diff --git a/ios/Classes/QRView.swift b/ios/Classes/QRView.swift
index 16c3c0e..08402c6 100644
--- a/ios/Classes/QRView.swift
+++ b/ios/Classes/QRView.swift
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public class QRView:NSObject,FlutterPlatformView {
     public init(withFrame frame: CGRect, withRegistrar registrar: FlutterPluginRegistrar, withId id: Int64, params: Dictionary<String, Any>){
         self.registrar = registrar
         previewView = UIView(frame: frame)
+        scanner = MTBBarcodeScanner(previewView: previewView)
         cameraFacing = MTBCamera.init(rawValue: UInt(Int(params["cameraFacing"] as! Double))) ?? MTBCamera.back
         channel = FlutterMethodChannel(name: "net.touchcapture.qr.flutterqr/qrview_\(id)", binaryMessenger: registrar.messenger())
     }
@@ -97,17 +98,12 @@ public class QRView:NSObject,FlutterPlatformView {
         // Then set the size of the scan area.
         let midX = self.view().bounds.midX
         let midY = self.view().bounds.midY
-        
-        // Check if the scanner already exists, else create one.
-        if (self.scanner == nil) {
-            self.scanner = MTBBarcodeScanner(previewView: self.previewView)
-        }
-        
+
         // Set the size of the preview.
         if let previewLayer = self.scanner?.previewLayer {
-            previewLayer.frame = self.previewView.bounds;
+            previewLayer.frame = self.previewView.bounds
         }
-        
+
         // Set scanArea if provided.
         if (scanArea != 0) {
             self.scanner?.didStartScanningBlock = {
diff --git a/lib/src/qr_code_scanner.dart b/lib/src/qr_code_scanner.dart
index 49d07d3..911242d 100644
--- a/lib/src/qr_code_scanner.dart
+++ b/lib/src/qr_code_scanner.dart
@@ -63,9 +63,13 @@ class _QRViewState extends State<QRView> {
   void initState() {
     super.initState();
     WidgetsBinding.instance.addObserver(LifecycleEventHandler(
-        resumeCallBack: () async => QRViewController.updateDimensions(
-            widget.key, _channel,
-            overlay: widget.overlay)));
+        resumeCallBack: () async => {
+          if (_channel != null) {
+            QRViewController.updateDimensions(
+                widget.key, _channel,
+                overlay: widget.overlay)
+          }
+        }));
   }
 
   @override
@@ -82,9 +86,10 @@ class _QRViewState extends State<QRView> {
 
   bool onNotification(notification) {
     Future.microtask(() => {
-          QRViewController.updateDimensions(widget.key, _channel,
-              overlay: widget.overlay)
-        });
+        QRViewController.updateDimensions(widget.key, _channel,
+        overlay: widget.overlay)
+      });
+
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -204,6 +209,7 @@ class QRViewController {
 
   Stream<Barcode> get scannedDataStream => _scanUpdateController.stream;
 
+  static bool _firstRun = true;
   SystemFeatures _features;
   bool _hasPermissions;
 
@@ -309,8 +315,12 @@ class QRViewController {
   static Future<void> updateDimensions(GlobalKey key, MethodChannel channel,
       {QrScannerOverlayShape overlay}) async {
     if (defaultTargetPlatform == TargetPlatform.iOS) {
+      if (_firstRun) {
+        _firstRun = false;
+        await Future.delayed(Duration(milliseconds: 300));
+      }
       final RenderBox renderBox = key.currentContext.findRenderObject();
-      try {
+       try {
         await channel.invokeMethod('setDimensions', {
           'width': renderBox.size.width,
           'height': renderBox.size.height,