => navigate(navigation, name)}
           />
         )}
         renderSectionHeader={({ section: { sectionTitle } }) => (
@@ -237,6 +264,41 @@ function MainScreen({ navigation }: StackScreenProps<ParamListBase>) {
   );
 }
 
+function OpenLastExampleSetting() {
+  const [openLastExample, setOpenLastExample] = React.useState(false);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    AsyncStorage.getItem(OPEN_LAST_EXAMPLE_KEY).then((value) => {
+      setOpenLastExample(value === 'true');
+    });
+  }, []);
+
+  function updateSetting(value: boolean) {
+    AsyncStorage.setItem(OPEN_LAST_EXAMPLE_KEY, value.toString());
+    setOpenLastExample(value);
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <RectButton
+      style={[styles.button, styles.autoOpenSetting]}
+      onPress={() => {
+        updateSetting(!openLastExample);
+      }}>
+      <View
+        style={styles.buttonContent}
+        pointerEvents={Platform.OS === 'web' ? 'box-only' : 'auto'}>
+        <Text>Open last example on launch</Text>
+        <Switch
+          value={openLastExample}
+          onValueChange={() => {
+            updateSetting(!openLastExample);
+          }}
+        />
+      </View>
+    </RectButton>
+  );
+}
+
 interface MainScreenItemProps {
   name: string;
   onPressItem: (name: string) => void;
@@ -277,8 +339,24 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     flex: 1,
     height: 50,
     padding: 10,
+    backgroundColor: '#fff',
+  },
+  buttonContent: {
+    flex: 1,
     flexDirection: 'row',
     alignItems: 'center',
-    backgroundColor: '#fff',
+    justifyContent: 'space-between',
+  },
+  autoOpenSetting: {
+    margin: 16,
+    borderRadius: 16,
+    backgroundColor: '#eef0ff',
+    paddingHorizontal: 16,
+    justifyContent: 'space-between',
+    elevation: 8,
+    shadowColor: '#000',
+    shadowOffset: { width: 0, height: 2 },
+    shadowOpacity: 0.25,
+    shadowRadius: 3.84,
   },
 });
diff --git a/example/package.json b/example/package.json
index 48d6d9a83..053aa19c7 100644
--- a/example/package.json
+++ b/example/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@expo/metro-config": "~0.18.1",
     "@expo/metro-runtime": "^3.2.1",
+    "@react-native-async-storage/async-storage": "^1.23.1",
     "@react-native-community/slider": "^4.5.2",
     "@react-native-community/viewpager": "^5.0.11",
     "@react-native-masked-view/masked-view": "^0.2.8",
diff --git a/example/yarn.lock b/example/yarn.lock
index 739712798..d0a1f3218 100644
--- a/example/yarn.lock
+++ b/example/yarn.lock
@@ -1565,6 +1565,13 @@
     mkdirp "^1.0.4"
     rimraf "^3.0.2"
 
+"@react-native-async-storage/async-storage@^1.23.1":
+  version "1.23.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@react-native-async-storage/async-storage/-/async-storage-1.23.1.tgz#cad3cd4fab7dacfe9838dce6ecb352f79150c883"
+  integrity sha512-Qd2kQ3yi6Y3+AcUlrHxSLlnBvpdCEMVGFlVBneVOjaFaPU61g1huc38g339ysXspwY1QZA2aNhrk/KlHGO+ewA==
+  dependencies:
+    merge-options "^3.0.4"
+
 "@react-native-community/cli-clean@13.6.6":
   version "13.6.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@react-native-community/cli-clean/-/cli-clean-13.6.6.tgz#87c7ad8746c38dab0fe7b3c6ff89d44351d5d943"
@@ -4971,6 +4978,11 @@ is-path-inside@^3.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-path-inside/-/is-path-inside-3.0.3.tgz#d231362e53a07ff2b0e0ea7fed049161ffd16283"
   integrity sha512-Fd4gABb+ycGAmKou8eMftCupSir5lRxqf4aD/vd0cD2qc4HL07OjCeuHMr8Ro4CoMaeCKDB0/ECBOVWjTwUvPQ==
 
+is-plain-obj@^2.1.0:
+  version "2.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-plain-obj/-/is-plain-obj-2.1.0.tgz#45e42e37fccf1f40da8e5f76ee21515840c09287"
+  integrity sha512-YWnfyRwxL/+SsrWYfOpUtz5b3YD+nyfkHvjbcanzk8zgyO4ASD67uVMRt8k5bM4lLMDnXfriRhOpemw+NfT1eA==
+
 is-plain-object@^2.0.4:
   version "2.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-plain-object/-/is-plain-object-2.0.4.tgz#2c163b3fafb1b606d9d17928f05c2a1c38e07677"
@@ -5951,6 +5963,13 @@ memory-cache@~0.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/memory-cache/-/memory-cache-0.2.0.tgz#7890b01d52c00c8ebc9d533e1f8eb17e3034871a"
   integrity sha512-OcjA+jzjOYzKmKS6IQVALHLVz+rNTMPoJvCztFaZxwG14wtAW7VRZjwTQu06vKCYOxh4jVnik7ya0SXTB0W+xA==
 
+merge-options@^3.0.4:
+  version "3.0.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/merge-options/-/merge-options-3.0.4.tgz#84709c2aa2a4b24c1981f66c179fe5565cc6dbb7"
+  integrity sha512-2Sug1+knBjkaMsMgf1ctR1Ujx+Ayku4EdJN4Z+C2+JzoeF7A3OZ9KM2GY0CpQS51NR61LTurMJrRKPhSs3ZRTQ==
+  dependencies:
+    is-plain-obj "^2.1.0"
+
 merge-stream@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/merge-stream/-/merge-stream-2.0.0.tgz#52823629a14dd00c9770fb6ad47dc6310f2c1f60"