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Description

Fixes #4748.

Copies each tab item test ID onto its backing tab view so XCUITest can find native tabs mounted after the initial render on iOS 26. Based on the work in wix/react-native-navigation#8254.

The workaround is limited to iOS 26, preserves existing identifiers, and uses a bounded retry for delayed UIKit view creation.

Test plan

  • Added Test4748 reproduction and Detox coverage for delayed and immediate mounts plus runtime test ID updates.
  • Test4748.e2e.ts: 3/3 passing
  • Existing iPhone tab sentinels: 31/31 passing
  • Release iOS build, TypeScript, JavaScript lint, and Android lint

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  • Included code example that can be used to test this change.
  • Ensured that CI passes.

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  • FabricExample/e2e/issue-tests/Test4748.e2e.ts
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  • apps/src/tests/issue-tests/Test4748.tsx
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📝 Walkthrough

On iOS 26, RNSTabBarController synchronizes tab test IDs to tab-bar item views and retries incomplete updates. The Test4748 screen and end-to-end tests cover immediate and delayed Tabs.Host mounting, tab selection, and test ID changes.

Changes: Tab test ID synchronization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Synchronize tab-bar item identifiers
ios/tabs/host/RNSTabBarController.mm
The controller applies tab test IDs to item views during layout and accessibility updates. It saves original identifiers for restoration when a test ID is cleared. On supported iOS 26 devices, incomplete synchronization triggers up to five retries, 0.15 seconds apart.
Test screen and registry
apps/src/tests/issue-tests/Test4748.tsx, apps/src/tests/issue-tests/index.ts
The Test4748 screen provides immediate and delayed tab mounting, tab selection, and controls to change or clear the cards tab test ID. The issue-test registry exports the screen.
End-to-end coverage
FabricExample/e2e/issue-tests/Test4748.e2e.ts
The iOS 26 tests check delayed and immediate mounting, tab selection, and changes to the cards tab test ID.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: kmichalikk

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to fdceb

This change exposes tab item test IDs to XCUITest on iOS 26 and adds end-to-end coverage. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after review.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 4 · Failed 1

Failed Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Docstring Coverage Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 1 functions across 3 files. (1 skipped: 1 … Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Passed Passed checks: 4 passed
Check name Status Explanation
Linked Issues check Passed The native change addresses [#4748]. RNSTabBarController synchronizes each tab item accessibility identifier to its backing tab view after layout and accessibility updates. The implementation limits…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changed native code directly supports [#4748]. The Test4748 screen, registry entry, and Detox tests reproduce the deferred mount and verify identifier synchronization. Runtime update and clearin…
Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main iOS change: exposing tab item test IDs to XCUITest.
Description check Passed The description directly explains the iOS 26 fix, bounded retry behavior, identifier preservation, and added test coverage.
Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

The native change addresses [#4748]. RNSTabBarController synchronizes each tab item accessibility identifier to its backing tab view after layout and accessibility updates. The implementation limits retry behavior to iOS 26 and uses five attempts at 0.15-second intervals when UIKit has not created the view. The Test4748 screen and Detox tests cover delayed mounting, immediate mounting, tab selection, and runtime identifier update and clearing.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

The changed native code directly supports [#4748]. The Test4748 screen, registry entry, and Detox tests reproduce the deferred mount and verify identifier synchronization. Runtime update and clearing tests verify preservation and removal behavior for the same identifier path. No unrelated change is shown in the supplied change summary.

Full details: Docstring Coverage

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Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 1 functions across 3 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @FabricExample/e2e/issue-tests/Test4748.e2e.ts:
- Around line 25-26: Update the E2E tests around “updates and clears a
tabBarItemTestID after the controls exist” so each test starts with the tabs
mounted, either by mounting them within each test or resetting and mounting them
in a shared beforeEach. Ensure tests that tap tab-home or reset-mount do not
depend on beforeAll state.
- Line 33: Update both old-ID assertions in the test to use not.toExist()
instead of not.toBeVisible(), so hidden elements with stale IDs still fail the
checks.

Review comments at @ios/tabs/host/RNSTabBarController.mm:
- Line 1024: Protect the private KVC lookup in syncTabBarItemTestIDs by catching
NSUnknownKeyException around the valueForKey:@"view" read, allowing other
exceptions to propagate. Preserve the UIView type check and let the existing nil
and bounded-retry handling proceed when the key is unavailable.

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[iOS 26][Tabs] tabBarItemTestID never reaches the tab bar buttons when Tabs.Host mounts after the first render

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