diff --git a/AndroidManifest.xml b/AndroidManifest.xml
index 9a4e65c45..bd8c9df7c 100644
--- a/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@
                 android:value="org.thoughtcrime.securesms.ConversationListActivity" />
     </activity>
 
+    <activity android:name=".ConversationListRelayingActivity"
+              android:label="@string/app_name"
+              android:launchMode="singleTask"
+              android:theme="@style/TextSecure.LightNoActionBar"
+              android:configChanges="touchscreen|keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|screenSize" />
+
     <activity android:name=".ConversationActivity"
               android:windowSoftInputMode="stateUnchanged"
               android:configChanges="touchscreen|keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|screenSize"
diff --git a/androidTest/com/b44t/messenger/uitests/offline/ForwardingTest.java b/androidTest/com/b44t/messenger/uitests/offline/ForwardingTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80fb164e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/androidTest/com/b44t/messenger/uitests/offline/ForwardingTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package com.b44t.messenger.uitests.offline;
+
+import static androidx.test.espresso.Espresso.onView;
+import static androidx.test.espresso.Espresso.pressBack;
+import static androidx.test.espresso.action.ViewActions.click;
+import static androidx.test.espresso.action.ViewActions.longClick;
+import static androidx.test.espresso.assertion.ViewAssertions.matches;
+import static androidx.test.espresso.matcher.ViewMatchers.withId;
+import static androidx.test.espresso.matcher.ViewMatchers.withText;
+import static androidx.test.platform.app.InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation;
+
+import androidx.test.espresso.IdlingPolicies;
+import androidx.test.espresso.contrib.RecyclerViewActions;
+import androidx.test.ext.junit.rules.ActivityScenarioRule;
+import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4;
+import androidx.test.filters.LargeTest;
+
+import com.b44t.messenger.DcContact;
+import com.b44t.messenger.DcContext;
+import com.b44t.messenger.TestUtils;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.thoughtcrime.securesms.ConversationListActivity;
+import org.thoughtcrime.securesms.R;
+import org.thoughtcrime.securesms.connect.DcHelper;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
+@LargeTest
+public class ForwardingTest {
+  private static int createdGroupId;
+
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void beforeClass() {
+    IdlingPolicies.setMasterPolicyTimeout(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+    IdlingPolicies.setIdlingResourceTimeout(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+  }
+
+  @Rule
+  public ActivityScenarioRule<ConversationListActivity> activityRule = TestUtils.getOfflineActivityRule();
+
+  @Before
+  public void createChats() {
+    DcContext dcContext = DcHelper.getContext(getInstrumentation().getTargetContext());
+    dcContext.createChatByContactId(DcContact.DC_CONTACT_ID_SELF);
+    // Disable bcc_self so that DC doesn't try to send messages to the server.
+    // If we didn't do this, messages would stay in DC_STATE_OUT_PENDING forever.
+    // The thing is, DC_STATE_OUT_PENDING show a rotating circle animation, and Espresso doesn't work
+    // with animations, and the tests would hang and never finish.
+    dcContext.setConfig("bcc_self", "0");
+    activityRule.getScenario().onActivity(a -> createdGroupId = DcHelper.getContext(a).createGroupChat(false, "group"));
+  }
+
+  @After
+  public void cleanup() {
+    TestUtils.cleanup();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSimpleForwarding() {
+    // Open device talk
+    // The group is at position 0, self chat is at position 1, device talk is at position 2
+    onView(withId(R.id.list)).perform(RecyclerViewActions.actionOnItemAtPosition(2, click()));
+    onView(withId(R.id.title)).check(matches(withText(R.string.device_talk)));
+    onView(withId(android.R.id.list)).perform(RecyclerViewActions.actionOnItemAtPosition(0, longClick()));
+    onView(withId(R.id.menu_context_forward)).perform(click());
+    // Send it to self chat (which is sorted to the top because we're forwarding)
+    onView(withId(R.id.list)).perform(RecyclerViewActions.actionOnItemAtPosition(0, click()));
+
+    onView(withId(R.id.title)).check(matches(withText(R.string.device_talk)));
+
+    pressBack();
+
+    onView(withId(R.id.toolbar_title)).check(matches(withText(R.string.connectivity_not_connected)));
+    // Self chat moved up because we sent a message there
+    onView(withId(R.id.list)).perform(RecyclerViewActions.actionOnItemAtPosition(0, click()));
+    onView(withId(R.id.title)).check(matches(withText(R.string.saved_messages)));
+    onView(withId(android.R.id.list)).perform(RecyclerViewActions.actionOnItemAtPosition(0, longClick()));
+    onView(withId(R.id.menu_context_forward)).perform(click());
+    // Send it to the group
+    onView(withId(R.id.list)).perform(RecyclerViewActions.actionOnItemAtPosition(1, click()));
+    onView(withText(android.R.string.ok)).perform(click());
+    onView(withId(R.id.title)).check(matches(withText("group")));
+
+    pressBack();
+    onView(withId(R.id.title)).check(matches(withText(R.string.saved_messages)));
+
+    pressBack();
+    onView(withId(R.id.toolbar_title)).check(matches(withText(R.string.connectivity_not_connected)));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/ConversationFragment.java b/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/ConversationFragment.java
index cd7419ccc..e585b58c9 100644
--- a/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/ConversationFragment.java
+++ b/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/ConversationFragment.java
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
  */
 package org.thoughtcrime.securesms;
 
+import static com.b44t.messenger.DcContact.DC_CONTACT_ID_SELF;
+import static org.thoughtcrime.securesms.util.RelayUtil.setForwardingMessageIds;
+
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.Context;
@@ -77,10 +80,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.Timer;
 import java.util.TimerTask;
 
-import static com.b44t.messenger.DcContact.DC_CONTACT_ID_SELF;
-import static org.thoughtcrime.securesms.util.RelayUtil.REQUEST_RELAY;
-import static org.thoughtcrime.securesms.util.RelayUtil.setForwardingMessageIds;
-
 @SuppressLint("StaticFieldLeak")
 public class ConversationFragment extends MessageSelectorFragment
 {
@@ -453,10 +452,10 @@ public class ConversationFragment extends MessageSelectorFragment
     }
 
     private void handleForwardMessage(final Set<DcMsg> messageRecords) {
-        Intent composeIntent = new Intent(getActivity(), ConversationListActivity.class);
+        Intent composeIntent = new Intent();
         int[] msgIds = DcMsg.msgSetToIds(messageRecords);
         setForwardingMessageIds(composeIntent, msgIds);
-        startActivityForResult(composeIntent, REQUEST_RELAY);
+        ConversationListRelayingActivity.start(this, composeIntent);
         getActivity().overridePendingTransition(R.anim.slide_from_right, R.anim.fade_scale_out);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/ConversationListRelayingActivity.java b/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/ConversationListRelayingActivity.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4e74b50f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/ConversationListRelayingActivity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package org.thoughtcrime.securesms;
+
+import static org.thoughtcrime.securesms.util.RelayUtil.REQUEST_RELAY;
+
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.content.ComponentName;
+import android.content.Intent;
+
+import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment;
+
+/**
+ * "Relaying" means "Forwarding or Sharing".
+ *
+ * When forwarding or sharing, we show the ConversationListActivity to the user.
+ * However, ConversationListActivity has `launchMode="singleTask"`, which means that this will
+ * destroy the existing ConversationListActivity.
+ *
+ * In API 20-29, `startActivityForResult()` could be used instead of `startActivity()`
+ * to override this behavior and get two instances of ConversationListActivity.
+ *
+ * As this is not possible anymore starting with API 30, we needed another solution, and created
+ * this activity here.
+ *
+ * See https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-android/issues/1704.
+ */
+
+public class ConversationListRelayingActivity extends ConversationListActivity {
+  public static void start(Fragment fragment, Intent intent) {
+    intent.setComponent(new ComponentName(fragment.getContext(), ConversationListRelayingActivity.class));
+    fragment.startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_RELAY);
+  }
+
+  public static void start(Activity activity, Intent intent) {
+    intent.setComponent(new ComponentName(activity, ConversationListRelayingActivity.class));
+    activity.startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_RELAY);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/ShareActivity.java b/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/ShareActivity.java
index 2797e5d04..99ae50f62 100644
--- a/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/ShareActivity.java
+++ b/src/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/ShareActivity.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 package org.thoughtcrime.securesms;
 
-import static org.thoughtcrime.securesms.util.RelayUtil.REQUEST_RELAY;
 import static org.thoughtcrime.securesms.util.RelayUtil.setSharedText;
 
 import android.Manifest;
@@ -263,11 +262,13 @@ public class ShareActivity extends PassphraseRequiredActionBarActivity implement
     if (chatId != -1) {
       composeIntent = getBaseShareIntent(ConversationActivity.class);
       composeIntent.putExtra(EXTRA_CHAT_ID, chatId);
+      RelayUtil.setSharedUris(composeIntent, resolvedExtras);
+      startActivity(composeIntent);
     } else {
-      composeIntent = getBaseShareIntent(ConversationListActivity.class);
+      composeIntent = getBaseShareIntent(ConversationListRelayingActivity.class);
+      RelayUtil.setSharedUris(composeIntent, resolvedExtras);
+      ConversationListRelayingActivity.start(this, composeIntent);
     }
-    RelayUtil.setSharedUris(composeIntent, resolvedExtras);
-    startActivityForResult(composeIntent, REQUEST_RELAY);
     // We use startActivityForResult() here so that the conversations list is correctly updated. (hide "Device messages", ...)a
     // With startActivity() the list was not always updated before and after sharing and incorrectly showed or did not show the device talk.
     finish();