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We are currently adopting Liquid Glass and are facing an issue with UITabBar.
Our app has a scan view with a dark UI. After leaving this scan flow and switching to another tab with a light UI, the UITabBar sometimes keeps a dark Liquid Glass tint instead of adapting back to the light appearance.
Context
Platform: iOS 26
Technology: UIKit
Component: UITabBar / UITabBarController
Feedback Assistant report already submitted: FB22761398
Steps to reproduce
Open a tab with a dark interface.
Switch to another tab that uses a light interface.
Expected behavior
The tab bar should adapt back to the light Liquid Glass appearance.
Actual behavior
The tab bar sometimes keeps the dark tint from the previous tab, even though the current tab has a light interface.
What I tried / looked for
I looked through the documentation but could not find a way to explicitly force the UITabBar Liquid Glass tint back to light.
I’m looking for an API or workaround to force the UITabBar to recompute or apply the light appearance after returning from a dark screen.
Has anyone found a reliable way to force the light Liquid Glass appearance on a UITabBar in UIKit?
Here is a screenshot of the issue:
Tab bar keeps a dark Liquid Glass tint after returning from a dark tab
The current tab uses a light interface, but the tab bar keeps the dark tint.
