diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/DisplayMetricsHolder.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/DisplayMetricsHolder.kt
index ead31bf3b0e1..b901406e398a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/DisplayMetricsHolder.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/DisplayMetricsHolder.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 package com.facebook.react.uimanager
 
+import android.annotation.SuppressLint
 import android.app.Activity
 import android.content.Context
 import android.util.DisplayMetrics
@@ -61,19 +62,21 @@ public object DisplayMetricsHolder {
   }
 
   @JvmStatic
-  @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
+  @SuppressLint("DeprecatedMethod") // for Andriod Lint
+  @Suppress("DEPRECATION") // for Kotlin compiler
   public fun initDisplayMetrics(context: Context) {
     val displayMetrics = context.resources.displayMetrics
     windowDisplayMetrics = displayMetrics
     val screenDisplayMetrics = DisplayMetrics()
     screenDisplayMetrics.setTo(displayMetrics)
-    val wm = context.getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE) as WindowManager
-    // Get the real display metrics if we are using API level 17 or higher.
-    // The real metrics include system decor elements (e.g. soft menu bar).
-    //
-    // See:
-    // http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/Display.html#getRealMetrics(android.util.DisplayMetrics)
-    wm.defaultDisplay.getRealMetrics(screenDisplayMetrics)
+    try {
+      val wm = context.getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE) as WindowManager
+      // getRealMetrics includes system decor (e.g. nav bar) excluded from resource metrics.
+      wm.defaultDisplay.getRealMetrics(screenDisplayMetrics)
+    } catch (_: Exception) {
+      // Non-visual contexts (e.g. Application) may throw on API 30+.
+      // Falls back to resource display metrics copied via setTo() above.
+    }
     // Preserve fontScale from the configuration because getRealMetrics() returns
     // physical display metrics without the system font scale setting.
     // This is needed for proper text scaling when fontScale < 1.0
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/DisplayMetricsHolderTest.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/DisplayMetricsHolderTest.kt
index 92a2ce3fe1c2..6b2137c1ba5d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/DisplayMetricsHolderTest.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/DisplayMetricsHolderTest.kt
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
 
 package com.facebook.react.uimanager
 
-import android.annotation.TargetApi
 import android.app.Activity
 import android.content.Context
 import android.util.DisplayMetrics
 import android.view.View
 import android.view.Window
 import android.view.WindowInsets
+import androidx.annotation.RequiresApi
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap
 import com.facebook.testutils.shadows.ShadowNativeLoader
 import com.facebook.testutils.shadows.ShadowNativeMap
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class DisplayMetricsHolderTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  @TargetApi(30)
+  @RequiresApi(30)
   fun getEncodedScreenSizeWithoutVerticalInsets_returnsEncodedValue() {
     DisplayMetricsHolder.initDisplayMetrics(context)
 
@@ -183,4 +183,28 @@ class DisplayMetricsHolderTest {
 
     assertThat(screenMetrics.scaledDensity).isEqualTo(customScaledDensity)
   }
+
+  @Test
+  fun initDisplayMetrics_doesNotCrashWithNonVisualContext() {
+    val mockContext: Context = mock()
+    val mockResources: android.content.res.Resources = mock()
+    val metrics = DisplayMetrics()
+    metrics.density = 2.0f
+    metrics.scaledDensity = 2.0f
+    metrics.widthPixels = 1080
+    metrics.heightPixels = 1920
+    metrics.densityDpi = DisplayMetrics.DENSITY_XHIGH
+
+    whenever(mockContext.resources).thenReturn(mockResources)
+    whenever(mockResources.displayMetrics).thenReturn(metrics)
+    whenever(mockContext.getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE))
+        .thenThrow(IllegalStateException("non-visual context"))
+
+    // Should not throw
+    DisplayMetricsHolder.initDisplayMetrics(mockContext)
+
+    // Metrics should still be set from resource display metrics
+    assertThat(DisplayMetricsHolder.getWindowDisplayMetrics()).isNotNull()
+    assertThat(DisplayMetricsHolder.getScreenDisplayMetrics()).isNotNull()
+  }
 }