diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.h b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.h
index fd7310c7f884ab..f9ca86a602aea7 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.h
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 @property (nonatomic, strong, nullable) NSDictionary *initialProps;
 @property (nonatomic, strong, nonnull) RCTRootViewFactory *rootViewFactory;
 
+/// If `automaticallyLoadReactNativeWindow` is set to `true`, the React Native window will be loaded automatically.
+@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL automaticallyLoadReactNativeWindow;
+
 @property (nonatomic, nullable) RCTSurfacePresenterBridgeAdapter *bridgeAdapter;
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.mm
index 1e87756cad8c80..ca5be139ffb2de 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/AppDelegate/RCTAppDelegate.mm
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #import <React/RCTSurfacePresenterBridgeAdapter.h>
 #import <React/RCTUtils.h>
 #import <ReactCommon/RCTHost.h>
+#include <UIKit/UIKit.h>
 #import <objc/runtime.h>
 #import <react/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.h>
 #import <react/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsDefaults.h>
@@ -38,6 +39,14 @@ @interface RCTAppDelegate () <RCTComponentViewFactoryComponentProvider, RCTHostD
 
 @implementation RCTAppDelegate
 
+- (instancetype)init
+{
+  if (self = [super init]) {
+    _automaticallyLoadReactNativeWindow = YES;
+  }
+  return self;
+}
+
 - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
 {
   [self _setUpFeatureFlags];
@@ -47,23 +56,28 @@ - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(
   RCTAppSetupPrepareApp(application, self.turboModuleEnabled);
 
   self.rootViewFactory = [self createRCTRootViewFactory];
+  if (self.newArchEnabled || self.fabricEnabled) {
+    [RCTComponentViewFactory currentComponentViewFactory].thirdPartyFabricComponentsProvider = self;
+  }
 
+  if (self.automaticallyLoadReactNativeWindow) {
+    [self loadReactNativeWindow:launchOptions];
+  }
+
+  return YES;
+}
+
+- (void)loadReactNativeWindow:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
+{
   UIView *rootView = [self.rootViewFactory viewWithModuleName:self.moduleName
                                             initialProperties:self.initialProps
                                                 launchOptions:launchOptions];
 
-  if (self.newArchEnabled || self.fabricEnabled) {
-    [RCTComponentViewFactory currentComponentViewFactory].thirdPartyFabricComponentsProvider = self;
-  }
-
   self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[UIScreen mainScreen].bounds];
   UIViewController *rootViewController = [self createRootViewController];
   [self setRootView:rootView toRootViewController:rootViewController];
-  self.window.rootViewController = rootViewController;
-  self.window.windowScene.delegate = self;
-  [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
-
-  return YES;
+  _window.rootViewController = rootViewController;
+  [_window makeKeyAndVisible];
 }
 
 - (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application