fix(iOS, Tabs): size the tab bar controller's view before attaching it by nkt · Pull Request #4990 · software-mansion/react-native-screens

nkt · 2026-10-19T22:00:47Z

Description

Closes #4989.

On an iPhone Duo cold-launched unfolded, TabsHost comes up without its tab bar: the side rail is never shown. A folded launch is fine, and folding then unfolding brings the tab bar back.

Cause: RNSTabBarController's view is loaded while the controller is still detached, at the main screen's size (on the Duo launched unfolded, the cover display's 466x678), and the tabs are installed at that size. -[RNSTabsHostComponentView didMoveToWindow] then adds the view to the host and pins it with constraints without setting a frame. The later resize to the host (951x669) doesn't make UIKit rebuild the tab bar, so the rail tab bar never appears. The repro repo has a single-file UIKit app without React Native that shows the same thing (0/3 stock, 3/3 with the frame set before addSubview), so this is a UIKit issue that the mount order triggers, and setting the frame first is a safe workaround.

There's no OS or device guard: this is a UIKit ordering issue reproducible in plain UIKit, not a version regression, and the frame assignment is a no-op whenever the sizes already match.

The same didMoveToWindow code is in 4.30.0 and on v4-main, so this is probably worth a v4 backport.

Changes

-[RNSTabsHostComponentView didMoveToWindow]: set _controller.view.frame = self.bounds before attaching the controller and activating the constraints.
Test4989: three tabs in a TabsContainer, to be rendered directly from apps/App.tsx and cold-launched on the Duo while unfolded.

Before & after - visual documentation

iPhone Duo simulator, unfolded cold launch, inner display:

	Before	After
FabricExample `Test4989`
4.30.0
5.0.0-alpha.4

Test plan

FabricExample, Release build, iPhone Duo simulator (Xcode 27.1, iOS 27.1), Test4989 rendered directly from apps/App.tsx:

Unfold the device, quit the app, cold-launch it.
The side rail tab bar with First, Second and Third should be on the inner display.

Unfolded cold launches with the rail tab bar shown: 0/3 without the fix, 3/3 with it. A folded cold launch and fold then unfold show the tab bar with and without the fix.

Regression check, cold launch of each scenario with and without the fix (FabricExample Release, iPhone 18 Pro and iPad Pro 11" on iOS 27.0, iPhone Duo folded and unfolded): test-tabs-tab-bar-controller-mode-ios, test-tabs-layout-appearances-ios, test-tabs-bottom-accessory-layout-ios, test-tabs-simple-nav, test-stack-tabs-tab-bar-sidebar-preferred-placement-stack-in-tabs-ios. Identical screens on iPhone 18 Pro, iPad and the folded Duo. On the unfolded Duo the fix adds the missing rail tab bar in four of them; test-tabs-bottom-accessory-layout-ios already showed it without the fix and is unchanged.

The same fix was also checked in an Expo app: https://github.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro (Expo SDK 58, RN 0.88, expo-router NativeTabs, Release), with 4.30.0 and 5.0.0-alpha.4 each going from 0/3 to 3/3 unfolded cold launches with the rail tab bar.

Checklist

Included code example that can be used to test this change (Test4989).
For visual changes, included screenshots / GIFs / recordings documenting the change.
For API changes, updated relevant public types.
Ensured that CI passes

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On an iPhone Duo cold-launched unfolded, the tabs host attaches a tab bar controller whose view was loaded while detached, at the cover display's size, and pins it with constraints without setting a frame. UIKit never builds the side rail tab bar for the real size. Set the view's frame to the host's bounds before attaching it. Fixes software-mansion#4989. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0164Zdw6abcSU2WKSirxHNb4

coderabbitai · 2026-10-19T22:01:17Z

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The iOS tabs host now sizes the controller view to the host bounds before attachment. The issue-test index adds a three-tab reproduction screen for checking tab-bar visibility on an iPhone Duo.

Changes: iPhone Duo tabs layout

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Issue 4989 reproduction screen `apps/src/tests/issue-tests/Test4989.tsx`, `apps/src/tests/issue-tests/index.ts`	Adds a screen with three tabs and instructions to check tab-bar visibility after cold launch and folding. Exports the screen and marks its E2E test as skipped because it requires an iPhone Duo cold-launched while unfolded.
Controller frame sizing `ios/react/containers/tabs/host/RNSTabsHostComponentView.mm`	Sets the controller view frame to the host bounds in `didMoveToWindow` before attaching the controller.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: kkafar

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e5e4a

The reproduction requires a small App.tsx switch before it can validate the reported cold-launch behavior; the native fix itself has no identified regression.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

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Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 2 files. (1 skipped: 1…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description check		The description clearly explains the iOS tab-bar bug, its cause, the frame-sizing fix, the reproduction test, and the reported validation results. It is directly related to the changeset.
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the primary iOS tabs fix: sizing the tab bar controller view before attachment.
Linked Issues check		Issue `#4989` requires the controller view to use the host size before attachment so the iPhone Duo side-rail tab bar appears after an unfolded cold launch. The change sets `_controller.view.frame = sel…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes are limited to the UIKit sizing fix and the focused `Test4989` reproduction screen and export. The test screen directly supports issue `#4989`. No unrelated behavior or public API change is …

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Explanation

Issue #4989 requires the controller view to use the host size before attachment so the iPhone Duo side-rail tab bar appears after an unfolded cold launch. The change sets _controller.view.frame = self.bounds in RNSTabsHostComponentView didMoveToWindow before controller attachment and constraint activation. Test4989 adds three tabs and documents the required launch and fold/unfold scenario. The available evidence supports the requested implementation and regression coverage.

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

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Three tabs in a TabsContainer, meant to be rendered directly from apps/App.tsx and cold-launched on an iPhone Duo while unfolded. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0164Zdw6abcSU2WKSirxHNb4

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* origin/main: refactor(iOS, Split): move the Split React side to ios/react (software-mansion#4969) refactor(iOS, Tabs): move the Tabs React side to ios/react (software-mansion#4968) refactor(Android, Stack v5): move stack to core / react (software-mansion#4943) refactor(Android, Tabs): type core-bound tabs code on a container item interface (software-mansion#4921) chore: add support for [email protected] (software-mansion#4992) refactor(iOS, Stack): move the Stack React side to ios/react (software-mansion#4967) refactor(test): replace per-version iOS suite guards with version-parameterized helpers (software-mansion#4743) refactor(test): fix tab bar item badge e2e test for iOS 27 (software-mansion#4719) refactor(iOS): move RNSModule and the React-side helpers to ios/react (software-mansion#4966) fix(Android, Stack v5): emit onDismiss only if fragment is explicitly popped (software-mansion#4745) refactor(test): make stack v5 header item e2e tests work on iOS 27 (software-mansion#4718) chore: add support for [email protected] (software-mansion#4928)

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🟡 Minor · Directly mount Test4989 for the cold-launch reproduction. · Test4989.tsx:11-16

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Directly mount Test4989 for the cold-launch reproduction.

apps/App.tsx renders Example, so the supplied app does not mount Test4989 during cold launch. The issue-test navigator only makes the screen available after navigation, which does not exercise the required launch condition. Mount Test4989 from apps/App.tsx when running this reproduction.
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nkt · 2026-10-20T14:28:51Z

@coderabbitai Re the outside-diff note on Test4989.tsx (mount it directly for the cold launch): agreed that it has to be the root at launch, and that is how it was run. The test plan says Test4989 is rendered directly from apps/App.tsx, the same way every issue test is run here: swap the commented import { … as Example } line in apps/App.tsx locally. Committing that swap would replace the example app for everyone, so it stays out of this PR. The 0/3 → 3/3 numbers in the description are from that setup.

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Looks good to me. Let's wait for the CI to pass and we'll proceed.

nkt · 2026-10-20T16:01:11Z

Optional follow-up, not part of this PR: the regression can be caught by a Detox e2e test.

The iPhone Duo simulator's hinge can be driven from the command line with duoctl (SimulatorKit HID). The spec unfolds the Duo, cold-launches FabricExample straight into Test4989, and asserts that the side rail tab items are visible and switch tabs. A rnsE2EIssueTest launch argument renders an issue test as the app root. Opening the test from the issue tests list mounts the tabs too late, and that path passes even without the fix.

Release build, iPhone Duo / iOS 27.1, 3 cold launches per run:

	Runs	Result
Without the fix (L135 removed)	5	5 failed (5 of 6 launches without the rail)
With the fix	5	5 passed (15 of 15 launches)

Spec: nkt@51df4f5 (branch e2e/test4989-duo)

Caveats:

duoctl is a third-party tool built on private SimulatorKit API.
I haven't checked that the iPhone Duo simulator type is available on the xcode-27-xlarge runners. It would need its own matrix entry (RNS_APPLE_SIM_NAME="iPhone Duo" with duoctl installed).
Under Detox the unfixed race reproduces on only about half of the launches (by hand, on every launch), hence the repeated launches.

Happy to open it as a separate PR if that's useful.

kligarski · 2026-10-20T16:45:20Z

Thanks for the additional context. For now, let's keep it as is - this is enough.

kligarski · 2026-10-21T06:09:42Z

Same CI tests fail on current main so we can proceed.

#4990) (#5093) ## Description Closes #4989. On an iPhone Duo cold-launched unfolded, `TabsHost` comes up without its tab bar: the side rail is never shown. A folded launch is fine, and folding then unfolding brings the tab bar back. Cause: `RNSTabBarController`'s view is loaded while the controller is still detached, at the main screen's size (on the Duo launched unfolded, the cover display's 466x678), and the tabs are installed at that size. `-[RNSTabsHostComponentView didMoveToWindow]` then adds the view to the host and pins it with constraints without setting a frame. The later resize to the host (951x669) doesn't make UIKit rebuild the tab bar, so the rail tab bar never appears. The repro repo has a single-file UIKit app without React Native that shows the same thing (0/3 stock, 3/3 with the frame set before `addSubview`), so this is a UIKit issue that the mount order triggers, and setting the frame first is a safe workaround. There's no OS or device guard: this is a UIKit ordering issue reproducible in plain UIKit, not a version regression, and the frame assignment is a no-op whenever the sizes already match. The same `didMoveToWindow` code is in 4.30.0 and on `v4-main`, so this is probably worth a v4 backport. ## Changes - `-[RNSTabsHostComponentView didMoveToWindow]`: set `_controller.view.frame = self.bounds` before attaching the controller and activating the constraints. - `Test4989`: three tabs in a `TabsContainer`, to be rendered directly from `apps/App.tsx` and cold-launched on the Duo while unfolded. ## Before & after - visual documentation iPhone Duo simulator, unfolded cold launch, inner display: | | Before | After | | --- | --- | --- | | FabricExample `Test4989` | ![Test4989 before](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro/main/screenshots/fabricexample-test4989-stock-unfolded-cold-launch.jpg) | ![Test4989 after](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro/main/screenshots/fabricexample-test4989-fixed-unfolded-cold-launch.jpg) | | 4.30.0 | ![v4 before](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro/main/screenshots/v4-stock-unfolded-cold-launch.jpg) | ![v4 after](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro/main/screenshots/v4-fixed-unfolded-cold-launch.jpg) | | 5.0.0-alpha.4 | ![v5 before](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro/main/screenshots/v5-stock-unfolded-cold-launch.jpg) | ![v5 after](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro/main/screenshots/v5-fixed-unfolded-cold-launch.jpg) | ## Test plan FabricExample, Release build, iPhone Duo simulator (Xcode 27.1, iOS 27.1), `Test4989` rendered directly from `apps/App.tsx`: 1. Unfold the device, quit the app, cold-launch it. 2. The side rail tab bar with First, Second and Third should be on the inner display. Unfolded cold launches with the rail tab bar shown: 0/3 without the fix, 3/3 with it. A folded cold launch and fold then unfold show the tab bar with and without the fix. Regression check, cold launch of each scenario with and without the fix (FabricExample Release, iPhone 18 Pro and iPad Pro 11" on iOS 27.0, iPhone Duo folded and unfolded): `test-tabs-tab-bar-controller-mode-ios`, `test-tabs-layout-appearances-ios`, `test-tabs-bottom-accessory-layout-ios`, `test-tabs-simple-nav`, `test-stack-tabs-tab-bar-sidebar-preferred-placement-stack-in-tabs-ios`. Identical screens on iPhone 18 Pro, iPad and the folded Duo. On the unfolded Duo the fix adds the missing rail tab bar in four of them; `test-tabs-bottom-accessory-layout-ios` already showed it without the fix and is unchanged. The same fix was also checked in an Expo app: https://github.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro (Expo SDK 58, RN 0.88, expo-router `NativeTabs`, Release), with 4.30.0 and 5.0.0-alpha.4 each going from 0/3 to 3/3 unfolded cold launches with the rail tab bar. ## Checklist - [x] Included code example that can be used to test this change (`Test4989`). - [x] For visual changes, included screenshots / GIFs / recordings documenting the change. - [ ] For API changes, updated relevant public types. - [ ] Ensured that CI passes 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) https://claude.ai/code/session_0164Zdw6abcSU2WKSirxHNb4 --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]> (cherry picked from commit 06656d7) Co-authored-by: Nikita Gusakov <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>

#4990) (#5093) ## Description Closes #4989. On an iPhone Duo cold-launched unfolded, `TabsHost` comes up without its tab bar: the side rail is never shown. A folded launch is fine, and folding then unfolding brings the tab bar back. Cause: `RNSTabBarController`'s view is loaded while the controller is still detached, at the main screen's size (on the Duo launched unfolded, the cover display's 466x678), and the tabs are installed at that size. `-[RNSTabsHostComponentView didMoveToWindow]` then adds the view to the host and pins it with constraints without setting a frame. The later resize to the host (951x669) doesn't make UIKit rebuild the tab bar, so the rail tab bar never appears. The repro repo has a single-file UIKit app without React Native that shows the same thing (0/3 stock, 3/3 with the frame set before `addSubview`), so this is a UIKit issue that the mount order triggers, and setting the frame first is a safe workaround. There's no OS or device guard: this is a UIKit ordering issue reproducible in plain UIKit, not a version regression, and the frame assignment is a no-op whenever the sizes already match. The same `didMoveToWindow` code is in 4.30.0 and on `v4-main`, so this is probably worth a v4 backport. ## Changes - `-[RNSTabsHostComponentView didMoveToWindow]`: set `_controller.view.frame = self.bounds` before attaching the controller and activating the constraints. - `Test4989`: three tabs in a `TabsContainer`, to be rendered directly from `apps/App.tsx` and cold-launched on the Duo while unfolded. ## Before & after - visual documentation iPhone Duo simulator, unfolded cold launch, inner display: | | Before | After | | --- | --- | --- | | FabricExample `Test4989` | ![Test4989 before](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro/main/screenshots/fabricexample-test4989-stock-unfolded-cold-launch.jpg) | ![Test4989 after](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro/main/screenshots/fabricexample-test4989-fixed-unfolded-cold-launch.jpg) | | 4.30.0 | ![v4 before](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro/main/screenshots/v4-stock-unfolded-cold-launch.jpg) | ![v4 after](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro/main/screenshots/v4-fixed-unfolded-cold-launch.jpg) | | 5.0.0-alpha.4 | ![v5 before](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro/main/screenshots/v5-stock-unfolded-cold-launch.jpg) | ![v5 after](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro/main/screenshots/v5-fixed-unfolded-cold-launch.jpg) | ## Test plan FabricExample, Release build, iPhone Duo simulator (Xcode 27.1, iOS 27.1), `Test4989` rendered directly from `apps/App.tsx`: 1. Unfold the device, quit the app, cold-launch it. 2. The side rail tab bar with First, Second and Third should be on the inner display. Unfolded cold launches with the rail tab bar shown: 0/3 without the fix, 3/3 with it. A folded cold launch and fold then unfold show the tab bar with and without the fix. Regression check, cold launch of each scenario with and without the fix (FabricExample Release, iPhone 18 Pro and iPad Pro 11" on iOS 27.0, iPhone Duo folded and unfolded): `test-tabs-tab-bar-controller-mode-ios`, `test-tabs-layout-appearances-ios`, `test-tabs-bottom-accessory-layout-ios`, `test-tabs-simple-nav`, `test-stack-tabs-tab-bar-sidebar-preferred-placement-stack-in-tabs-ios`. Identical screens on iPhone 18 Pro, iPad and the folded Duo. On the unfolded Duo the fix adds the missing rail tab bar in four of them; `test-tabs-bottom-accessory-layout-ios` already showed it without the fix and is unchanged. The same fix was also checked in an Expo app: https://github.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro (Expo SDK 58, RN 0.88, expo-router `NativeTabs`, Release), with 4.30.0 and 5.0.0-alpha.4 each going from 0/3 to 3/3 unfolded cold launches with the rail tab bar. ## Checklist - [x] Included code example that can be used to test this change (`Test4989`). - [x] For visual changes, included screenshots / GIFs / recordings documenting the change. - [ ] For API changes, updated relevant public types. - [ ] Ensured that CI passes 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) https://claude.ai/code/session_0164Zdw6abcSU2WKSirxHNb4 --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]> (cherry picked from commit 06656d7) Co-authored-by: Nikita Gusakov <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]> (cherry picked from commit 2bc25de)

software-mansion#4990) ## Description Closes software-mansion#4989. On an iPhone Duo cold-launched unfolded, `TabsHost` comes up without its tab bar: the side rail is never shown. A folded launch is fine, and folding then unfolding brings the tab bar back. Cause: `RNSTabBarController`'s view is loaded while the controller is still detached, at the main screen's size (on the Duo launched unfolded, the cover display's 466x678), and the tabs are installed at that size. `-[RNSTabsHostComponentView didMoveToWindow]` then adds the view to the host and pins it with constraints without setting a frame. The later resize to the host (951x669) doesn't make UIKit rebuild the tab bar, so the rail tab bar never appears. The repro repo has a single-file UIKit app without React Native that shows the same thing (0/3 stock, 3/3 with the frame set before `addSubview`), so this is a UIKit issue that the mount order triggers, and setting the frame first is a safe workaround. There's no OS or device guard: this is a UIKit ordering issue reproducible in plain UIKit, not a version regression, and the frame assignment is a no-op whenever the sizes already match. The same `didMoveToWindow` code is in 4.30.0 and on `v4-main`, so this is probably worth a v4 backport. ## Changes - `-[RNSTabsHostComponentView didMoveToWindow]`: set `_controller.view.frame = self.bounds` before attaching the controller and activating the constraints. - `Test4989`: three tabs in a `TabsContainer`, to be rendered directly from `apps/App.tsx` and cold-launched on the Duo while unfolded. ## Before & after - visual documentation iPhone Duo simulator, unfolded cold launch, inner display: | | Before | After | | --- | --- | --- | | FabricExample `Test4989` | ![Test4989 before](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro/main/screenshots/fabricexample-test4989-stock-unfolded-cold-launch.jpg) | ![Test4989 after](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro/main/screenshots/fabricexample-test4989-fixed-unfolded-cold-launch.jpg) | | 4.30.0 | ![v4 before](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro/main/screenshots/v4-stock-unfolded-cold-launch.jpg) | ![v4 after](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro/main/screenshots/v4-fixed-unfolded-cold-launch.jpg) | | 5.0.0-alpha.4 | ![v5 before](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro/main/screenshots/v5-stock-unfolded-cold-launch.jpg) | ![v5 after](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro/main/screenshots/v5-fixed-unfolded-cold-launch.jpg) | ## Test plan FabricExample, Release build, iPhone Duo simulator (Xcode 27.1, iOS 27.1), `Test4989` rendered directly from `apps/App.tsx`: 1. Unfold the device, quit the app, cold-launch it. 2. The side rail tab bar with First, Second and Third should be on the inner display. Unfolded cold launches with the rail tab bar shown: 0/3 without the fix, 3/3 with it. A folded cold launch and fold then unfold show the tab bar with and without the fix. Regression check, cold launch of each scenario with and without the fix (FabricExample Release, iPhone 18 Pro and iPad Pro 11" on iOS 27.0, iPhone Duo folded and unfolded): `test-tabs-tab-bar-controller-mode-ios`, `test-tabs-layout-appearances-ios`, `test-tabs-bottom-accessory-layout-ios`, `test-tabs-simple-nav`, `test-stack-tabs-tab-bar-sidebar-preferred-placement-stack-in-tabs-ios`. Identical screens on iPhone 18 Pro, iPad and the folded Duo. On the unfolded Duo the fix adds the missing rail tab bar in four of them; `test-tabs-bottom-accessory-layout-ios` already showed it without the fix and is unchanged. The same fix was also checked in an Expo app: https://github.com/nkt/rns-duo-tabs-repro (Expo SDK 58, RN 0.88, expo-router `NativeTabs`, Release), with 4.30.0 and 5.0.0-alpha.4 each going from 0/3 to 3/3 unfolded cold launches with the rail tab bar. ## Checklist - [x] Included code example that can be used to test this change (`Test4989`). - [x] For visual changes, included screenshots / GIFs / recordings documenting the change. - [ ] For API changes, updated relevant public types. - [ ] Ensured that CI passes 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) https://claude.ai/code/session_0164Zdw6abcSU2WKSirxHNb4 --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]> (cherry picked from commit 06656d7)

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refactor(iOS, Tabs): shorten the didMoveToWindow frame comment

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