From 714f8acf15da31db5ccb05d7957b5a392a6cbb4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yedidya Kennard <yedidyak@wix.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:53:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix iOS bottom tab text colors regression

---
 ios/BottomTabsAppearancePresenter.mm          |  9 ----
 .../RNNBottomTabsAppearancePresenterTest.mm   | 42 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ios/BottomTabsAppearancePresenter.mm b/ios/BottomTabsAppearancePresenter.mm
index a92ff16fcd..20abab9004 100644
--- a/ios/BottomTabsAppearancePresenter.mm
+++ b/ios/BottomTabsAppearancePresenter.mm
@@ -111,15 +111,6 @@ - (void)applyTabBarAppearance:(UITabBarAppearance *)appearance {
         self.tabBar.scrollEdgeAppearance = [appearance copy];
     }
 #endif
-
-    for (UIViewController *childViewController in self.tabBarController.childViewControllers) {
-        childViewController.tabBarItem.standardAppearance = [appearance copy];
-#if __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 150000
-        if (@available(iOS 15.0, *)) {
-            childViewController.tabBarItem.scrollEdgeAppearance = [appearance copy];
-        }
-#endif
-    }
 }
 
 @end
diff --git a/playground/ios/NavigationTests/RNNBottomTabsAppearancePresenterTest.mm b/playground/ios/NavigationTests/RNNBottomTabsAppearancePresenterTest.mm
index a4c8973e16..46cd89f0e4 100644
--- a/playground/ios/NavigationTests/RNNBottomTabsAppearancePresenterTest.mm
+++ b/playground/ios/NavigationTests/RNNBottomTabsAppearancePresenterTest.mm
@@ -117,8 +117,46 @@ - (void)testBackgroundColor_validColor {
 - (void)testTabBarBackgroundColor {
     UIColor *tabBarBackgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
     [self.uut setTabBarBackgroundColor:tabBarBackgroundColor];
-    XCTAssertTrue([self.children.lastObject.tabBarItem.standardAppearance.backgroundColor
-        isEqual:tabBarBackgroundColor]);
+    XCTAssertTrue(
+        [((UITabBarController *)self.boundViewController).tabBar.standardAppearance.backgroundColor
+            isEqual:tabBarBackgroundColor]);
+}
+
+- (void)testSetTabBarBackgroundColor_shouldPreserveBottomTabTitleColors {
+    RNNNavigationOptions *options = [RNNNavigationOptions emptyOptions];
+    options.bottomTab = [[RNNBottomTabOptions alloc] initWithDict:@{
+        @"text" : @"Home",
+        @"textColor" : @(0xFFFF0000),
+        @"selectedTextColor" : @(0xFF00FF00)
+    }];
+
+    BottomTabPresenter *bottomTabPresenter =
+        [BottomTabPresenterCreator createWithDefaultOptions:nil];
+    UIViewController *child = self.children.lastObject;
+    [bottomTabPresenter applyOptions:options child:child];
+
+    [self.uut setTabBarBackgroundColor:UIColor.blueColor];
+
+    UIColor *normalColor = child.tabBarItem.standardAppearance.stackedLayoutAppearance.normal
+                               .titleTextAttributes[NSForegroundColorAttributeName];
+    UIColor *selectedColor = child.tabBarItem.standardAppearance.stackedLayoutAppearance.selected
+                                 .titleTextAttributes[NSForegroundColorAttributeName];
+
+    XCTAssertTrue([normalColor isEqual:UIColor.redColor]);
+    XCTAssertTrue([selectedColor isEqual:UIColor.greenColor]);
+#if __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 150000
+    if (@available(iOS 15.0, *)) {
+        UIColor *scrollEdgeNormalColor =
+            child.tabBarItem.scrollEdgeAppearance.stackedLayoutAppearance.normal
+                .titleTextAttributes[NSForegroundColorAttributeName];
+        UIColor *scrollEdgeSelectedColor =
+            child.tabBarItem.scrollEdgeAppearance.stackedLayoutAppearance.selected
+                .titleTextAttributes[NSForegroundColorAttributeName];
+
+        XCTAssertTrue([scrollEdgeNormalColor isEqual:UIColor.redColor]);
+        XCTAssertTrue([scrollEdgeSelectedColor isEqual:UIColor.greenColor]);
+    }
+#endif
 }
 
 - (void)testApplyOptions_applyTabBarShadowDefaultValues {