iPadOS Floating Tab Bar Items (unselected) use Black Text - Unreadable with App Black Background (Dark Mode): UIKit App

Reference Feedback FB19152594 Occurs with my 3rd Party UIKit App called "Lifeorities". Latest occurrence was 7/27/25 at 13:49 pm.

  1. Launch app (actual device running iPadOS 26 or iPadOS 26 simulator)
  2. Initial screen displays view content and floating tab bar at top of screen (both portrait orientation and landscape).
  3. Floating tab bar items respond to liquid glass effect (but liquid glass appearance of the whole tab bar doesn't comply with new glass pill shaped tab bar area).
  4. Selected tab bar item obeys selected app designated color (assets).
  5. Unselected tab bar items are using black text which is unreadable on app background which used dark mode as default (as intended).
  6. Selecting another tab bar item shows the liquid glass effect as you navigate to the new tab bar item and shows the app designated color (assets).
  7. Previous tab bar item that was selected, now is unselected and shows black text.
  8. NOTE: iOS tab bar items work fine (show white foreground color as desired for unselected tab bar items).
iPadOS Floating Tab Bar Items (unselected) use Black Text - Unreadable with App Black Background (Dark Mode): UIKit App
 
 
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