diff --git a/react/features/app/components/App.native.js b/react/features/app/components/App.native.js
index 3447b3578..43cbf6017 100644
--- a/react/features/app/components/App.native.js
+++ b/react/features/app/components/App.native.js
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 import { Linking } from 'react-native';
 
-import { Platform } from '../../base/react';
 import '../../audio-mode';
 import '../../background';
+import { Platform } from '../../base/react';
 import '../../full-screen';
 import '../../wake-lock';
 
diff --git a/react/features/background/actionTypes.js b/react/features/background/actionTypes.js
index b0abe9458..f126ace50 100644
--- a/react/features/background/actionTypes.js
+++ b/react/features/background/actionTypes.js
@@ -1,38 +1,36 @@
 import { Symbol } from '../base/react';
 
 /**
- * Action to set the AppState API change event listener.
+ * The type of redux action to set the AppState API change event listener.
  *
  * {
  *      type: _SET_APP_STATE_LISTENER,
  *      listener: Function
  * }
  *
- * @private
+ * @protected
  */
 export const _SET_APP_STATE_LISTENER
     = Symbol('_SET_APP_STATE_LISTENER');
 
 /**
- * Action to signal video will be muted because the app is going to the
- * background.
+ * The type of redux action which signals that video will be muted because the
+ * app is going to the background.
  *
  * {
  *      type: _SET_BACKGROUND_VIDEO_MUTED,
  *      muted: boolean
  * }
  *
- * @private
+ * @protected
  */
 export const _SET_BACKGROUND_VIDEO_MUTED
     = Symbol('_SET_BACKGROUND_VIDEO_MUTED');
 
 /**
- * Action which signals that the App state has changed (in terms
- * of execution mode).
- *
- * The application state can be one of 'active', 'inactive' or 'background',
- * see: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/appstate.html
+ * The type of redux action which signals that the app state has changed (in
+ * terms of execution mode). The app state can be one of 'active', 'inactive',
+ * or 'background'.
  *
  * {
  *      type: APP_STATE_CHANGED,
@@ -40,5 +38,6 @@ export const _SET_BACKGROUND_VIDEO_MUTED
  * }
  *
  * @public
+ * @see {@link https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/appstate.html}
  */
 export const APP_STATE_CHANGED = Symbol('APP_STATE_CHANGED');
diff --git a/react/features/background/actions.js b/react/features/background/actions.js
index 1fc07422a..92fbffed1 100644
--- a/react/features/background/actions.js
+++ b/react/features/background/actions.js
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
+import { setVideoMuted } from '../base/media';
+
 import {
     _SET_APP_STATE_LISTENER,
     _SET_BACKGROUND_VIDEO_MUTED,
     APP_STATE_CHANGED
 } from './actionTypes';
-import { setVideoMuted } from '../base/media';
-
+import './middleware';
+import './reducer';
 
 /**
- * Signals that the App state has changed (in terms of execution mode). The
+ * Signals that the App state has changed (in terms of execution state). The
  * application can be in 3 states: 'active', 'inactive' and 'background'.
  *
- * @see https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/appstate.html
- *
- * @param  {string} appState - The new App state.
+ * @param {string} appState - The new App state.
+ * @public
  * @returns {{
  *      type: APP_STATE_CHANGED,
  *      appState: string
  * }}
+ * @see {@link https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/appstate.html}
  */
 export function appStateChanged(appState: string) {
     return {
@@ -25,20 +27,34 @@ export function appStateChanged(appState: string) {
     };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Sets the listener to be used with React Native's AppState API.
+ *
+ * @param {Function} listener - Function to be set as the change event listener.
+ * @protected
+ * @returns {{
+ *     type: _SET_APP_STATE_LISTENER,
+ *     listener: Function
+ * }}
+ */
+export function _setAppStateListener(listener: ?Function) {
+    return {
+        type: _SET_APP_STATE_LISTENER,
+        listener
+    };
+}
 
 /**
- * Signals that the app should mute video because it's now running in
- * the background, or unmute it, if it came back from the background.
+ * Signals that the app should mute video because it's now running in the
+ * background, or unmute it because it came back from the background. If video
+ * was already muted nothing will happen; otherwise, it will be muted. When
+ * coming back from the background the previous state will be restored.
  *
- * If video was already muted nothing will happen, otherwise it will be
- * muted. When coming back from the background the previous state will
- * be restored.
- *
- * @param  {boolean} muted - Set to true if video should be muted, false
- * otherwise.
+ * @param {boolean} muted - True if video should be muted; false, otherwise.
+ * @protected
  * @returns {Function}
  */
-export function setBackgroundVideoMuted(muted: boolean) {
+export function _setBackgroundVideoMuted(muted: boolean) {
     return (dispatch, getState) => {
         if (muted) {
             const mediaState = getState()['features/base/media'];
@@ -56,46 +72,12 @@ export function setBackgroundVideoMuted(muted: boolean) {
             }
         }
 
-        dispatch(_setBackgroundVideoMuted(muted));
+        // Remember that video was muted due to the app going to the background
+        // vs user's choice.
+        dispatch({
+            type: _SET_BACKGROUND_VIDEO_MUTED,
+            muted
+        });
         dispatch(setVideoMuted(muted));
     };
 }
-
-
-/**
- * Internal action which sets the listener to be used with React Native's
- * AppState API.
- *
- * @param  {Function} listener - Function to be set as the change event
- * listener.
- * @returns {{
- *      type: _SET_APP_STATE_LISTENER,
- *      listener: Function
- * }}
- */
-export function _setAppStateListener(listener: ?Function) {
-    return {
-        type: _SET_APP_STATE_LISTENER,
-        listener
-    };
-}
-
-
-/**
- * Internal action which signals that video is going to be muted because the
- * application is going to the background. This action is used to remember if
- * video was muted due to the app going to the background vs user's choice.
- *
- * @param  {type} muted - Set to true if video will be muted, false otherwise.
- * @private
- * @returns {{
- *      type: _SET_BACKGROUND_VIDEO_MUTED,
- *      muted: boolean
- * }}
- */
-function _setBackgroundVideoMuted(muted: boolean) {
-    return {
-        type: _SET_BACKGROUND_VIDEO_MUTED,
-        muted
-    };
-}
diff --git a/react/features/background/index.js b/react/features/background/index.js
index 4cdf36b5e..e40f04336 100644
--- a/react/features/background/index.js
+++ b/react/features/background/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
+export * from './actions';
 export * from './actionTypes';
-import './middleware';
-import './reducer';
diff --git a/react/features/background/middleware.js b/react/features/background/middleware.js
index debdbd09a..2a1735fc2 100644
--- a/react/features/background/middleware.js
+++ b/react/features/background/middleware.js
@@ -3,56 +3,59 @@
 import { AppState } from 'react-native';
 import type { Dispatch } from 'redux';
 
-import {
-    _setAppStateListener,
-    appStateChanged,
-    setBackgroundVideoMuted
-} from './actions';
-import {
-    _SET_APP_STATE_LISTENER,
-    APP_STATE_CHANGED
-} from './actionTypes';
-
 import {
     APP_WILL_MOUNT,
     APP_WILL_UNMOUNT
 } from '../app';
 import { MiddlewareRegistry } from '../base/redux';
 
+import {
+    _setAppStateListener,
+    _setBackgroundVideoMuted,
+    appStateChanged
+} from './actions';
+import {
+    _SET_APP_STATE_LISTENER,
+    APP_STATE_CHANGED
+} from './actionTypes';
 
 /**
  * Middleware that captures App lifetime actions and subscribes to application
  * state changes. When the application state changes it will fire the action
- * requred to mute or unmute the local video in case the application goes to
- * the backgound or comes back from it.
+ * required to mute or unmute the local video in case the application goes to
+ * the background or comes back from it.
  *
- * @see https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/appstate.html
  * @param {Store} store - Redux store.
  * @returns {Function}
+ * @see {@link https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/appstate.html}
  */
 MiddlewareRegistry.register(store => next => action => {
     switch (action.type) {
     case _SET_APP_STATE_LISTENER: {
+        // Remove the current/old AppState listener.
         const { appStateListener } = store.getState()['features/background'];
 
         if (appStateListener) {
             AppState.removeEventListener('change', appStateListener);
         }
+
+        // Add the new AppState listener.
         if (action.listener) {
             AppState.addEventListener('change', action.listener);
         }
         break;
     }
-    case APP_STATE_CHANGED:
-        _handleAppStateChange(store.dispatch, action.appState);
-        break;
-    case APP_WILL_MOUNT: {
-        const listener
-            = __onAppStateChanged.bind(undefined, store.dispatch);
 
-        store.dispatch(_setAppStateListener(listener));
+    case APP_STATE_CHANGED:
+        _appStateChanged(store.dispatch, action.appState);
         break;
-    }
+
+    case APP_WILL_MOUNT:
+        store.dispatch(
+                _setAppStateListener(
+                        _onAppStateChange.bind(undefined, store.dispatch)));
+        break;
+
     case APP_WILL_UNMOUNT:
         store.dispatch(_setAppStateListener(null));
         break;
@@ -61,36 +64,46 @@ MiddlewareRegistry.register(store => next => action => {
     return next(action);
 });
 
-
 /**
- * Handler for app state changes. If will fire the necessary actions for
- * local video to be muted when the app goes to the background, and to
- * unmute it when it comes back.
+ * Handles app state changes. Dispatches the necessary Redux actions for the
+ * local video to be muted when the app goes to the background, and to be
+ * unmuted when the app comes back.
  *
- * @param  {Dispatch} dispatch - Redux dispatch function.
- * @param  {string} appState - Current app state.
+ * @param {Dispatch} dispatch - Redux dispatch function.
+ * @param {string} appState - The current app state.
  * @private
  * @returns {void}
  */
-function _handleAppStateChange(dispatch: Dispatch<*>, appState: string) {
-    // XXX: we purposely don't handle the 'inactive' state.
-    if (appState === 'background') {
-        dispatch(setBackgroundVideoMuted(true));
-    } else if (appState === 'active') {
-        dispatch(setBackgroundVideoMuted(false));
+function _appStateChanged(dispatch: Dispatch<*>, appState: string) {
+    let muted;
+
+    switch (appState) {
+    case 'active':
+        muted = false;
+        break;
+
+    case 'background':
+        muted = true;
+        break;
+
+    case 'inactive':
+    default:
+        // XXX: We purposely don't handle the 'inactive' app state.
+        return;
     }
+
+    dispatch(_setBackgroundVideoMuted(muted));
 }
 
-
 /**
- * Handler called by React's AppState API indicating that the application state
- * has changed.
+ * Called by React Native's AppState API to notify that the application state
+ * has changed. Dispatches the change within the (associated) Redux store.
  *
- * @param  {Dispatch} dispatch - Redux dispatch function.
- * @param  {string} appState - The current application execution state.
+ * @param {Dispatch} dispatch - Redux dispatch function.
+ * @param {string} appState - The current application execution state.
  * @private
  * @returns {void}
  */
-function __onAppStateChanged(dispatch: Dispatch<*>, appState: string) {
+function _onAppStateChange(dispatch: Dispatch<*>, appState: string) {
     dispatch(appStateChanged(appState));
 }
diff --git a/react/features/background/reducer.js b/react/features/background/reducer.js
index feacad531..c99ce87fc 100644
--- a/react/features/background/reducer.js
+++ b/react/features/background/reducer.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+import { ReducerRegistry } from '../base/redux';
+
 import {
     _SET_APP_STATE_LISTENER,
     _SET_BACKGROUND_VIDEO_MUTED,
     APP_STATE_CHANGED
 } from './actionTypes';
-import { ReducerRegistry } from '../base/redux';
-
 
 ReducerRegistry.register('features/background', (state = {}, action) => {
     switch (action.type) {