diff --git a/ios/DeveloperApp/AppDelegate.swift b/ios/DeveloperApp/AppDelegate.swift
index 89c8be2..5d3f9cb 100644
--- a/ios/DeveloperApp/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/ios/DeveloperApp/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class AppDelegate: ReactAppProvider {
     var previewingSampleApp: Bool = false
     
     override func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {
+        SessionCookieStore.restore() //iOS does not persist session cookies across app restarts, this helps persisting session cookies to match behaviour with Android
         super.setUpProvider()
         super.application(application, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: launchOptions)
         clearKeychainIfNecessary()
@@ -36,6 +37,14 @@ class AppDelegate: ReactAppProvider {
         return true
     }
     
+    override func applicationDidEnterBackground(_ application: UIApplication) {
+        SessionCookieStore.persist() //iOS does not persist session cookies across app restarts, this helps persisting session cookies to match behaviour with Android
+    }
+        
+    override func applicationWillTerminate(_ application: UIApplication) {
+        SessionCookieStore.persist() //iOS does not persist session cookies across app restarts, this helps persisting session cookies to match behaviour with Android
+    }
+    
     private func launchMendixAppWithOptions(options: [AnyHashable: Any] = [:]) {
         ReactNative.shared.setup(MendixAppEntryType.deeplink.mendixApp, launchOptions: options)
         ReactNative.shared.start()
diff --git a/ios/Podfile.lock b/ios/Podfile.lock
index 5d9dec1..0ae35ef 100644
--- a/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ PODS:
   - libwebp/sharpyuv (1.5.0)
   - libwebp/webp (1.5.0):
     - libwebp/sharpyuv
-  - MendixNative (0.3.0):
+  - MendixNative (0.3.1):
     - DoubleConversion
     - glog
     - hermes-engine
@@ -2974,7 +2974,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   hermes-engine: 2771b98fb813fdc6f92edd7c9c0035ecabf9fee7
   IQKeyboardManager: c8665b3396bd0b79402b4c573eac345a31c7d485
   libwebp: 02b23773aedb6ff1fd38cec7a77b81414c6842a8
-  MendixNative: a55e00448d33a66d59bd4b5c5d3057123d34337c
+  MendixNative: 358ef00fc883a39da69680c6c2a09ecf85a0b887
   MultiplatformBleAdapter: 5a6a897b006764392f9cef785e4360f54fb9477d
   nanopb: 438bc412db1928dac798aa6fd75726007be04262
   op-sqlite: 12554de3e1a0cb86cbad3cf1f0c50450f57d3855
@@ -3086,6 +3086,6 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   VisionCamera: 9a8f98ae344fe5d148f84bb45829f9e4caab9d2f
   Yoga: e14bad835e12b6c7e2260fc320bd00e0f4b45add
 
-PODFILE CHECKSUM: 31efe3f3eb2c09c2c2cd75ac7556c032a5324d1f
+PODFILE CHECKSUM: 6d3ca2b313f2042ecffa8f1e7cca1d98ea668bfe
 
 COCOAPODS: 1.16.2
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0538398..0b7f99a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         "@react-native-picker/picker": "2.11.0",
         "@sbaiahmed1/react-native-biometrics": "0.4.0",
         "@swan-io/react-native-browser": "0.4.1",
-        "mendix-native": "https://github.com/mendix/mendix-native/releases/download/v0.3.0/mendix-native-v0.3.0.tgz",
+        "mendix-native": "https://github.com/mendix/mendix-native/releases/download/v0.3.1/mendix-native-v0.3.1.tgz",
         "react-native": "0.78.2",
         "react-native-ble-plx": "2.0.3",
         "react-native-blob-util": "0.21.3",
@@ -6751,9 +6751,9 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-zYiwtZUcYyXKo/np96AGZAckk+FWWsUdJ3cHGGmld7+AhvcWmQyGCYUh1hc4Q/pkOhb65dQR/pqCyK0cOaHz4Q=="
     },
     "node_modules/mendix-native": {
-      "version": "0.3.0",
-      "resolved": "https://github.com/mendix/mendix-native/releases/download/v0.3.0/mendix-native-v0.3.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-h1dNSBaUHu+XEqa7GW8LfnWmguKNoZkZHZuLE4+OoWNatXh/MHkYaZwmN1zX3y9uQGOVBQdx5R1yaUvLqmrvTQ==",
+      "version": "0.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://github.com/mendix/mendix-native/releases/download/v0.3.1/mendix-native-v0.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-32CKVOlWFyY4vb0EVmCvJfeMwnfwTkaTEr2dmuQWIkACOhXToHHeYlcY/bRHT62qhNkEMh7FnTD/fw30k3w2fQ==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "workspaces": [
         "example"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5ab2ee1..363abc1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@gorhom/bottom-sheet": "5.1.1",
-    "mendix-native": "https://github.com/mendix/mendix-native/releases/download/v0.3.0/mendix-native-v0.3.0.tgz",
+    "mendix-native": "https://github.com/mendix/mendix-native/releases/download/v0.3.1/mendix-native-v0.3.1.tgz",
     "@notifee/react-native": "9.1.8",
     "@octokit/rest": "^21.1.1",
     "@op-engineering/op-sqlite": "15.0.7",