--- a/src/com/five_ten_sg/connectbot/service/TerminalBridge.java	Mon Jul 14 12:24:29 2014 -0700
+++ b/src/com/five_ten_sg/connectbot/service/TerminalBridge.java	Mon Jul 14 12:44:57 2014 -0700
@@ -583,7 +583,21 @@
         // force full redraw with new buffer size
         fullRedraw = true;
         redraw();
-        parent.notifyUser(String.format("%d x %d", columns, rows));
+
+        // initial sequence from
+        // transport.connect()
+        //   bridge.onConnected()
+        //     bridge.setMyFontSize()
+        //       bridge.resizeComputed()
+        //         bridge.setFontSize()
+        //           bridge.parentChanged() here is on the wrong thread
+        try {
+            parent.notifyUser(String.format("%d x %d", columns, rows));
+        }
+        catch (Exception e) {
+            Log.e(TAG, "Problem while trying to notify user", e);
+        }
+
         Log.i(TAG, String.format("parentChanged() now width=%d, height=%d", columns, rows));
     }