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Custom tabBar on iPad renders duplicate #293

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@alizahid

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  • I tested using the latest version of the library, as the bug might be already fixed.
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Bug summary

Using the new custom tab bar on iPad renders two tab bars.

Image

Library version

0.8.6

Environment info

expo 52.0.31
react-native 0.76.7

Steps to reproduce

  1. Create a new Expo project
  2. Setup react-native-bottom-tabs
  3. Create a custom tab bar
  4. Open on iPad

Reproducible sample code

<Tabs
  screenOptions={{
    lazy: true,
  }}
  tabBar={(props) => <CustomTabBar {...props} />}
>
  <Tabs.Screen name="(home)" />

  <Tabs.Screen name="(search)" />

  <Tabs.Screen name="(profile)" />

  <Tabs.Screen
    name="(notifications)"
    options={{
      tabBarBadge: unread,
    }}
  />

  <Tabs.Screen name="(settings)" />

  <Tabs.Screen
    name="+not-found"
    options={{
      tabBarItemHidden: true,
    }}
  />

  <Tabs.Screen
    name="_sitemap"
    options={{
      tabBarItemHidden: true,
    }}
  />
</Tabs>

Activity

  1. okwasniewski commented on Feb 7, 2025

    @okwasniewski
    Collaborator

    Hey,

    Thanks for opening the issue! I will look into this in the upcoming days.

  2. alizahid commented on Feb 15, 2025

    @alizahid
    Author

    @okwasniewski Thanks for the quick fix! Any chance this will be released soon?

  3. okwasniewski commented on Feb 15, 2025

    @okwasniewski
    Collaborator

    @alizahid Will be out on Monday together with bunch of other fixes!

  4. r0b0t3d commented on Sep 5, 2025

    @r0b0t3d
    Contributor

    Still happening for me

    Simulator: iPad mini (A17 Pro) iOS 18.5

    "@bottom-tabs/react-navigation": "^0.11.1",
    "react-native-bottom-tabs": "^0.11.1",
    
    Image
  5. alizahid commented on Sep 8, 2025

    @alizahid
    Author

    @okwasniewski Looks like this has snuck back in a recent version.

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