renderBottomAccessoryView crashes on iOS 26: RCTBottomAccessoryComponentView does not initialize _props in its constructor

Empieza en ios/RCTBottomAccessoryComponentView.mm y compara la configuración de initWithFrame: con RCTTabViewComponentView.mm, que el issue identifica como un ejemplo funcional. Asigna los defaultProps existentes a _props y luego compila y ejecuta el ejemplo proporcionado en iOS 26 en modo Debug con renderBottomAccessoryView; el trabajo está terminado cuando el accesorio se monta sin la assertion y aparece encima de la barra de pestañas.

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Bug summary

Description

Using the iOS 26 bottom accessory feature (renderBottomAccessoryView) crashes the app
immediately on first render:

Thread 1: "`RCTViewComponentView` subclasses (and `RCTBottomAccessoryComponentView`
particularly) must setup `_props` instance variable with a default value in the constructor."

Removing renderBottomAccessoryView makes the app run normally, so the crash is specific to
the accessory component view.

Library version

1.5.0

Environment info

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System:
  OS: macOS 26.5.2
  CPU: (10) arm64 Apple M4
  Memory: 87.67 MB / 24.00 GB
  Shell:
    version: "5.9"
    path: /bin/zsh
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 24.18.0
    path: /var/folders/lt/t4vyv6s110d1p6mg8_fwsd9h0000gn/T/yarn--1793087516853-0.2936365526559257/node
  Yarn:
    version: 1.22.22
    path: /var/folders/lt/t4vyv6s110d1p6mg8_fwsd9h0000gn/T/yarn--1793087516853-0.2936365526559257/yarn
  npm:
    version: 11.16.0
    path: /Users/munitcat/.vfox/sdks/nodejs/bin/npm
  Watchman:
    version: 2026.07.20.00
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/watchman
Managers:
  CocoaPods:
    version: 1.17.0
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/pod
SDKs:
  iOS SDK:
    Platforms:
      - DriverKit 25.5
      - iOS 26.5
      - macOS 26.5
      - tvOS 26.5
      - visionOS 26.5
      - watchOS 26.5
  Android SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
  Android Studio: 2026.1 AI-261.25134.95.2612.15822958
  Xcode:
    version: 26.6/17F113
    path: /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
  Java:
    version: 17.0.18
    path: /usr/bin/javac
  Ruby:
    version: 4.0.6
    path: /opt/homebrew/bin/ruby
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli":
    installed: 20.2.0
    wanted: 20.2.0
  react:
    installed: 19.3.0
    wanted: 19.3.0
  react-native:
    installed: 0.88.0
    wanted: 0.88.0
  react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: true
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: true

Steps to reproduce

Root cause

ios/RCTBottomAccessoryComponentView.mm — initWithFrame: creates defaultProps but never
assigns it to the _props ivar:

- (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
  if (self = [super initWithFrame:frame]) {
    static const auto defaultProps = std::make_shared<const BottomAccessoryViewProps>();
    if (@available(iOS 26.0, *)) {          // <-- defaultProps is never used
      bottomAccessoryProvider = [[BottomAccessoryProvider alloc] initWithDelegate:self];
    }
  }
  return self;
}

RCTViewComponentView (react-native 0.88.0,
React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/View/RCTViewComponentView.mm:137) initializes the ivar
with plain ViewProps:

_props = ViewShadowNode::defaultSharedProps();

and then asserts in updateProps:oldProps: (line 333–346) that every subclass replaces it with
its own props type:

RCTAssert(
    propsRawPtr &&
        ([self class] == [RCTViewComponentView class] ||
         typeid(*propsRawPtr).hash_code() != typeid(const ViewProps).hash_code()),
    @"`RCTViewComponentView` subclasses (and `%@` particularly) must setup `_props`"
     " instance variable with a default value in the constructor.",
    NSStringFromClass([self class]));

Because RCTBottomAccessoryComponentView never overrides _props, typeid(*_props) is still
ViewProps and the assertion fires.

For comparison, RCTTabViewComponentView.mm does it correctly in the same constructor:

static const auto defaultProps = std::make_shared<const RNCTabViewProps>();
...
self.contentView = _tabViewProvider;
_props = defaultProps;   // <-- this line is missing in the accessory view

Fix

One line, in ios/RCTBottomAccessoryComponentView.mm:

   if (self = [super initWithFrame:frame]) {
     static const auto defaultProps = std::make_shared<const BottomAccessoryViewProps>();
+    _props = defaultProps;
     if (@available(iOS 26.0, *)) {

This also silences the unused variable 'defaultProps' compiler warning.

Scope / notes

• Only affects builds with the New Architecture, as the file is wrapped in
  #ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED.
• Only triggered when renderBottomAccessoryView is provided and
  Platform.Version >= 26 — that is the only path where BottomAccessoryView is mounted
  (src/TabView.tsx, around line 522).
• Debug only. The assertion sits inside #ifndef NS_BLOCK_ASSERTIONS, so it is compiled
  out in Release. Release builds don't crash, but the component view keeps running on the
  base ViewProps instead of its own props type.

Workaround

Until a release with the fix is out, apply the patch through patch-package:

npm i -D patch-package
npx patch-package react-native-bottom-tabs

and add "postinstall": "patch-package" to package.json.
The generated patch is attached below.

diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/RCTBottomAccessoryComponentView.mm b/node_modules/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/RCTBottomAccessoryComponentView.mm
--- a/node_modules/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/RCTBottomAccessoryComponentView.mm
+++ b/node_modules/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/RCTBottomAccessoryComponentView.mm
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
 {
   if (self = [super initWithFrame:frame]) {
     static const auto defaultProps = std::make_shared<const BottomAccessoryViewProps>();
+    _props = defaultProps;
     if (@available(iOS 26.0, *)) {
 #if SWIFT_PACKAGE
       bottomAccessoryProvider = RNCCreateBottomAccessoryProvider(self);

Alternatively, simply do not pass renderBottomAccessoryView — the tab bar itself works fine
without it.

Reproducible sample code

## Steps to reproduce


import TabView from 'react-native-bottom-tabs';

const routes = [
  { key: 'home', title: 'Home', focusedIcon: { sfSymbol: 'house.fill' } },
];

<TabView
  navigationState={{ index: 0, routes }}
  renderScene={() => <View />}
  onIndexChange={() => {}}
  renderBottomAccessoryView={() => <View style={{ height: 44 }} />}
/>


Run on an **iOS 26** device or simulator in **Debug**. The app crashes while mounting the  
`BottomAccessoryView` component.Expected

The bottom accessory renders above the tab bar.