From 9f1b15f524d99e8fabd67b344bb4ecba6808d362 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oleksandr Zavarzin <oleksandr.zavarzin@callstack.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 10:16:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ios): set default props for the bottom accessory view

---
 .changeset/bottom-accessory-default-props.md                 | 5 +++++
 .../ios/RCTBottomAccessoryComponentView.mm                   | 1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/bottom-accessory-default-props.md

diff --git a/.changeset/bottom-accessory-default-props.md b/.changeset/bottom-accessory-default-props.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4096375a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/bottom-accessory-default-props.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'react-native-bottom-tabs': patch
+---
+
+Fix an iOS crash in debug builds when `renderBottomAccessoryView` is used.
diff --git a/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/RCTBottomAccessoryComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/RCTBottomAccessoryComponentView.mm
index 1dd9543d..9473d0d7 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/RCTBottomAccessoryComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/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);