iOS 26 Navigation Title Not Displaying - Solution Problem Description After updating to iOS 26 beta, navigation titles stopped displaying in some of our SwiftUI views, while others continued to work. The affected views showed no navigation bar - the title, large title display mode, and toolbar items were not visible. This behavior is different from iOS 18, where the same code displays navigation titles as expected. Affected Configuration iOS Version: iOS 26 beta (all current betas through beta 7) SwiftUI: NavigationStack with .navigationTitle() and .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.large) Specific Pattern: Views where ScrollView or Form is the direct child of the view body The Change in Behavior In iOS 26, when a view's body directly returns a ScrollView or Form, the navigation title doesn't appear. Here's an example of code that displays the navigation title in iOS 18 but not in iOS 26: struct DashboardView: View { var body: some View { ScrollView { LazyVStack { // Your content here } } .navigationTitle("Dashboard") .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.large) } } Similarly with Form: struct SettingsView: View { var body: some View { Form { Section("Settings") { // Your settings here } } .navigationTitle("Settings") .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.large) } } Why Some Views Still Worked Views that continued to work had a different structure - they wrapped their scrollable content in a VStack or had non-scrolling elements before the scrollable content: struct WorkingView: View { var body: some View { VStack(spacing: 0) { headerView // Non-scrolling content ScrollView { // Scrollable content } } .navigationTitle("This Works") .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.large) } } The Solution The fix is to ensure there's at least one non-scrolling element in a VStack before your scrollable content. Even an invisible element works: struct FixedDashboardView: View { var body: some View { VStack(spacing: 0) { // Non-scrolling placeholder to force navigation bar rendering in iOS 26 Color.clear.frame(height: 1) ScrollView { LazyVStack { // Your content here } } } .navigationTitle("Dashboard") .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.large) } } For Form-based views: struct FixedSettingsView: View { var body: some View { VStack(spacing: 0) { // Non-scrolling placeholder to force navigation bar rendering in iOS 26 Color.clear.frame(height: 1) Form { Section("Settings") { // Your settings here } } } .navigationTitle("Settings") .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.large) } } Why This Works In iOS 26, the navigation bar appears to require at least one non-scrolling element to display properly when using scrollable containers. By adding a VStack with at least one non-scrolling element (even an invisible one), the navigation title displays correctly in iOS 26 while maintaining compatibility with iOS 18. What Didn't Work Before finding this solution, I tried many other approaches that did NOT fix the issue: Adding .toolbar with empty content Using .navigationBarHidden(false) Using .toolbar(.visible, for: .navigationBar) Adding .searchable() modifier (though all working views had this) Restructuring ScrollViewReader placement Adding .frame(maxWidth: .infinity) to child views Various other modifier combinations Impact This change in behavior affects SwiftUI apps using: NavigationStack or NavigationView Views where ScrollView or Form is the direct child Large title display mode (inline mode may also be affected) Workaround Summary Always wrap ScrollView or Form in a VStack with at least one non-scrolling element in iOS 26: VStack(spacing: 0) { Color.clear.frame(height: 1) // Minimal workaround ScrollView { /* content */ } // or Form { /* content */ } } Additional Notes This behavior change has been observed consistently across iOS 26 betas. The workaround described above ensures navigation titles display correctly in iOS 26 while maintaining backward compatibility with iOS 18 and earlier versions. Whether this is an intentional change or will be addressed in future iOS 26 releases remains to be seen. For now, the VStack wrapper approach provides a reliable solution.